Ararat Climb
| Activity type: | Mountaineering |
| Activity level: | Moderate |
| Availability: |
20 Jul 2018 - 26 Jul 2018 |
| Duration: | 6 Day(s) / Tour with fixed start dates |
| Price: | from $550 |
Full description
Mount Ararat (5,136 m) 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 west of the Iranian and 32 km south of the Armenian borders.
A smaller 3,896 m cone, Little Ararat, rises from the same base, southeast of the main peak.
In many languages except Kurdish and Turkish, the mountain is referred to as Ararat. In Abrahamic religions, the mountain is the place where Noah’s ark comes to rest after the great flood.
The Turks call it Agri Dagi (Mountain of Pain), and Kurds call it the Ciyaye Agiri (Mountain of Fire), probably a reference to its volcanic activity.
The noble mountain rises in isolation above the surrounding plains and valleys, providing an extensive panorama for those who climb it. Ararat has no crater, and no eruption has ever been recorded. However, an earthquake rocked the mountain in 1840, burying a chapel, convent, and village that had previously occupied the slopes. Today Nomadic Kurds reside on the mountain, migrating between the valleys and high pastures with their herds of cattle and sheep.
Price includes
- Trekking permits
- Adventure Consultants mountain guides
- All expedition organizational requirements
- All expedition staff
- All meals and soft drinks on mountain
- Drinking water
- Transfers from airport to mountain area and vice versa
- Horses and mules on mountain
- All group climbing equipment, tents, crampons and fuel during climb
- First aid kit and evacuation if required
- Hotel accommodation (B&B) for two nights (1st & 5th days)
- Dogobayazit tour
Not included in price
- International round trip travel costs
- Airport entry visas
- Excess baggage charges and airport taxes
- Extras on the trek in/out such as bottled drinks, showers and laundry
- Personal clothing and equipment
- Personal Insurance/Trip Cancellation Insurance/Medical Evacuation Insurance
- Gratuities for guides and porters staff
- Meals not mentioned
- Hotel for 6th day
- Dogobayazit tour entrance fees for some sites (if required)
- Anything not mentioned
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Location
Day 1
Day 1 (20/07/2018)
Meeting at the airport in Agri and transfer to Dogobayazit by car.
Visit city center and overnight in a hotel.
Day 2
Day 2 (21/07/2018)
Transfer to Cevirme village at 2,200 m and from the point start trekking to first camp C1 at 3,300 m.
All luggage and meals will be carried by horses. Clients will carry only their daily bags.
Climbing takes an average of 3 hours.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner.
Sleeping in tents in C1.
Day 3
Day 3 (22/07/2018)
Acclimatization day. We trek to 4,200 m and descent to base camp for the night.
Climbing takes an average of 6 hours.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner.
Sleeping in tents in C1.
Day 4
Day 4 (23/07/2018)
Trekking to second camp C2 at 4,200 m. All luggage will be carried by horses.
Climbing takes an average of 6 hours.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner.
Sleeping in tents in C2.
Day 5
Day 5 (24/07/2018)
In the morning around 1 - 2 am, we wake up to eat breakfast and start trekking to the summit.
Climbing takes an average of 8 hours.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch.
Overnight in the hotel.
After summit celebration we descent to camp side for rest and lunch, then descent to 2,200 m and drive back to Dogobayazit.
Day 6
Day 6 (25/07/2018)
We will go in a tour in Dogobayazit.
Meals: Breakfast.
Overnight in the hotel.
Day 7
Day 7 (26/07/2018)
Transfer to airport. Fly back to home.
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Last update: Samer AL-Azem
(27 Jul 2018)