Birding from North to South of Iran

8 Days

Duration

Moderate

Activity Level

Mar, Apr

Best Months

Adventure Travel, Expedition

Travel Styles

Private Tours

Trip Type

Bird watching across the country, with magnificent species visiting Touran National

TOUR CODE

250-STN-BRD

START

Tehran

FINISH

Tehran

REGION(S)

North to south of Iran

INCLUDED

MEALS: 7 Breakfasts, 8 Lunches, 2 Dinners
ACCOMMODATIONS: Hotel: 1 Nights, Local House: 6 Nights
TRANSPORTATION: Private vehicle
All transportation according to the itinerary Accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary Meals as indicated in the itinerary English speaking tour guide Backpack handling by Mules/Horses (limited to 15kg per person)

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

Touran National Park
Visiting Parvar protected area
Visiting endemic Pleske’s Ground Jay
Visiting Kiasar Natiobnal park
Short visit of desert of Dasht-e Kavir
Visiting Golestan National Park
Brown Bear (Ursus arstus), Red Deer, Roe Deer,
Wild Boar (Sus Scrofa), Leopard
habitat of Gazelles
Asiatic Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)

Iran by having 8 different kind of habitats and climates such as Caspian Hyrcanian forest, lakes and wetlands, over 100 mountains by altitude of 4000 meter and above, semi tropical mangrove forest, deserts and sandy dunes, Persian gulf and its Islands, Oman sea tides and the southern flatlands it has its own specific birds and 105 different important bird area (IBA) with the highest ranking in the whole middle east which include native birds, winter visitor birds, migratory birds and the vagrants.

Latest report confirms that there are 530 registered bird species in Iran and that makes Iran of the most astonishing place for birding. This huge kind of habitat diversity is a good reason for this land (Iran) to have so many different kinds of species such as Caucasian Grouse, Purple Sunbird, Syrian Woodpecker, Sind Woodpecker, Caspian Tern, Lesser Crested Tern in several variety of weather condition.

Yet Iran with its endemic Pleske’s Ground Jay and important birds like White-throated Robin, Dalmatian Pelican, Caspian Snowcock, Marbled Duck, Caspian Tit and the migration corridor of birds of prey is the best place for birding in the whole region.

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