Hospitable People with Colorful Life
15 Days
Isfahan, Shiraz, Yasouj, Si-sakht, Boroujen, Kohrang, Sar-e Agha Seyyed Village, Boroujerd, Hamedan, Ardebil, Bandar-e Anzali, Masouleh Village, Tehran
Min 4 , Max 12
From 1840.00 €
8 Meals+5 Days Full Board
In the past the nomads in Iran were as heroes (in the country’s constitutional revolution, in the Second World War). We’ll have a journey to the high and cool regions of Iran in the summer heat. We’ll discover the environment nature of great tribes like Qashqai, Bakhtiari, and Shahsavan and find out their traditions and cultural components.
The Iranian cultural capital welcomes you first. The guide transfers you from the airport to the hotel.
In the morning, we will visit the Imam Mosque, Āli Qāpu palace, Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque and bazaar in Imam square (Naqsh-e Jahan Square) which is the masterpiece of Safavid era in Iran. After lunch, in the evening, we will go for a walk in the Armenians neighborhood known as Jolfa and visit Vank Cathedral and then we will continue our walking path on the Khaju Bridge and Si-o-se-pol.
On this day we can compare the Islamic civilization with the Achaemenid era. We’ll step in Pasargad, the first capital of the great Achaemenid Empire and visit the tomb of the Great Cyrus. After that 2500-year-old dreaming capital known as Persepolis will be waiting for us. We will continue our journey to Shiraz and stayat a hotel in Shiraz.
Cultural heritage of Shiraz is related to Zandiyeh and Qajariyeh periods that we’ll visit the best architectural samples and mansions of these historical periods like Eram Persian Garden, Narenjestan e Ghavam house, Arg of Karim Khan, bazaar and Nasir al-Molk mosque (Pink mosque). On this day before the sunset we’ll visit the Tomb of Hafez, the famous Persian poet.
On our path today, we will have a tranquil mountain climbing amongst the Zagros Oak trees with the view of a beautiful waterfall. After meeting with Qashqai tribes who are of the most and the biggest tribes in the south of Iran, we will camp near them and somehow experience their lifestyle.
Continuing our journey, we’ll pass from Yasuj, the natural capital of Iran and after mountain climbing in pristine nature. We’ll see villages around the Si-sakht and reach to another populated center of Qashqai tribesmen and we’ll camp at the slope of Dena summit (the highest summit of Zagros).
We’ll enjoy the last seconds of being with Qashqai tribesmen and then go to Lurs area. On this day we will have enough time to rest in the hotel.
Today, we will become familiar with Bakhtiari tribes’ traditions in the Chelgerd area and pitch our tents beside them after mountain climbing in the slope of the summit of Zardkuh (the second-high summit of Zagros region). We’ll also visit the Icy Cave.
We will step in an outrageous way to look at hardworking people at the heart of high mountains of Zagros and will observe difficult circumstances of life in these areas. In the end, after walking amongst the village. We’ll camp the night.
In the morning, after a short mountain climbing around our place in the camp, we’ll go to Ab-e-sefid waterfall and finally, after our 2-day adventuring among Bakhtiari tribesmen we’ll go to Broujerd for a rest at the hotel.
Crossing Hamadan, we will visit Ali-Sadr Cave, an underground lake with multiple stalagmites and continue the day by going toward Zanjan.
Today, we’ll go to the Turkish area of Iran and we will visit Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble. After having lunch in the city of Ardabil, we’ll continue our journey to visit and camp in Shahsavan and Sabalan foot hills.
After having breakfast and saying goodbye to Shahsavan foothills, we’ll go to Astara through a beautiful road in an area known as Gardaneye Heyran and then to the Caspian Sea. We’ll stay the night in the hotel.
In the morning, we will go to Masouleh village in the heart of Caspian Hyrcanian forests that recently has been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List, we’ll have a walk there. Then we’ll go to Tehran via Tehran-Rasht highway. We will spend the last night of our journey at the hotel.
