Trip Highlights:
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Lar National Park and protected area
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One days Mountain biking in the west part of massive Damavand Mountain
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Visiting the semi-nomads and shepherd on the trek
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Crossing the vast valley of Lar
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Adventure biking with crossing rivers on the dirt road
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Untouched landscapes, rivers, sounds and colors of nature in a non-touristic area
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Passing through Central Alborz Mountains ideal for photography
TOUR CODE | 096-STN-TRK | |||||
START | Tehran | |||||
FINISH | Tehran | |||||
REGION(S) | Tehran, Mazandaran | |||||
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NOT INCLUDED | Entry fee for the sites not mentioned in the itinerary Travel insurance International airfare Excess baggage charges Airport and departure taxes Any extra hotel costs such as early check in or late checkout Laundry Mini bar used in the room Meals not stipulated in the itinerary Tips (optional) Cost of medical immunizations Bottled water Phone calls Any other service not mentioned in the itinerary |
Lar National Park is a protected area on the foot of massive Mt Damavand (5610 m) with many impressive summits of Central Alborz mountain range over 4000m. Officially it is in two provinces of Tehran and Mazandaran. Lar is one of the preserved areas of Iran with watery and mountainous ecosystem only 70 km from north east of the capital.
The National Park of Lar is as big as 30000 hectares and doesn’t have any residential area in or around it. During the summer when the national park opens for local tribes you see semi nomadic shepherds from the desert areas further south take their herds to graze in the summer months. You may also see some Persian tribes making KOOCH (move to high altitude and cooler places in the hot season) in the park territory.
Because of different ecosystems and ecology, different species live in this park such as birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and aquatics (brown bear, viper, partridge, gamma and red-spotted trout). This area is also used for beekeeping considering the various plants it has.
The park opens from May to Mid- August and then is closed for the entire year. The best time to visit is beginning of May to the end of June when the area’s grassland is covered with wild flowers. All domestic visitors need a permit to visit the park. Foreign visitors also need entrance permit and some extra paperwork. In order for us to obtain a written permit for foreigners from the Environment Department in Tehran we will need some time as it is bureaucratic and time consuming.
This is amazing opportunities for all visitors to have a exciting adventure mountain biking one of the closest sites in the Capital’s countryside. We will send you to heart of Alborz Mountains in the park which is surrounded with many mountains and for one day we have a challenging biking from Northern Tehran towards heart of Lar National Park which is in the west of Damavand Mountain. We will have approximately 50-60 km biking and we will cross a couple of mountains, canyon and rivers to rich the foot hill of Damavand. The valley is vast area and on early of the season on May will covered different type of flowers. We have to cross the Lar rivers for a couple of times and that would be a good to be prepared with extra cloths and sandal and so on. We will have camping in the National Park and we will supply all of the camping stuff and gears and sleeping arrangement as well. We will start the journey from the Capital towards Fasham Road and we will back to Tehran in the late afternoon.
For getting the permit to National Park for foreigner its take time and extra paper work and advance booking is mandatory.
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