An elderly man who lost his way in the Machairas National Forest Park on Sunday afternoon was safely located by the Forestry Department.
This afternoon, September 27, 2026, the Lythrodontas Forestry Station received a call from a Larnaca resident reporting that an elderly relative had become disoriented and was at an unknown location within the Machairas National Forest Park.
A Forestry Department official immediately contacted the elderly man by phone. Using the information and geographical details provided, instructions were issued to a forestry patrol to locate him. The patrol, accompanied by a Forestry Department official, went to the area and quickly found him.
The elderly man was in good health and was handed over to members of his family. The prompt mobilization and thorough knowledge of the forest road network and the area by Forestry Department personnel proved decisive in his rapid and safe recovery.
