Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
History
The bones of mastodons (midget elephants that became extinct around 4600 BC) were
found in a cave here in 1974. It's believed that over 6 million years ago the island was at-
tached to Asia Minor and when the disconnection occurred the elephants, with no natural
predators, no longer had to be so large and shrunk in size. The
Harkadio Cave
(closed) is
signposted from the Livadia- Megalo Horio road; it's brilliantly illuminated at night.
BIRDWATCHERS' PARADISE
Remote Tilos, thanks to its fertile valleys and low density population, plays host to
a number of rare bird species. Keep your eyes peeled for the Bonelli's eagle, long-
legged buzzard, Sardinian warbler, Scops owl, peregrine falcon and Mediterranean
black shag. In a recent study, 155 species of birds - 46 of them threatened - were
