6-Day Iran Desert Tour with Meymand, Kalouts and Hot Springs

• Drive to Mehrabad Airport from the office for the early morning 6:00 flight ticketed departure (there might be a small change in time according to flight schedules).

• After about 1 hour of flying from Tehran to Kerman, have breakfast in Kerman, followed by a drive to Rafsanjan city (114 km, 2 hours) for trekking inside the Rage Canyon.

• Enjoy a delicious lunch of kebabs at the end of the trek, followed by some rest and a drive to Meymand village (1 hour 30 minutes). This village is a must-visit, as it holds some 6,000 years of history and traditions.

• Enjoy a specially prepared local dinner and an overnight stay here.

Accommodation: Hand-carved caves in Meymand.

Meals included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner.

• After breakfast at a nice traditional guest house in the village, visit the beautiful historical rocky hand-carved village of Meymand.

• Have lunch here at 14:00 and then leave for Mahan City (250 km, 4 hours).

• On the way, visit Shazdeh Garden (Heritage Site), a nice historical garden built during the Qajar Dynasty.

• Enjoy dinner at a restaurant in this garden and stay overnight in Mahan at a traditional cozy hotel inside the garden.

• After breakfast at 10:00 am, drive to the Shahdad desert (130 km, 2 hours) to see the famous Kalouts.

• Have lunch at a local village in the desert area, inside a local residence or at a caravansary (castle inn), followed by some rest and a short walk through the desert area for about 2 hours.

• End the day with beautiful desert sunsets and an overnight stay in Shahdad at a caravansary.

• After breakfast at 9:00 am, see the historic Shahdad Castle and then go off-roading in the desert.

• After lunch in the heart of the desert, continue onward and pass by one of the hottest points on Earth, located in the Shahdad Desert, named "Gandom Beryan" (meaning a place where wheat burns).

• Depending on weather conditions, choose either to camp in the desert or return to the Castle Inn.

• After breakfast at 9:00, drive to Rayen City (130 km, 2 hours) to see the Rayen Citadel from the pre-Islamic Sassanid era.

• After lunch and some rest, walk through a canebrake to reach a natural hot spring for hot water baths and waterfall views, where you can swim in the heart of the desert.

• End the day with traditional local meals and an overnight stay in Rayen.

• After breakfast at 9:00 am, leave Rayen and travel to Kerman (105 km, 1 hour 30 minutes).

• Enjoy some local sightseeing in the traditional bazaar areas, followed by lunch at a restaurant and time for shopping for local souvenirs.

• Transfer to the airport for the flight back to Tehran (the flight would be at 16:00 or 21:00).