Hiking Armenia

Tour code: AHM-04-13

Activity level: Middle
Duration: 13 days
Accommodation: Hotels and B&B
Best season:
Average Hiking: 3 km 5-6 hours per day
Meal plan: flexible (BB / HB / FB) upon request
Guide: Multilingual cultural tour guide / mountain guide
Transportation: comfortable vehicle with A/C and microphone

Day 1. Arrival

Arriving at the International Airport Zvartnots. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day 2. Yerevan  city tour

Breakfast. Visit to the fortress and Erebuni Archeological Museum. Lunch. Optional excursions. Free time. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.

Day 3. Yerevan - Sisian
Breakfast. Drive to the monastery of Khor Virap from where you can see the Mount Ararat. Drive to the Areni village. Hiking to the Noravank monastery. Picnic lunch. Drive to Sisian. Accommodation (B & B). Dinner. Overnight.
Total: 10 hours (hiking: 10km 4h.)

Day 4. Sisian - Goris

Breakfast. Visit to the monument Zorats-Karer. Hiking to the famous waterfall Shaki. Then drive to Goris. Lunch. Hiking to the cave city Khndzoresk. Return to Goris. Dinner and overnight at the hotel in Goris.
Total: 8.5hours, hiking 12 km. 5h.

Day 5.Goris - Tatev

Drive to Shinuayr, hiking to the Tatevi Anapat through the picturesque canyon of the river Vorotan. Picnic lunch. Hiking to the Devil's bridge. Sightseeing. Accommodation in B & B, dinner. Overnight.
Total: 8 hours. (13km hiking, 5 hours)

Day 6. Tatev - Sisian

Breakfast. Visit Tatev Monastery - pearl of medieval Armenian architecture. Trekking to the water resort Shamb, through a simple, picturesque mountain range. Picnic lunch. Drive to Sisian. Visit to the Monastery Vorotnavank on the way. Accommodation at the hotel Sisian. Dinner. Overnight.
Total: 9.5 hours (hiking 14.5 km., 6h.)

Day 7. Sisian - Yeghegnadzor

Breakfast. Drive to Shatin and start hiking to the Monastery Shatinavank, then hike to the church Spitakavor - S. Virgin.  Picnic lunch. Return to Yhegnadzor. Accommodation in B & B, dinner and overnight.
Total: 9h. (15km hiking 5.5 hours)

Day 8. Yeghegnadzor - Lake Sevan

Breakfast. Drive to Caravanserai "Selim". Transfer to Lake Sevan, Noraduz. Drive to the peninsula. Lunch.  The tour will continue Sevanavank monasteries. Accommodation at the hotel.
Optional excursions:
1. Selim Pass (some part)

2. Lake Sevan peninsula
Dinner. Free time, overnight.
Total: 5hours. (hiking 2km. 1hour)
Optional: hiking 6km. 2.hour.

Day  9. City of Lake Sevan - Dzoraget

Breakfast. Transfer to Dilijan. Hiking to the Monastery.Haghartsin. Picnic lunch. Visit villages Fioletov and Lermontov. Drive to Dzoraghet. Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Total: 10 hours. (hiking 13km, 5.5 hours)







Day 10. Dzoraghet – Sanahin- Haghpat-Odzun -Kobayr- Dzoraget

Breakfast. Transfer to Sanahin Monastery. Hiking to the Hagpat Monastery. Lunch in Alaverdi. Drive to Odzun, visit Odzun Monastery. Hiking to the Monastery of Kobayr. Descending. Return to Dzoraget.  Dinner. Free time. Overnight.
 Total: 9h. (hiking 15km 5h.)

Day 11. Dzoraget – Mt. Aragats - Yerevan

Breakfast (start at 7: 00).Transfer to the mountain lake Karilich. Climbing South Peak of Mount Aragats, (3870m.), Snack. Descending. Lunch. Visit the medieval fortress Amberd. Return to Yerevan.
Accommodation at the hotel. Dinner. Overnight.
Total: 11hours. (hiking 10km, 5.5hours)

Day 12. Yerevan- Gegard - Yerevan

Breakfast. Transfer to Azat river gorge, hiking to the pagan temple of Garni. Lunch. Transfer to the Geghard monastery. Return to Yerevan. Free time. Dinner. Overnight.
Total: A total 6hours. (hiking 3km. 1.5hours)








Day 13. The departure.
Transfer to the airport. Departure.