4-Day Mount Damavand Trek from Tehran with Larijan Hot Springs

• Begin your journey after breakfast with a 3-hour drive (100 km) from Tehran (your hotel or the guide's office) to Rineh (2,200 m). Enjoy a delicious homemade lunch at a guesthouse in Rineh, where you can leave your extra baggage.

• After buying everything you need, head to the southern base camp of Mount Damavand (3,100 m, 45 minutes away) in SUV cars (jeeps). The southern base camp is called "Goosfandsara" (meaning a place for sheep), as it used to be where local shepherds brought their flocks before trekking.

• Begin your acclimatization process at 4 pm after settling into your tents. This consists of a 2-hour trek up to 3,700 m. After descending to Goosfandsara (1 hour), end the day with dinner and a good night's sleep in private tents or rooms, as preferred.

Accommodation: Tents or room in Goosfandsara (Damavand base camp)

Meals included: Lunch | Dinner

• Get up at 7 am and hand your baggage to the porters.

• At 8 am, embark on a 4-hour trek to Bargah-e-Sevom Hut (4,200 m), following a normal and technically easy trekking route.

• After settling into your tents or rooms, have a light lunch to avoid issues due to the elevation gain, drink water to stay hydrated, and get some rest before beginning the second acclimatization trek at 3 pm. This involves a 2-hour trek during which you will reach 4,700 m.

• Descend to the hut in about 1 hour and have dinner at 7 pm. The meal will be rich in carbohydrates, such as pasta, to provide you with enough energy.

• Go to bed at 8 pm, as you will need to get up at 5 am the following day.

Accommodation: Beds or tents in Bargah Sevom Hut

Meals included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

• Get up at 4 am and, after breakfast, leave the hut at 5 am.

• Take the route to the peak that does not have technical difficulties. Start trekking from the right ridge of the mountain and continue on this path until you reach Abshar-e-Yakhi (Damavand ice wall).

• Continue on the left route until you reach the triangular rock (almost 5,350 m), where you start seeing sulfuric hills. At this point, you are only 1 hour of trekking away from conquering Damavand's magnificent peak.

• Stand on the peak and enjoy the beautiful landscape. If you are lucky enough to be there on a cloudless day, you can see the Caspian Sea and other peaks in the Alborz mountain range.

• Make this day timeless by taking photos, then start descending back to Bargah-e-Sevom around noon. The route is easier than the ascent, and it will take you 3 hours to get to the hut.

• After resting and eating at the hut, descend back to Goosfandsara in 2 hours and take an SUV car to Rineh village.

• Take your swimming suits and head to Larijan village to experience the hot spring pool and the lamb kebab it is famous for.

• End this adventurous day by returning to the hotel to sleep.

Note: If exhaustion makes you unable to get back to Goosfandsara, it is possible to spend the night at the hut.

Accommodation: Guesthouse in Rineh Village

Meals included: Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

• Wake up at 10 in the morning after getting enough sleep the previous night. Have breakfast, pack your bags, and say your goodbyes before heading back to Tehran.

• Leave at 11 am, and it will take you 2 hours to get to Tehran. Get dropped off at your hotel or any other requested location. It is also possible to add Tehran sightseeing to the fourth day.

Note: If you choose to stay at the hut on the third day, you will descend to Goosfandsara on the fourth day and leave for Tehran after arriving at Rineh village.

Meals included: Breakfast | Lunch