Iraqi Kurdistan 6 Days

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Detailed Itinerary:

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Day 1: Erbil

Meet & Greet upon arrival by IraqDMC Erbil Staff at Airport. Proceed to Erbil city tour (Depend on request & flight timing). Start the trip with Civilization Museum the Citadel of Erbil, a UNESCO site. After visit to Textile Museum, Kurdish antique shop, Qaysai Bazaar, Minaret of Choli (also known as the Mudhafaria Minaret). End of the tour check in to hotel.

 

Day 2: Erbil – Duhok

After breakfast and check out from hotel proceed for a tour. Visiting  Dayro d-Mor Monastery, with a guided tour by a monk. Jirwana, one of the oldest aqueducts in the world. Then drive to Lalesh.

Visit to the village of Al Qush with the tomb of the prophet Nahum. Mar Gorgis Monastery with the Mar Mekha Churches. This Christian place is still very active. Rabban Hormizd Monastery, a monastery more than a thousand years old and carved into the rocks. Check in & Overnight at Dohuk.

 

Day 3 : Duhok – Amadiya – Rawandas

After breakfast and check out from hotel, drive to Amadiya. The famous city gate Bab Zebar. Minaret of Amadiya. The minaret is 30m high and has been there since the 15th century. Former Sadam Hussein Palace. Nowadays there are only a few walls left. Drive to Rawandas, with a regular stop along the way for photos. Mullah Mustapha Memorial (Father of present-day Kurdistan), a very important place for the Kurds. Shanidar Cave, here are the remains of some Neanderthals found.  Walk along the famous Hamilton Road and park of Rawandas. Check in & Overnight Rawandas.

 

 

Day 4: Rawandas – Dokan – Sulaymaniyah

After breakfast and check out from hotel, drive to Sulaymaniyah via Dokan.

Visit to the Red Prison, where Kurds were locked up and tortured in the time of Saddam Hussein.

Walk over the busy bazaar of Sulaymaniyah. Sha’ab Teahouse, an icon in the city. View over the city from the Goizha mountain. Overnight stay in Sulaymaniyah.

 

Day 5: Sulaymaniyah – Halabja – Tawela

Sulaymaniyah Museum then Drive to Halabja. Genocide Museum with the equally impressive cemetery.

Waterfall on the border with Iran in Tawela. Overnight stay in Sulaymaniyah.

 

Day 6: Sulaymaniyah – Erbil

Drive to Erbil via Koisinjak.

Highlight: Stop at an old caravanserai. Here you’ll feel like you’re traveling back in time. Zarvi Cave and Dokan Lake. A place to relax and stretch your legs.

Drop off to airport.