3 tour programs: comfortable, accelerated and sporty
Program 1 (comfortable climbing)
Day 1
Arrival at the airports of the cities of Agri or Igdir (by agreement of Van). Our representative will meet you. Transfer to the city of Dogubayazit. Accommodation at the hotel. The road from the airports: Igdir to Dogubayazit - 45 minutes, from Agri - 90 minutes, from Van - 2.5 hours.
Attention! Arrival/departure to the city of Van!!! Early approval and transfer fee required
Day 2
Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer of the group by bus to the village of Eli (2200 m). Here all the backpacks, all the necessary equipment and food are loaded onto the horses. And all the participants go further light to the Base Camp at an altitude of 3400 m. Overnight in tents.
Day 3
Base camp 3400 m. Breakfast. Acclimatization hike to the upper parking lots at an altitude of 4200 m. Here we will spend 1 - 2 hours. Don't forget to bring warm clothes with you! Then return to base camp. Dinner. Overnight in tents.
Day 4
Base camp 3400 m. Breakfast. Loading of things on horses. Trekking to the second camp at an altitude of 4200 m. Dinner. Overnight in tents.
Day 5
An attempt to climb the summit. Early rise at 2 am. Breakfast. We pack up and leave at 3 o'clock. In 6-7 hours we will climb to the top of Ararat (5137 m). 5-10 minutes we take pictures, admire the views, relax. Then we descend to the second camp at 4200 m. Here we rest for one hour, collect all our things and then descend to the camp at 3400 m. All our things will be carried down by horses.
Day 6
Base camp 3400 m. Breakfast. We go down to the village of Eli (2200 m). We sit down in a comfortable transport, go to the city of Dogubayazit. Check in at the hotel, rest, shower, festive dinner. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 7
Reserve day for bad weather or on this day there will be a cultural excursion to the places of Ishak Pasha, the Borderi meteorite crater of Iran, Noah's Ark park, the Turkic bath. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 8
Morning breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to the airports of the cities of Agri or Igdir.
Program 2 (accelerated ascent)
Day 1
Arrival at the airports of the cities of Agri or Igdir (by agreement of Van). Our representative will meet you. Transfer to the city of Dogubayazit. Accommodation at the hotel. The road from the airports: Igdir to Dogubayazit - 45 minutes, from Agri - 90 minutes, from Van - 2.5 hours.
Day 2
Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer of the group by bus to the village of Eli (2200 m). Here all the backpacks, all the necessary equipment and food are loaded onto the horses. And all the participants go further light to the Base Camp at an altitude of 3400 m. Overnight in tents.
Day 3
Base camp 3400 m. Breakfast. Loading of things on horses. Trekking to the second camp at an altitude of 4200 m. Dinner. Overnight in tents.
Day 4
An attempt to climb the summit. Early rise at 2 am. Breakfast. We pack up and leave at 3 o'clock. In 6-7 hours we will climb to the top of Ararat (5137 m). 5-10 minutes we take pictures, admire the views, relax. Then we descend to the second camp at 4200 m. Here we rest for one hour, collect all our things and then descend to the camp at 3400 m. All our things will be carried down by horses.
Day 5
Base camp 3400 m. Breakfast. We go down to the village of Eli (2200 m). We sit down in a comfortable transport, go to the city of Dogubayazit. Check in at the hotel, rest, shower, festive dinner. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 6
Reserve day for bad weather or on this day there will be a cultural excursion to the places of Ishak Pasha, the Borderi meteorite crater of Iran, Noah's Ark park, the Turkic bath. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 7
Morning breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to the airports of the cities of Agri or Igdir.
Program 3 (for sports groups and physically strong participants)
Day 1
Arrival at the airports of the cities of Agri or Igdir (by agreement of Van). Our representative will meet you. Transfer to the city of Dogubayazit. Accommodation at the hotel. The road from the airports: Igdir to Dogubayazit - 45 minutes, from Agri - 90 minutes, from Van - 2.5 hours.
Day 2
Breakfast in the hotel. Transfer of the group by bus to the village of Eli (2200 m). Here all the backpacks, all the necessary equipment and food are loaded onto the horses. And all the participants go further light to the Base Camp at an altitude of 4200 m. Overnight in tents.
Day 3
An attempt to climb the summit. Early rise at 2 am. Breakfast. We pack up and leave at 3 o'clock. In 6-7 hours we will climb to the top of Ararat (5137 m). 5-10 minutes we take pictures, admire the views, relax. Then we descend to the second camp at 4200 m. Here we rest for one hour, collect all our things and then descend to the camp at 3400 m. All our things will be carried down by horses.
Day 4
Base camp 3400 m. Breakfast. We go down to the village of Eli (2200 m). We sit down in a comfortable transport, go to the city of Dogubayazit. Check in at the hotel, rest, shower, festive dinner. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 5
Reserve day for bad weather or on this day there will be a cultural excursion to the places of Ishak Pasha, the Borderi meteorite crater of Iran, Noah's Ark park, the Turkic bath. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 6
Morning breakfast at the hotel, then transfer to the airports of the cities of Agri or Igdir.
Attention! The organizers of the event (group leaders) can change the ascent plan (depending on weather conditions, the moral and physical condition of the group members).