Standard 5-days Trek

STANDARD MT. ARARAT’S 5-DAYS TREK (you and your group could choose the date, which you want!)

1st Day – Trekking to first camp
We eat breakfast in hotel and than we load our all equipments to our minibus and we drive to Cevirme village or Eli village at 2200 m. There we stop and the luggages are loaded for the horses. We take our lunch-boxes and we start trekking to the 1. camp at 3350 m. Our trekking takes about 4-5 hours. In the 1. camp we drink tea and eat some sweets and we rest and wait for the dinner. Dinner in the camp. Overnight in the tents.

2nd Day – Trekking to second camp
We eat breakfast and after it we prepare our luggages and take our tents. The luggages are load for the horses. We take our lunch-boxes and we start trekking to the 2. camp at 4100 m. Our trekking takes about 4-5 hours. In the 2. camp we drink tea and eat some sweets and we rest and wait for the dinner. Dinner in the camp. Overnight in the tents.

3rd Day – Acclimatization Day. We eat breakfast at the 1. camp. We take lunch pockets and we trek up to 3800-4100 m and we back. Our trekking takes about 4 hours. In the 1. camp we drink tea and eat some sweets and we rest
and wait for the dinner. Dinner in the camp. Overnight in the tents.

 4th Day – Trekking to the summit.  
We wake up at 1.00 and eat something. If weather is okey we start (about 2.00 o’clock) trekking in dark to the summit. We reach the summit of Ararat (5137 m amsl) after 4-7 hours. We back to 4100 meters for little break and we eat something. After that we prepare our luggages and take our tents. The luggages are load for the horses. We go down to the 1. camp. In the 1. camp we have a little rest and we go down to the bus, which waits for us at 2200 m. Overnight in hotel.

5th Day – Descent from Ararat. 
We eat breakfast in 1. camp. Descent to Cevirme or Eli village. Drive to hotel in Dogubayazit. Overnight in hotel.

Our services:

• mountain guide
• permit
• transfer to the foot of Mount Ararat and back
• 3 meals per day during the trek (breakfast, light lunch, warm dinner) with drinks (no-alcohol)
• 2 nights at the hotel
• horses for luggage
• equipment: tents, crampons

We offer additionaly:

• assistance in booking additional nights in hotels
• additional organizations such as tours like: surroundings of Mt. Ararat, to the ruins of Ani, hot springs in Diyadin, Akdamar island, trek on Little Ararat, trek on Mt Suphan and others
• transfer from the airport in Agri, Kars, Igdir or Van and back

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