Mt Ararat hiking tour 5-day program
* Individual, tailor-made tours are also available. We are happy to make hotel and domestic flight arrangements for you and organise city tours preceding or following your trip.
| DAY1 | transfer from Dogubeyazit to 2200m by truck at 8 am, ascent to 3200m (1st
camp, 4 hours). We pitch tents and hot food is served for dinner. |
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| DAY2 | acclimatisation day. We start in the morning at 9 am, ascent to 4200m (2nd camp, 4 hours). After a short rest, we return to the 1st camp where hot food is served for dinner. | |
| DAY3 | start in the morning at 8 am, ascent to the 2nd camp at 4200m (4 hours). The
afternoon is spent with relaxation and preparing for the ascent to the summit
the following day. Hot food is served for dinner. |
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| DAY4 | start at 2 am, climb up to the summit (5137m). Depending on snow conditions,
crampons may be needed for the last 200 meters. We reach the summit by about 8
am. We return to the 2nd camp, where hot soup and tea is served. After some
rest, we pack the tents and return to the 1st camp to spend the night there.
Dinner at 1st camp. |
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| DAY5 | descent from 1st camp to car pick-up point, return to Dogubeyazit by truck. | |
| Price | |
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group of 2-5 people |
group of 6-15 people |
| 420EUR/person | 350EUR/person |
| Included in the price |
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| transfer between Dogubeyazit and Mt Ararat (2200m), all meals, water, tea,
guide, porter, cook |
| Necessary equipment |
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| backpack for the equipments and clothes, day-bag for the hikes, good 3-season
sleeping bag (0ｰC), tent, mat, hiking boots, crampons, head lights, warm and
waterproof clothes, pocket knife, sun glasses. Weather may be chilly at 4200m,
and you can expect temperatures between 0 and -15ｰC on the summit. |
