Shanidar Cave Valley
Shanidar Cave Valley
0.5 km
Total Distance
78 m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
A walk up to Shanidar cave in the Bradost mountains, where Neanderthal burials were unearthed and gave the world the idea of a flower burial. The path climbs the hillside to the wide cave mouth overlooking the Great Zab valley. A site of deep human history in the Kurdish foothills.