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Mount Ararat Tour in May 2021

30 Mar

We invite you on Mount Ararat Tour in early May. This winter – spring tour is a bit demanding as there is still a lot of snow and the weather is not stable. But this expedition could be also a fun challenge to be able to prove yourself in more difficult conditions.
The expedition is confirmed, but we still have available places. Click and take more details.
Welcome to Mount Ararat in May 2021.

Private groups on Mount Ararat and not only

2 Mar

Welcome to Mount Ararat and not only!

PRIVATE GROUPS – our offer is not only standard programmes that you will find on our website. Each group of whatever number of participants may choose any time and any place of trekking and sightseeing. Apart from places that we regularly offer, we suggest places that are less visited such as: a trip and a picnic at the Fish Lake, a trip around the Van Lake, relax in hot springs in Diyadin and other places chosen by you yourselves f.e. Damavand in Iran. Write to us with particular suggestions, as well as with requests to create an unforgettable and nonstandard expedition to eastern Turkey and also Iran for your group. You are cordially invited!

Welcome to Turkey with ararattrek.eu

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Mount Nemrut and Mount Suphan and Mount Ararat Trek

1 Jan

Not only Mount Ararat Expedition, but also other tours like trekking on Mt. Nemrut and Mt. Suphan before Mt. Ararat Trip. Welcome to East Turkey on MT. NEMRUT AND MT. SUPHAN AND MT. ARARAT 7-DAYS TREK . Only with us you become the best guides and the best services.

Mount Ararat Trekking

 

Mount Nemrut and Mount Suphan and Mount Ararat Tour – Programm

1st Day  – Arrival in Van. 
Reception of participants from the airport in Van, drive to Tatvan and then we arrive to Nemrut Dagi Caldera. Overnight in tents.

2nd Day – Trek to the top of Nemrut. After breakfast we trek to the one of the highest points of Nemrut Dagi about 2900-3000 m amsl. We go down and we drive to Suphan Dagi. Our camp there is at 2500 m. Overnight in tents.

3rd Day – Suphan summit. 
We wake up at 2.00-3.00 and eat something. We start (about 3.00-4.00 o’clock) trekking in dark to the summit. We reach the summit of Suphan (4058 m amsl) after 6-8 hours. We go down to the Aygir Lake and there we have our camp. Overnight in tents.

4th Day – Drive do Dogubayazit.
Drive to Dogubayazit, stop by beautiful Muradiye waterfalls; overnight in hotel in Dogubayazit;

5th Day – Trekking to first camp on Mt. Ararat
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.

6th Day – Trekking to second camp on Mt. Ararat. 
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.

7th Day – Trekking to the summit of Mt.Ararat.  
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 rest and wait for the dinner. Overnight in the tents.

8th Day – Descent from Mt.Ararat. 
We eat breakfast in 1. camp. Descent to Cevirme or Eli village. Drive to hotel in Dogubayazit. Overnight in hotel.

9th Day – Transfer to Van.
After breakfast in hotel we go to airport in Van.

Our services:

  • mountain guide
  • permit
  • transport: Van-Nemrut Dagi-Suphan Dagi-Dogubayazit-Van
  • 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 and others

Welcome to Mount Ararat Tours with araratexpeditions.com

Mail to: araratexpeditions@gmail.com

Video

Film about Mount Ararat Expedition in June 2014

22 Dec

Watch the film about our company. Enjoy watching with english subtitles.

Hello world!

16 May

Welcome to Ararat. Then more information. If you want to know more about Mount Ararat Expeditions write us: ararattrek.eu (at) gmail (.) com