Mountain guide
Resul KOTAN
Mountain guide
Mehdi Garmipour
City tour guide
Öykü ŞAHİN
Mountain guide
Kawa ŞAHİN
Mountain guide
Meritxell BigataRegion
TURKEY
Group size
Unlimited
Duration
8 DAYS
DAY 1
Day 1 Content
Airport to Doğubayazıt
We meet in Igdir, Ağrı or Van airport drive to Dogubayazit. You will check in at the hotel on Dogubayazıt and then have a rest. Evening our team will take you from hotel and come to our restaurant for dinner. Our team leader is kawa; gave the information about Mount Ararat to you and check your equipment. After dinner back to hotel and Overnight stay in the hotel.
DAY 2
Day 2 Content
Little Ararat Peak
Early morning after breakfast, carry you Ararat 2000m, about 3 hours by car.We will take our backpacks,water and lunch packets and start trekking to peak about 7 hours, arriving little Ararat top 3917m. Later taken some photos on peak, landing backward car point 2000m about 3 hours. Than transfer back you Doğubayazıt. After dinner back to hotel and spend the night stay in hotel.
DAY 3
Day 3 Content
Carry from hotel to Ararat (2200m) climb Ararat at camp (3200m)
After breakfast in the hotel transfer from hotel in Doğubayazıt to Cevirme Village at 2200 meters (by minibus). Your equipment will be carried by horses to camp 3200. After receiving your lunch packages which prepared freshly by our team,we will climb to Green Plateu main camp 3200 m. When you reach the base camp on 3200 m (take a time 4-5 hours),our cooker will be prepare the best meals for you. After lunch you have a free time and drink something or take a rest on your tents. We will meet on dinner. Spend the night stay in the tent.
DAY 4
Day 4 Content
Mt. Ararat Camp 2 4200m.
In the morning our cooker prepare the traditional turkish breakfast on camp 3200 m. After breakfast we receiving the lunch packages and hiking up to second camp 4200 m (it takes 4-5 hours) carry of equipments on horses. After lunch you have a free time. At the evening we will have dinner early and spend the night stay in the tent.
DAY 5
Day 5 Content
Mt. Ararat Summit ( 5137m.)
In the morning we will wake up (generally about 1-2 a.m. ).After breakfast our cooker gave us lunch packages and hot drinks thermoses and we start walk to summit of Mount Ararat. Summit ways is last usually 5-6 hours. Your guide will always be with you so that each of you can experience the summit safely. Later we will start to walk camp 2. On the camp area our cooker will wait you and prepare best lunch and hot drinks for you. After lunch we will pack our equipment and walk to camp 3200 m. After dinner spend the night in the tent.
DAY 6
Day 6 Content
Mt. Ararat 1. Camp
In the morning after breakfast, we will walk to near Cevirme village where driver wait us. After take a rest on hotel we take you from hotel and go to our restaurant for dinner and celebrate the summit success. We are organizing a wonderful celebration dinner next to the magnificent Ishakpasha Palace. After celebration we gave your certificate and back to hotel. Spend the night stay in hotel.
DAY 7
Day 7 Content
City Tour and Turkish Bath Day
After breakfast at the hotel we will drive to see city. We will visit Ishakpasha Palace (The first palace is sewer system and heat system on the world), Tomb of Ahmedi Xani (The first kurdish philosopher) Noah’s Ark (Noah shaped area, that is according to scientists , foot print of the Ark )and Meteor Crater (second biggest meteor crater in the world). After city tour we go for lunch and go to experience the traditional turkish bath. It is one of the experiences that you should not return without doing when you come to Turkey. We also take away you to the Turkish bath for you to relieve your tiredness and comeback your country more energized.
DAY 8
Day 8 Content
Transfer from Dogubayazıt to the airport.
After last breakfast at the hotel we will transfer you to the airport end of tour.