Khizi

The road to Khizi heads west from Gilazi, an hour north of Baku. It passes the spectacular "Candy Cane" mountains that are composed of different colored shale before reaching the small town of Khizi. Leading west in the valley after Khizi, dirt roads head up a narrowing valley and into very thick woods, much of them beech.


There's a path leading up past a small waterfall that reaches open farmland after a few kilometers and a few hundred meters' climb. From there, one can either return by the same route or head west down the steep slopes to the Altiaghaj road. There's also a route south to the woods to Larimja, from which another good dirt road leads to Altiaghaj.