Ughtassar Petroglyphs

Amazing petroglyph site and great guide recommendation

We spent a significant part of a day wandering around this glacial lake, which is surrounded by boulders with thousands of petroglyphs from the Paleolithic era. The location is remote and beautiful, ...

Touch the history

Of you are tik Ughtassar you will definitely need a 4x4 anx an experienced driver, as there are no roads leading to the location. You may ask for a one just at the gift shop of Karahundj (Zorats qar...

Remote and hard to get to

We went in a large 4WD and it was hard going for most of the journey. When you get to the top of the track you walk for about 500 metres to the petroglyphs. The journey is interesting bat the walk...

Interesting find

The Ughastar Petroglyphs, or Armenian Stonehenge is a sight to see of history. A unenhanced site it is large with a small gift shop. Interesting, but doesn't take a long time to see.

Messages from the past

The Ughtasar Petroglyphs in Armenia were on our list of things to do while in the country. They are quite remote, our guide was great and knew the roads well, our 4X4 made it with little issue mainly ...