Mount Tochal & Damavand trekking tour

Tochal is the highest summit just connected to Tehran . It has amazing scenery to the city and has a hut at 2750 meters to stay overnight . The summit also has great view to Alborz and it’s possible to come back to city by using Cabin .

Damavand is the highest summit in Iran with it’s wonderful conical shape . Damavand is also the highest volcano in Asia and it’s a part of 7-Volcano project . Famous altitude is 5671 m but the real measres altitude is 5610 m . Definitely has an iconic view to Lar lake and the open fields around with a stunning view to Doberar ridge ( more than 70 kms of ridge around 4000 meters high ) . Damavand also plays a great role in Persian myth and ancient history of Persia as it there are lots of poems and writings about it . The mountain is located in north of Iran and central part of Alborz massif and south of Caspian Sea.

Day 1 : Pick up and welcome by our guide from airport, Transfer to hotel.
Day 2 : . Breakfast and transfer from hotel/flat to the base of summit ( Darband square ). Trek up to Shirpala hut (2800m and up to 4hrs ) and stay tonight . ( Mules will carry luggage )
Day 3 : Breakfast and Climb the summit of Tochal ( 3900m ) , coming back to city by Tochal Cabin ( if working on that day ) if not walk down .

Transfer  to Federation hut at Polur . Stay the night in polur hut . ( 2300 m )

( It’s also possible to stay the night in a hotel in Tehran and the other day move to Polur which is a more relaxed trip )

Day 4 : Move to the mosque on the south face of Damavand by a 4WD car, Start to trek up the mountain up to the 3rd Bargah . Mules will carry the stuff ( up to 12 kgs per person ) . You will sleep in tent/Bargah to night . ( If you book in advance , you could use private room in hut , if not we have to use tents )
Day 5 : Acclimatization in the area , Move up to the frozen waterfall ( around 5000m ) and coming back to the refuge .
Day 6 : Move very early in the morning to climb Damavand summit . The exact elevation is 5610m and the climb is around 7 hours from the hut to the summit . After summit , come back to the hut /tents .

It’s also possible to walk all the way down to Polur and transfer to Tehran but needs better fitness.
Day 7 : Breakfast and coming back to Polur . Could enjoy the hotsprings in Larijan after the climb . Transfer to Tehran ( end of trip )

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With our great and skilled guides ( most of them are IFMGA guides also official mountain guide in Iran ) and our special dietry which includes lots of healthy and delicious food and enough acclimatisation on Tochal and Damavand , most of the people could do it . You need general fitness and then listening to our guide advices and that’s it . In the last 2 summers , we had success rate of 95 percent and 100 percent to the summit !

Guide ratio would be 1:5 and Our guides are qualified and experienced enough to work on the mountain . We have the only IFMGA Mountain and Ski guide  in Iran at the moment ( and 2 Aspirant IFMGA guide ) . All our guides are good skiers , fluent in English language and don't have problem in communicating at all . Have passed the 3 years of mountain guide  official course in Iran . We have excellent rating on TripAdvisor regarding to our guides and services . guides will have maximum flexibility to help you reach your goals .

You need to provide :

• Backpack (30-40 litres)
• Duffle bag or bigger backpack to carry equipment
• Base layers
• Wind stoppers (polar jacket)
• Normal summer trekking pant
• Warm trekking pants (preferably waterproof)
• Light down jacket
• Gore-tex jacket (waterproof)
• Warm hat
• Light trekking boots
• Heavy trekking boot ( 1 layer is enough )
• Sun cream
• Headlights
• Sticks, poles
• Mattress
• Sleeping bag with the comfort level of -5
• Warm gloves ( probably an extra one )
• Sunglasses
• Ice axe
• Trekking Crampon

You could rent any of those equipments if you let us know in advance .

• 3 star nice and standard hotel in Tehran
• Shirpala hut in Tochal with dormitory beds .
• Polur has private rooms and dormitory . some private rooms with hot shower . Also dormitory shower is available .
• Another accommodation is federation hut in Rineh .
• The best accommodation would be one of the hotels in Larijan with hotspring ( They have solphuric hotsprings inside hotel which comes from Damavand )

We have great feedback on our food plans . We serve two different foods per meal . one is most European and one is traditional dish plus some dishes of Kebab during the trip . You never forget our foods as we have a special cook for this reason . We also care about different diets of the people in the group . So don't worry if you are vegetarian or have allergic to some materials . Drinking is free during the trip . Water would be always mineral for you in closed bottles

Find our menu here and you could preorder the food if you want, click here.

• All the transfers ( Tehran to Tehran )
• All the accommodation ( private room at Polur hut and hut at 4200 m ) – To upgrade accommodation ( to Hotel in Larijan ) write to us .
• Guiding and services
• Food and Drinks ( We guarantee best foods on mountain )

• Climbing Permit for Damavand ( 50 USD pp )
• Tip to crew ( in case of 100 percent satisfaction )