Mount Ararat Climbing - 2023 Price from 490 EUR

Mount Ararat - the only mountain over 5000 meters high in Turkey

No special technical training is required to climb Mount Ararat. Good physical condition and the desire to climb the mountain will do just fine. There are no cracks or steep turns on the way to the summit. To successfully climb Mount Ararat, a good acclimatization and the company of a qualified guide are sufficient.
It is much more convenient if someone who was born and raised there organizes the ascent of Ararat for you. A very experienced team awaits you! You will see a completely different culture and way of life.
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On the first day, in the course of the morning, an all-terrain minibus or the loading area of ​​a truck is used to drive to the starting point. After the small mud hut village of Eli, it goes up a slope as far as possible towards the base camp. The current state of the route determines the end point of the journey. The escort team and the Kurds with their pack animals are waiting there. Then you will climb about 1000 meters on foot to the base camp. The second day is used to encourage acclimatization by climbing very slowly to the high camp. Via a clearly visible path, you can easily reach a place in four hours where the tents are set up on some tiny platforms. After a longer rest, we return to the base camp.
On the third day, we climb up to the high camp a second time and spend the night. On the day of the summit, the start is still between three and four o'clock during the night. A striking ridge is reached over boulders, over which one climbs rather steeply and laboriously up to about 4900 meters to the beginning of the harmless, fairly flat summit glacier. The summit goal becomes visible and, depending on your ability, will be reached after an additional hour and a half and a total of five to six hours. Mountaineers in good physical condition can easily descend the almost 2000 meters in altitude to the base camp. On the fifth day, the descent to the piste and the return trip to Dogubayazit takes place.

Ararat Climbing;

• Altitude: 5,165 m

• First ascent: 1829

• Prominence: 3,611 m

• Coordinates: 39° 42′ 7″ N, 44° 17′ 50″ E

• Last eruption: July 1840

• First climbers: Friedrich Parrot, Chatschatur Abowjan

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Ararat Climbing Difficulty: Level 3 Moderate
These are climbing tours with hikes in easy terrain with some more demanding sections. On the daily stages, a maximum of 1,200 vertical meters are covered in up to 6 hours. Good physical condition is required.
What mountains are there in Turkey?
The highest mountains in Turkey

• Mount Ararat

• the Taurus Mountains

• the Mount Erciyes

• Palandöken

• the Kaçkar Mountains

• Uludag

• Babadağ

What is the highest mountain in Turkey?

• The mountain is also known as Great Ararat (Turkish: "Mountain of Pain") and is a dormant volcano in Eastern Anatolia near the border between Armenia and Iran. At 5,137 meters above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Turkey.

Where are the Ararat Mountains?

• Ararat Big and Small Ararat from the east Altitude: 5137 m

• Location: Ağrı Province (Turkey)

• Mountains: Armenian highlands

Can you climb Mount Ararat?

• The usual normal route leads from a base camp (between 2700 and 3200 meters depending on the season) via a high camp (between 3750 and 4200 meters depending on the season) to the summit. Most of the peaks are climbed during the summer season from early May to September. Climb Ararat with TAF Travel Ararat Climbing Tours 2023 Price from 490 EUR