Great Ararat Expedition

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THE

PURPOSE

of this expedition  is to

climb Mount Ararat

(5 165 meters high).

However, our guides will keep you walk slowly for you get used to it. Also you will have a possibility to meet national culture and take a rest during additional day.

Summer months are perfect for your trekking and the best weather condition is in July and August

Trekking on

Mount Ararat

doesn’t require any technical skills. Only at 4900 meters we wear crampons for last 1 - 1,5 hour. Mostly the path is quite fine to walk and it is not rocky. Mount Ararat is not very difficult peak to climb but it is over 5000 m high, so the big challenge is altitude.

Have you heard that...

Have you

heard that...

Mount Ararat is also the legendary last resting place of Noah’s Ark. So the story goes, the Ark made landfall somewhere on Mount Ararat as the waters of the biblical Flood began to recede. People have spent a lot of time and money looking for the Ark on Mount Ararat as a result. The region around Mount Ararat is also very fragmented in ethnic and national terms.

At 3,925 meters or nearly 13,000 feet, Little Ararat is higher than Mount Fujiyama in Japan, though it doesn’t stick up as far above the surrounding landscape. It is only little compared to Ararat’s main peak!

Mount Ararat is a dormant volcano with two peaks. Its highest peak, called Ağrı Dağı in Turkish, is 5,165 meters high, or nearly 17,000 feet. The lower peak is a prominent, symmetrical cone known in Turkish as Küçükağrı Dağı in Turkish and ‘Little Ararat’ in English.

Mount Ararat, the national mountain of Armenia, though it is just inside the Turkish border these days. Mount Ararat is at a triple point where Armenia, Turkey and Iran all meet. Climbers mostly set out up the southern sunny face of the mountain from a town called Doğubeyazıt.

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There are many tour operators in Turkey and abroad those offer and organize tours to Turkey, Iran, Georgia and Armenia, so we understand that is not easy to select one.

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Mount Ararat is the tallest peak in Turkey. This snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone is located in the Igdir Province, near the northeast corner of Turkey, 16 km (10 miles) west of the Iranian and 32 km (20 miles) south of the Armenian border.

A smaller 3,896 m (12,782 ft) cone, Little Ararat , rises from the same base, southeast of the main peak . The lava plateau stretches out between the two pinnacles. The last activity on the mountain was a major earthquake in July 1840 centered around the Ahora Gorge, a northeast trending chasm that drops 1,825 metres (6,000 ft) from the top of the mountain.

5165 m

Mount Ararat

Mount Ararat

E

xpedition program

Day 1: Van city and Akdamar Island

Our trip will start when you arrive to Van airport. Our tour guide will pick you up from the airport and we will drive to Gevas, from where we will take a ferry to Akdamar Island. On the island we will visit Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross, which was built by Armenians in the tenth century. We can also swim in the lake. After lunch on the shore of Lake Van we will drive back to Van city, to visit stunning Urartian Castle. Afterwards we will drive to Dogubayazit. On the way we can stop by the Muradiye waterfall. Overnight at a hotel in Dogubayazit.

As an alternative you can trip from Armenia with beautiful one-day tour through Georgia, visiting ancient sttlement Ani on your way

Day 1:

                     Van city and Akdamar Island

Our trip will start when you arrive to Van airport. Our tour guide will pick you up from the airport and we will drive to Gevas, from where we will take a ferry to Akdamar Island. On the island we will visit Cathedral Church of the Holy Cross, which was built by Armenians in the tenth century. We can also swim in the lake. After lunch on the shore of Lake Van we will drive back to Van city, to visit stunning Urartian Castle. Afterwards we will drive to Dogubayazit. On the way we can stop by the Muradiye waterfall. Overnight at a hotel in Dogubayazit. (*The frist day program can be scheduled for the last day of tour, depends on the arrival time of a tourists plane.)

As an alternative you can trip from Armenia with beautiful one-day tour through Georgia, visiting ancient sttlement Ani on your way

Day 2:

After small refreshment we will set up our tents and rest. At the evening we will have hot meal. Overnight at Camp1

Transfer by minibus from the hotel to Cevirme Village at 2200 meters. Then we will walk to Ararat Camp 1, located at an elevation 3200 m (our equipment will be transported by pack animals). Campsite we should reach after 3-4 hours of trekking. There hot tea, coffee, fruits and some snacks will wait for us.

From Dogubayazit to Mount Ararat

Day 3:

Ascent to Mount Ararat Camp 2

After breakfast we will pack trekking equipment and food, which will be carried on horses, and start to climb to Camp 2 located at 4200 m. When we will reach the campsite (after 4-5 hours of walking) and set up our tents, we will have hot meal. Free time we can use to check personal equipment before the ascent to Ararat summit on the following day.Overnight at Camp 2.

Day 4:

Afterwards we will return to Camp 2, where we will have a rest, eat meal and pack equipment. Then we will start descent to the 1 st camp where we will stay for a night.

*If the group feels well we can keep descending to the place where we started our trekking and go back to Doğubeyazıt

Summit push

We start climbing early in the morning (1-2 a.m., depends on the weather condition and pace of the group). After 5-7 hours we should reach Mount Ararat summit at 5137 m. (depending on snow conditions, crampons may be needed for the last 200-300 meters).

Day 5:

                     Sightseeing of Dogubayazit area

After our mountain breakfast, we will start descent to Cevirme village at 2200 m, where minibus will wait us.

We will back to Dogubayazit, to the hotel.

That day we will visit Ishak Pasha Palace - one of the most important palaces in Ottoman history, built in 17th century. Then we will visit Durupinar site. It's a canoe-shaped area that some people believe could be the "footprint" of Noah's Ark. At the evening we will back to the hotel. 

Day 6:

Transfer to the airport

Breakfast at the hotel. Saying goodbye to the guide and transfer to the airport in Agri, Igdir or Van.

(*For the groups traveling further to Armenia - transfer day.)

Previous use is recommended, though not essential.

It involves walking on snow which can be icy and although not steep, you may need to wear crampons

Mount Ararat is suitable for fit walkers who are used to trekking on rough, sometimes rocky ground for 8 - 9 hours. Summit day on Ararat might be a 10-hour round trip.

Experience Required

Not included:

Domestic flights

Alcoholic beverages

Travel insurance

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