The Natural-Historical complex of Karaftoo is located to the North of Kurdistan Province, about 72 km to the northwest of Divandarreh, to the east of Saqez Township, in an area called Havatu. It is in the form of a giant rock of limestone in a 45 degree slope surface, having 1500 meters length and 700 meters width.
This complex is situated in a preserved region called Abdurrazagh, which is considered one of the most valuable and richest environmental regions to the West of Iran which is home to more than 120 animal species and various local plants. This area, along with other historical places such as the historical castle of Zivieh, and the historical complex of Takht-e soleiman, has formed a cultural-historical triangle, to the northwest and west of Iran, a tourism attraction for Domestic as well as foreign tourists. One of the wonders of this complex, is Karaftoo cave, locally called “Qaleh Karaftoo” (Karaftoo castel), and in Kurdish dialect “Qeh Lay ke Rah Ftoo”, which according to Geology studies, was formed in the Mesozoic Era. This cave had been a human settlement from 3000 years ago till Islamic Era. The height of cave entrance (the current entrance), is about 20-25 meters long.
There is another natural rock to the south, opposite to the natural rock in which situated Karaftoo cave, which altogether formed a synclinal valley. There has been made some irregular small and big columns by mechanical erosion, to the southwest and east, the most important of which is “Panje” heights. There are three columns to the south of “Panje”, attraction more attention than the other columns. These three columns look like human figures from far away, called locally “seh Kenishkan” (three girls) which are tourism attraction of this area.
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