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Hamilton Road drive
The 1930s mountain road from Erbil to the border, cut through the Gali Ali Beg gorge.
Rawanduz Half day 10 min
About this place
The New Zealand engineer A. M. Hamilton built this road between 1928 and 1932 and wrote about it in “Road Through Kurdistan”. It climbs from the plain into the gorge, passes the waterfalls and the tunnels, and ends at the Iranian border. Drive it slowly: the bends are tight, trucks are wide and the best views are from the lay-bys.
Visiting times
Open road at any hour, but drive it in daylight. Ice and fog from December to February.
Times can change on holidays and in bad weather. Ask us in the direct chat if you need the current hours.