The Qara Dagh Eco Lodge consists of a bed and breakfast facility in a pristine environment, giving you a ‘Living-in-the-Jungle’ experience.
Situated 65 km south of Sulaimani city the lodge offers basic comfort with great views and privacy.
This ecologically sustainable, low impact, culturally sensitive, learning-oriented, and community supporting tourism is small-scale, compatible with the environment, educational, and provides benefits to the communities close to the Qara Dagh protected area.
Activities include, a wide choice of treks through quaint villages, smiling faces, oak trees, and the famous Qopi Qara Dagh mountains. Community interaction and supporting school projects provide a rewarding experience. Day Tours to Sulaimani City, Darbandikhan Lake, Kuna Ba cave, and Dukan Lake can also be arranged.
Situated 65 km south of Sulaimani city the lodge offers basic comfort with great views and privacy.
This ecologically sustainable, low impact, culturally sensitive, learning-oriented, and community supporting tourism is small-scale, compatible with the environment, educational, and provides benefits to the communities close to the Qara Dagh protected area.
Activities include, a wide choice of treks through quaint villages, smiling faces, oak trees, and the famous Qopi Qara Dagh mountains. Community interaction and supporting school projects provide a rewarding experience. Day Tours to Sulaimani City, Darbandikhan Lake, Kuna Ba cave, and Dukan Lake can also be arranged.
What Experience We Could Give You?
• Trekking
• Mountain climbing
• Guided bird-watching and other wildlife observation
• Mountains and gorges watching and hiking
• Visits to the Naramsin Archaeological site
• Off-road biking
• Art residency and Venue for Wildlife photo exhibition
• Horse, Mule riding
• Cultural tours and cultural interpretation
• Demonstrating Native food gathering and preparation
• Conducting local dance or musical performances
• Mountain climbing
• Guided bird-watching and other wildlife observation
• Mountains and gorges watching and hiking
• Visits to the Naramsin Archaeological site
• Off-road biking
• Art residency and Venue for Wildlife photo exhibition
• Horse, Mule riding
• Cultural tours and cultural interpretation
• Demonstrating Native food gathering and preparation
• Conducting local dance or musical performances
Services we offer:
• Lodging (bed & breakfast, lodge)
• Food service
• Transportation (in-town shuttles, remote drop-off and pick-up)
• Equipment maintenance and repair
• Trip planning and booking
• Trail maps, Tour Guides.
• Arts, crafts, books, and souvenir sales.
• Video and PP presentations to potential tourists
• Food service
• Transportation (in-town shuttles, remote drop-off and pick-up)
• Equipment maintenance and repair
• Trip planning and booking
• Trail maps, Tour Guides.
• Arts, crafts, books, and souvenir sales.
• Video and PP presentations to potential tourists
Qara Dagh Eco Lodge offers a pristine environment with maximum summer temperatures of 30C and minimum winter temperatures of -1C with hardly any mosquitoes. We are pet friendly, living in harmony with Persian Leopard, wild goat, wild-boar, porcupine, Eurasian badger, squirrels, wolf, fox, jackal, bats, tortoises, geckos, butterflies, insects and over 83 species of birds and over 800 plants with 20 endemics – a paradise for bird watchers and botanists.
Travel sustainably by Participating in a Carbon Neutral Travel
Participating tourists can calculate how much climate-altering carbon dioxide they have released in the course of traveling to and participating in the Eco Lodge activities then reduce their footprint by planting a tree.
