Name: Kwna Nwr, “The Hole With The Light”
Activity: Cave discovery
Elevation: 1550 meteres above sea level
Date of Visit: April 10, 2021
Names of Group Leaders: Siamand Ahmmed
About Destination:
1) How long is the hike?
About an hour and a half from Geldara village and 1 hour to return.
2) How difficult is the hike? Easy
3) Is there a place to camp? If yes, info about camping? There is no Shelters that is designed for camping but you can camp outdoor around the cave
4) Please add any other information:
There are many mysterious stories about the cave that people has never been down into the bottom until we arrived. There are many stories going back THOUSANDS of years about a river at the bottom of this cave, and spirits therein. Although we did not see the magical river when we descended, we felt a presence as well. The depth of the cave itself is approximately 30-35 meters deep.
5) What area is the location in/near?
The cave is very closed to Gelara village under the Gelara castle which is a natural rock hill
6) Where does the trail start?
The trail starts from the village
Public Google Location Link
7) Anything else you can say about this:
A champion program for Kuna Noor (Kunakotr)
On Friday 2021.4.9, the Peaks Mountaineering Crew (Destey Lwtka Shaxawani) participated in an expedition to explore a deep hole behind the village of ′′Geldara ′′ of Sulaimani Sharbazher. After hiking for an hour road to reach the location of the cave known as ′′ Nawor ′′ or ′′ Pigeon ′′, the instructors installed safe anchor points and used professional climbing equipment to provide safe descent into this feature. Over the next four hours, 11 participants descended using the technical equipment, managed to get down into the hole and reaching the bottom. The depth of the hole is about 30 meters and you can still see the sky from the bottom.
In Kurdistan there are many places with deep holes that have legends based astrology and even magic, because of the lack of equipment and technologies, people believed in these stories. This cave is one of such places which stood out for its legend; that there is a river at the bottom and that many people have died climbing in. The summit team is exploring these locations to discover which tales are true, and which are not.