Discover the Legendary Damavand

Tour details

Origin City: Tehran

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This trip is ideal for the ambitious mountaineer but also for the less demanding mountain enthusiast. With a height of over 5609 m, Mount Damavand is a magnet of the Iranian landscape and all of Asia. The volcanic peak at its top still smokes lightly and it tells its story quietly and magnificently. The name Damavand literally means the steam-preserved mountain in Persian and it has been the source of many myths in Persian literature and Iranian tales since earlier times. Your relatively short journey begins in Tehran, continues to the mountain, which is climbed in stages. Each stage of the journey offers a completely different side of the myth-laden mountain.

You start your journey in Tehran. Then continue to Rineh, a small village on the edge of the Alborz Mountains. Then you start with the ascent of the mountain. Each stage offers its own natural landscape, on the lower slopes you have flatter landscapes and in good weather conditions you can even discover the capital Tehran on the horizon at the top.

Day 1

Arrival Tehran

Transfer to hotel.

Day 3

Damavand

Drive to Goosfand Sara (2950 m) by jeep then go hiking to Bargah-e-Sevom shelter (4200 m).

Overnight in shelter.

Elevation Difference : 1200 m

Hiking Time: 4 hrs.

Day 5

Damavand 

In the early morning you set off for Damavand summit (5671 m). After 5-6 hours the ascent is finally done and you are on the summit. Descend and after 2-3 hours you reach your tents at the mountain shelter.

Overnight in shelter.

Elevation Difference : + 1500, – 1500 m 

Hiking Time : 9 hrs.

 

Day 7

Departure Tehran 

Transfer to the airport.

Day 2

Tehran-Rineh : 112 km

Drive to Rineh Mountainous Village, located in the foot of Damavand, for about 3 hours.

Stay overnight at Rineh Mountainous Hotel Complex or Shelter. (2200 m high)

Day 4

Damavand

Ascend Abshar-e Yakhi (Frozen Waterfall) (5100 m).

Return to the shelter and stay overnight there.

 

Day 6

Damavand-Tehran : 90 km

You use this day as a reserve day if the ascent didn’t work yesterday. If you don’t need the reserve day, you will descend Goosfand Sara and drive to Tehran.

Overnight in the hotel or camping tent depending on the program.

Elevation Difference : – 1200 m

Hiking Time : 3 h