Alamut Trek

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Alamut Trek

Mountain Climbing and Treking schedule of Navizar Hotel in Alamut region

25 routes identified for Climbing, Treking and their characteristics (time, distance and conditions of the path) are as following that operates by Navizar Hotel Alamut:

Route 1. Ghaleh Navizar (Navizar Castle):

Type of the route: rocky, hard climbing, requires physical readiness, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout

Goal: to visit Navizar Castle

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water, rock climbing equipment

Maximum altitude: 3,000 meters

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Route 2. Zeresk, Gacheelat:

Type of the route: rocky, semi-hard climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout

Destination:Zeresk, Gacheelat gypsum mountains

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: guide may be needed for some people, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,300 meters

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Route 3. Castle to castle (Navizar Castle to Gazorkhan Castle or Hassan Sabbah Castle:

Type of the route: rocky, hard/semi-hard climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Gazorkhan Castle (Hassan Sabbah Castle)

Time: 2 days (1 day for professionals)

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,400 meters

Villages in the route: Gazorkhan, Atan, Vanash, Zeresk and Garmarud

 

 

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Route 4. Garmarud, Zeresk, Zangelan, The caravanserai (Piche Bon Caravanserai):

Type of the route:hard climbing, circular trip

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Piche Bon Caravanserai

Time: 1 day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,500 meters

This route can be travelled from Garmarud to the caravanserai and from the caravanserai to Garmarud by vehicles.

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Route 5. Navizar Hotel Alamout to the waterfall:

Type of the route: rocky, hard climbing/soft walking, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: to visit Kalak waterfall and Chorei Bon (with a height of 120 meters)

Time: half a day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water, returning through asphalt road

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

Two routes: an asphalt road (no need to have a guide) and a heavily rocky route (requires to have a guide)

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Route 6. Garmarud to Piche Bon:

Type of the route: road trip, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Piche Bon

Time: 1 day

Items needed: provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,000 meters

 


Route 7. Navizar Hotel, Piche Bon, Se Hezar hot spring (Piche Bon, Salambar, Maran, Darjan, Shahrestan and Se Hezar hot spring)

Type of the route: road trip, semi-hard climbing, hiking, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Se Hezar hot spring

Time: 2 full days

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,500 meters

Villages in the route: Garmarud, Piche Bon, Caravanserai, Salambar, Maran, Darjan and Shahrestaan


 

Route 8. Navizar Hotel, Se Hezar hot spring (Piche Bon, Narges kuh, Se Hezar hot spring)

Type of the route: rocky, semi-hard climbing, hard climbing, roundtrip <> and circular trip ○

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Se Hezar hot spring

Time: 2 full days

Items needed: professional guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,500 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Alamout in Garmarud and it continues along Narges kuh after passing Piche Bon; then after passing a hard route it reaches Se Hezar hot spring. In addition, this rout is accessible from NarmiLat village.


Route 9. Garmarud, Avatar and vice versa (mountain climbing route)

Type of the route: road trip, semi-hard climbing, hard climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Avatar village located at the end of Alamout valley

Time: 2 full days

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,000 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing around Piche Bon village it goes down to Avatar village.


Route 10. Garmarud, Avatar and vice versa (river route)

Type of the route: road trip, semi-hard climbing, hard climbing, river hiking,circular trip ○

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Avatar village located at the end of Alamout valley

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing NarmiLat village it continues along the river andreaches Avatar village at the end of Alamout valley.


Route 11. Garmarud, NarmiLat, Dineh rud, Avatar

Type of the route: road trip, semi-hard climbing, hard climbing, circular trip ○

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Avatar village located at the end of Alamout valley

Time: 2 full day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing NarmiLat village and Dineh rud reaches Avatar village at the end of Alamout valley.

 


Route 12. Garmarud, NarmiLat and Dineh rud

Type of the route: road trip, semi-hard climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Dineh rud Village

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing NarmiLat village it continues along the road and reaches Dineh rud village after travelling a 45-minutes trip.


Route 13. Garmarud, Piche Bon, Se Hezar hot spring, Kaljaran, Takht-e Soleymn, Kelardasht

Type of the route: road trip, semi-hard climbing, hard professional climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Kelardasht through Se Hezar hot spring – Kaljaran and vice versa

Time: 2 full days

Items needed: professional guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 4,100 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing Piche Bon village it continues in Se Hezar road; after passing mountains of Kaljaran and TakhteSoleyman mountain (with an elevation of 4650 meters) it reaches Kelardasht.


Route 14. Garmarud, Se Hezar hot spring, Hesarchal, Kelardasht

Type of the route: road trip, semi-hard climbing, hard professional climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Kelardasht through Se Hezar hot spring – Hesarchal and vice versa

Time: 4 full days

Items needed: professional guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,800 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing Piche Bon village it continues in Se Hezar road it reaches Hesarchal. It should be noted that since this route is a professional route, a professional local guide is needed for traveling this route.


Route 15. Garmarud, Avatar, Kalvan kuh,Hesarchal,Kelardasht

Type of the route: walking, semi-hard climbing, hard professional climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Kelardasht through Avatar, Kalvan kuh, Hesarchal, Kelardasht and vice versa

Time: 3 full days

Items needed: professional guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,800 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing Avatar village it continues throughKelvan kuh road and Hesarchal road.It must be noted that since this route is a professional route, a professional local guide is needed for traveling this route..


Route 16. Garmarud, Lazur, ZardeGule, Avanak, Garmarud

Type of the route: walking, semi-hard climbing, circular trip ○

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: ZardeGule, through Lazur – Avanak road

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,600 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing Lazur region it continues toward ZardeGule. In returning, the route continues toward Avanak village and ends in Garmarud. This route is very attractive because of its short time and being semi-hard. This route can be travelled with an ordinary local guide.

 


Route 17. Garmarud, Avanak, Shah Alborz

Type of the route: walking, semi-hard climbing, hard climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Shah Alborz, through Avanak – ZardeGule– Avanak – Shah Alborz road

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: professional guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 4,200 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and after passing Avanak village continues toward summit of ZardeGule mount. Along the edge of ZardeGule, Shah Alborz mount is located in an altitude of 4200 meters. Considering high altitude (4200 meters) and spectacular natural views around the route such as: Narges kuh, East Alamout valley to Sialan, NarmiLat neck and Alam kuh mountains and Kalvan kuh, Shah Alborz route has so many attractions and it requires an experienced guide.


Route 18. Garmarud, Avanak, ZardeGule, Darband, Garmarud

Type of the route: walking, semi-hard climbing, hard climbing, circular trip ○

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Darband of Garmarud via ZardeGule– Avanak – Darband of Garmarud route

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,600 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud village and after passing Avanak village continues toward summit of ZardeGule mount. After reaching summit of ZardeGule mount it goes toward Darband of Garmarud and finally ends in Garmarud.

 


Route 19. Garmarud, Darband and vice versa

Type of the route: walking, semi-hard climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Darband of Garmarud

Time: 1 full day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 3,200 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud village and continues toward Darband of Garmarud and summit of Darband mount. This route is relatively soft but with many natural ecological attractions.


Route 20. Garmarud, Zivar, Hassanabad, Darband-e Zurun and vice versa

Type of the route: walking, semi-hard climbing, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Darband-e Zurun

Time: half a day

Items needed: guide, provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

This trip begins from Navizar Hotel Aamout in Garmarud and continues toward Hassanabad village and ends in Daarband-e Zurun. This is a soft route with many natural ecological attractions.

 


Route 21. Garmarud village, Aavanak village

Type of the route: walking, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Avanak village

Time: half a day

Items needed:water

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

This route has been planned for a soft walking; and it ends in Avanak village via the road.


Route 22. Navizar Hotel, Avanak village, Pile Sare mountain

Type of the route: walking, suitable for all ages, circular trip ○

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: Pile Sare mountain

Time: half a day

Items needed: provisions, water

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

This route has been planned for a soft walking; and it is suitable for all ages.


Route 23. Navizar Hotel, RuyDeh, AbolhassanMalga

Type of the route: walking, semi-soft climbing suitable for all ages, roundtrip <>

Beginning: Navizar Hotel Alamout, Garmarud

Destination: AbolhassanMalga grassland

Time: half a day (1 day in case of staying in the grassland)

Items needed: water

Maximum altitude: 2,900 meters

The aim of planning of this route is to enjoy the natural attractions of RuyDeh valley and Darband of Garmarud. This route is suitable for all ages and for all tastes.


Definitions:

1-      Roundtrip or one-direction route: going ahead and going back along the same route. <>

2-      Circular trip of two-direction route: a route that begins from one point and ends in the first point via different ways. ○

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