Damavand peak tour
Damavand peak tour
Damavand trekking
Many springs and rivers are flowing through this mount. The most striking ones are Tineh River in North, Lar and Div Asiab Rivers in West, Haraz River in South and Panj Ab in Eastern side of the mount. There’s a unique frozen waterfall in the south of Damavand, called Abshar Yakhi in Persian. It means icefall and the ice never melts. The waterfall is around 12 meters tall with 3 meter diameter. The elevation of 5100 meters has made it the highest waterfall in the Middle East. Unfortunately, the glorious nature of Damavand is threatened by excessive grazing and road instruction. In springs, the mount foothills will be covered by anemones and the birds’ songs can be heard.
Damavand trekking
There are four main routes to climb Damavand Peak includes North, East North, West and South Routes. Among these, the easiest way is going through Southern side, where the icefall located on the way, The toughest one is Northern route. Except the West Route, rest have shelters on the way as being located near villages.
Beside being the highest mount in Iran and the Middle East, Mount Damavand has a very high position in Persian mythology. It’s the symbol of strength and freedom, where goodness overcome evil. Regarding to this imposing notion, there’s a national day (4th November) named of Damavand. On this day every year, People hold the celebration in Mazandaran Province, where the mount is located.
Hesam Yousefi | Iran mountain guide
Mount Damavand a potentially active volcano. It is a stratovolcano which is the highest peak in Iran and the highest volcano in Asia; the Kunlun Volcanic Group in Tibet is higher than Damavand, but are not considered to be volcanic mountains. Damavand has a special place in Persian mythology and folklore. It is in the middle of the Alborz range, adjacent to Varārū, Sesang, Gol-e Zard, and Mīānrūd. It is near the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, in Amol County, Mazandaran Province, 66 kilometres (41 miles) northeast of the city of Tehran. Mount Damavand is the 12th most prominent peak in the world, and the third most prominent in Asia after Mount Everest and Puncak Jaya. It is the highest volcanic mountain in Asia, and part of the Volcanic Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.
Damavand peak tour
Damavand hiking trip
Hesam is an excellent guide. He guided me and my friend for a week through some wonderful landscape of Albroz range, and finally taking us to our target peak of Damavand. He arranged everything from food, accommodation , transport to actual guiding. We could not have asked for a better and friendly guide with a wealth of local knowledge. I highly recommend him as a trekking guide in Iran. Ardeshir Rana
We enjoyed 4 days trekking with Hessam, it was an incredible time with such a good guide in incredible places. Hessam is not only a great guide with guiding skills, he is very cautious, will make sure there is no danger at all, adapt himself to everyone and lead you to reach the best you can. But more than that, he is also super friendly and funny. We couldn’t hope for a better guide for this trip. He listen to your desires and needs and adapt everything. This albroz trek was one of the best memory we have from Iran: beautiful landscapes, very interesting discussions and a lot of fun. We definitely recommend Hessam.