Protected
Almost a century under protection
Göygöl is not just a beautiful lake but the heart of a large protected area. As early as 1925 a reserve was created around it — one of the first in Azerbaijan and in all the Caucasus.
Today it is Göygöl National Park, which protects mountain forests, meadows, peaks and a whole chain of lakes born of the same earthquake: Maralgöl, Zaligöl and others.
The protected status helps preserve the rare spruce forests, the purity of the water and the region's fauna. That is why visits to the park are arranged so that nature remains untouched.
Reserve of 1925
One of the first nature reserves of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus.
National park
Today the lake is the heart of Göygöl National Park.
Maralgöl
A neighbouring high-mountain lake right by Mount Kapaz.
A chain of lakes
Zaligöl and other lakes born of the same 1139 collapse.
Conservation
Protected status keeps the forests, water and fauna free of intrusion.
Flora and fauna
Rare spruce forests, trout, deer and mountain birds.
Park forestsWild nature
Not only the lake
The national park is not a single lake but a whole mountain world: waterfalls, gorges, alpine meadows and forests, crossed by trails for travellers.
Here the nature of the Lesser Caucasus appears in all its richness.