The Matlas Stone Bowl is one of the most impressive natural attractions in the vicinity of Khunzakh. This is not a gorge, which is usually carve in the mountains by rivers. The Matlas stone bowl was formed as a result of the fracture of the mountain plateau. This is how "stone halls" appeared here, connected by narrow passages.
You can enter the Stone Bowl through a narrow crevice from the valley of the Khabdarech River. Near the entrance, you can see giant stone cubes of regular geometric shape. They also appeared as a result of rock fractures.
There are no water streams among the sheer walls of the Matlas Stone Bowl, although rainwater accumulates in the largest hall. After the rain, you can enter the Stone Bowl only in rubber boots, since the soil at the bottom is often wet. A few years ago, local shepherds drove their flocks into these stone halls at night, but now only tourists are here.
Entering the Matlas Stone Bowl, you get to the largest "stone hall". The width of the passage is 20 meters, and the height of the steep stone walls reaches 50 meters. There are three stone halls in the Stone Bowl, and they are connected to each other by very narrow passages. The other two halls are sometimes called "Stone Bags", as they are smaller in size and clearly show signs of fractures of the rock. In one hall there are even blocks of stone stuck on top of narrow openings.
The passages between the stone halls of the Matlas Stone Bowl are most impressive. Some of them are so narrow that an adult has to squeeze through them, and it will be quite difficult for a fat person to do this. People walk along them as if in the labyrinth of the cave of the "mountain king".
After you walk through all the halls and crevices of the Stone Bowl, take your time to leave. After going back to the valley of the Khabdarech River, turn right and walk along the cliff. There is another narrow gorge here. Near it, you can see how the edge of the plateau broke off and "slid" into a mountain valley for several meters, and nearby there are huge blocks of stone with smooth geometric shapes.
