• Welcome to Iran, a land full of wonders. Your Iranian guide, who will accompany you during this trip, will greet you at the IKA airport with many flowers. IKA airport is located in the southern part of Tehran alongside a highway connecting Tehran to the Persian Gulf in the south of Iran.

• Transfer directly to Polour, located in the Alborz mountains, to take the permit of climbing to Damavand and then transfer to the 2nd Camp with 4wd cars. (The 2nd Camp is located 3000m above sea level.)

See:

• The Alborz range with an incredible landscape of Damavand and beautiful Haraz road.

Experience:

• Spending the night with a spectacular landscape of Damavand and Haraz valley.

Distances:

• IKA airport to Polour is 160 km (less than 3 hours).

Accommodation:

• Camping or Shelter in the 2nd Camp.

• The 2nd Camp is called Gosfandsara. Take a mule to carry the packs and start the trekking to the base camp of Damavand, located 4200m above sea level, called Bargah the 3rd and stay there overnight.

See: 

• The incredible landscape of the Alborz range. 
• Laar dam lake and some small villages in the root.

Experience:

• Habitat at 4200 meters altitude.

Learn:

• The process of hiking and climbing to Damavand Base camp.

Distance:

• Ascending from Alt 2800m to 4150m (about 4 hours)

Accommodation:

• Camping or Shelter in the 3rdCampp

• Spend the whole day acclimatizing at the high altitude. 

• Climb to 4500 meters and descend after a while.

• Rest and enjoy the spectacular landscape.

See:

• Frozen waterfall of Damavand. 
• The landscape of the Alborz range.

Experience:

• Acclimatization in CCamp and ascending to the altitude of 4500 meters.

Learn:

• How to breathe and hike at a high altitude.

Accommodation:

• Camping or Shelter in the 3rd Camp.

• Begin the big day of climbing from Bargah 4150 meters to Damavand summit 5671 meters (8 hours). 

• Stay at the summit with your Damavand trekking guide and take some pictures.

• Descend to the Shelter and enjoy a summit completion party.

See:

• The summit of the highest volcano in Asia. 
• Sulfur vapour spring at the top and an incredible landscape of Damavand.

Learn:

• How to climb the Damavand summit.

Accommodation:

• Camping or Shelter in the 3rd Camp.

Distance:

• 12 hours maximum.

• Descend from the shelter to Gosfandsara and drive to Larijani.

• Swim in the natural hot springs of Damavand in Larijani.

• Drive back to Tehran via Haraz road.

See:

• Larijani.

Experience:

• Swimming in the Natural Spa of Damavand.

Learn:

• The Iranian lifestyle in small villages in the foothills of Damavand.

Accommodation:

• Arian hostel in Tehran.