From the south-western slope of the mountain Gevorgasar located near the village, a beautiful landscape is opening. On the top of the ridge covered with thick forests is Kachaghakaberd fortress or Khachen fortress - one of the best attractions for hiking on the north route in Artsakh. The fortress was an important fortification of the one of the medieval Armenian principalities located at a height of more than 1700 meters, surrounded by vertical limestone cliffs with the heights of 50–60 meters, has a hard-to-reach entrance from the southern side of the fortress. During its history no one could ever storm the fortress. Fortress has interesting history, one of the queens of Artsakh lost her husband. Spram was courageous, and together with her daughter, overcoming difficult path in the dark night, took refuge in the fortress of Khachen, also called Kachaghakaberd (from Armenian is translated as fortress of magpie), because only magpies could reach there. Beautiful, virgin nature will give you positive emotions during the whole trekking and hiking, so you will have whole day to enjoy all these.

You will need hiking boots and spare shoes to change, raincoat (depends on weather), cap or bandana and sun cream.