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The Zagros and the Bakhtiyaris Part 1

For any tour reservation or further information please write to info@caspiantrek.com or send a Whats App to +98 937 150 1993 Mehdi and I had talked about this trek for some months. He had been to this area twice before, the last being 5 years back. It is by far the remotest part of Iran, some 8 hours between the beginning of the trail from the city of Isfahan a grand part of which is a terrible dirt road recently constructed for the study of another damn dam on one of the great rivers of southern Iran, the Bazoft. Then the email came in. A Dutch/ Belgian couple, looking for a 10 day trek in the Alamut Valley in April. To cover 10 continuous days this time of the year would be very difficult if not impossible because of snow and risk of avalanches. A few emails later I put forward the idea of doing a 4 day trek from Ovan to the Caspian hinterland plus a week in the Zagros Mountains. Lady T who had been in touch with me on behalf of the couple accepted my offer, everything s