We stopped overnight by the „touristic“ Geli Ali Beg waterfall (🎫 1000 IQD). It is the highest waterfall in the Kurdistan Region and all of Iraq. It is about 12 meters high, located beside Korek Mount, which is 2,076 meters above sea level. The waterfall is the crosspoint of three rivers:...
Visitors to Lalish are required to remove their shoes and walk barefoot as a sign of respect for the holy site (even outside). As usual, we were not lucky with the weather, and our feet froze during the visit to the holiest temple of the Yazidis, dating back about 4000 years. It’s...
Just some two kilometers off the main road surviving pieces of an ancient aqueduct may have fed into the lost Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The muddy road is only for off-road vehicles. The aqueduct is part of the larger Atrush Canal built by the Assyrian king Sennacherib between 703 and...