Drive · Kurdistan Region
Duhok city centre → Amadiya (Amedi plateau)
At a glance
- Distance (one-way)
- 80 km
- Driving time
- ~90 min
- Starts from
- Duhok city centre
- Destination
- Amadiya (Amedi plateau)
The road
Paved throughout. The road climbs from Duhok through Seje and Batufa, ascending a series of switchbacks through walnut orchards before the final plateau approach. No 4WD needed. Passes the Amadiya subdistrict market town of Batifa.
Worth a stop on the way
- batifa — Small market town, good fuel stop
At the end of the road
Amadiya
Amadiya (Amedi)
An ancient hilltop citadel-town, occupied for over two millennia and still lived in today, with sweeping mountain panoramas on every side.
Make it a full trip
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