Tehran Visit

Tehran. Arrive Tehran at 4:25 am via I.K Airport. After welcoming the group, we’ll transfer you to your hotel (check in available after 14:00) in Tehran city center for serving the breakfast (normally the visa process and baggage receive takes until 6 am, and you will be in city center around 7:30 to 8:30 am). Then you can put the stuff at lobby or hotel storage, and go to visit Persian metropolis capital, Tehran with over 16 million populating. Today you have enough time to visit Tajrish Bazar in the north of city, Emamzade Saleh Masque, Sa’dabad Palace museum complex, then we'll go to visit the beautiful Darband valley. O/N at Hotel with breakfast and bed (B.B).

NOTE: Booking an extra hotel night will available on June 10-11 for extra charge of 30 EUR per person. So, you can have a short rest by arrival at your room until 10:00 am for example then go for excursion the city.

Head to Damavand, Start Trekking to Gosfandsara camp. After breakfast, we'll drive to the north by Haraz road and reach the Damavand foothill. It is 75 km distance but in the mountain road, so takes 1/5 to 2 hours to reach Polour or Rineh village which are base of Damavand at around 2400 m. Where you can change clothes, leave extra stuff at our hostel and be ready for the first day of hike. We will start our hike from ~ 2400 m to the Gosfandsara camp at a 3000 m in 2- 3 hours slowly by lightweight backpack. All the big backpacks and luggage will carry on by 4WD cars to the camp. After about 2-3 hours trekking with lightweight backpacks between the beautiful mountain flowers, we'll reach the camp. There we'll setting up our tents and we have enough time for walking around and enjoy the nature and landscape.

O /N at 2-person tent (full board B.L.D).

Trekking to Bargahe Sevom (Bargah 3) camp 4250 m. After a good rest and recover energy, we’ll be ready to climb to the Damavand hut on 4250 m. We will start our ascent from the Goosfandsara camp at a nice route (or from the hostel by jeeps to Goosfandsara -40 min drive in gravel road- in case of sleeping at the hostel). Before start the trekking, we load our luggage on the Mules (every 2 persons 1 luggage around 15 kg-will provide to you), and start trekking with a lightweight backpack to the Bargahe Sevom camp in about 4250 m. After about 5-7 hours we’ll reach the Bargah Sevom campsite and have enough time for walking around, taking photo and rest.

O /N at hut or 2-person tent (full board B.L.D).

Acclimatization Day (or bad weather reservation day to summit Damavand). Today we have enough time for acclimatization and enjoy the scenes. After well sleeping, and serving breakfast we’ll start climbing slowly to about 4600 m altitude, and will have enough rest on our way, taking photo and so on. then descend to camp slowly.

O /N at hut or 2-person tent (full board B.L.D).

Summit Day. After breakfast in the early morning, we’ll start ascend to top of the Iran, highest point of middle-east and highest volcano in Asia, Damavand summit (5610 m). It takes about 6-8 hours to reach the summit where you can see the Crater of old Damavand volcano and enjoy scenes, taking memorial pictures. At the end, happily will descend to the Bargah Sevom campsite (about 3 hours).

O /N at hut or 2-person tent (full board B.L.D).

Descend to the village and Hot Spring. After breakfast and packing our luggage, we’ll descend to Gosfandsara, where our 4WD transport us to the hostel. Take a shower and collect the equipment. In case of your wish, it will be available to go to Larijan local hot spring in extra charge of 10-15 EUR per persons. The water from this spring is useful in the treatment of chronic wounds and skin diseases. In this villages springs there are public and private baths with small pools for use. The main spring temperature is about 65 degrees, but pools and bathrooms water are cooler.

O /N at Damavand hostel (full board B.L.D).

Drive to Tehran, visit the city. For your pleasure, we will book a hotel for this night which you can have a good rest before leaving the airport at midnight. After breakfast, we will transfer you to Tehran hotel (check in after 14:00), leave stuff to hotel lobby or storage, go to visit the city with a city tour guide. At the evening you will be back to hotel for some rest. Tehran sightseeing will be including Grand Bazaar, Golestan palace (UNESCO world Heritage), and Iran National Museum/Jewelry Museum

(Breakfast and hotel are included).

Transfer to airport, fly back home. Considering your flight time at 5:45 am, and add transfer time, you need to leave the hotel at 1:00- 1:30 am. So, you will be at airport at around 2:30, check in and fly back home 5:45 am.