The Avakas Gorge is a natural sight into which light, water and colours are allowed to run free. It is a primeval smile of nature, an impressive one due to its wild and majestic beauty. The area is characterized by outcrops of calvaneous rocks consisting of chalks, marls and reefal limestone, which rest on a sequence of foreign geological formations referred to as the Mamonia Formation.

The gorge is blessed with a very rich flora consisting of pine trees, mediterranean cypresses, plane trees, junipers, lentisk trees, oleanders, tamarisks, thorny brooms, wild fig trees, oak trees, styrax trees, virgin's bowers, brambles, wild carob and olive trees, terebinths, fern trees and many others. An abundance of wild flowers is also found. An important element of the flora of the gorge is the existence of Centauria akamantis, which is found on the precipitous slopes of the gorge.