Lar National Park.
Lar is a national park close to Mount Damavand (5671m) and some of the most impressive 4000m + summits of central Alborz Mountain Range. It is an area where semi nomadic shepherds of the desert areas further south take their herds to graze in the summer months.
The best time to visits is when giant Damavand poppies are out and the area’s grassland is covered with wild flowers, this, in the 2 week window period when the park is opened to public and before the herds arrive to eat all that is colourful, which means sometimes in the first two weeks of June.
Entry for foreign visitors requires a written permit from the headquarters of the environment department in Tehran which is bureaucratic and time consuming (an entry fee is charged which is not much) and overnight stay in the NP is forbidden.
However, we have routes for you to enjoy a few days of this spectacular area and also camp overnight. See below:
L1 Hiking from Garmabdar to Yalrood in 3 days and 2 nights. This trek starts in Garmabdar, an hour’s drive from Tehran and follows the old path that locals took for centuries getting from Mazandaran province to Tehran. There are dirt roads which were built after the revolution on old mule tracks for the shepherds and we will have to cross them on two occasions. The nights are spent in tents.
L2 Damavand Summit and Laar National park excursion 5 days. Climb the highest summit in Iran and then spend a couple of days visiting the National Park in 4WD.
L3 Free roaming Lar. An exploratory trip in 4WD plus a mountain bike and on foot into the hidden valleys of Lar and the surrounding area visiting nomads. An excellent opportunity to hike, bike and take photographs of a large area in a short space of time. Tailor made to your time.
L4. Trek Mount Damavand after crossing the entire length of Laar National Park from a tiny village in central Alborz Mountains, this is an 11 day trek in the most pristine areas of Central Alborz and only doable in the summer due to snow and ice on higher grounds.
Email us info@caspiantrek.com
However, we have routes for you to enjoy a few days of this spectacular area and also camp overnight. See below:
L1 Hiking from Garmabdar to Yalrood in 3 days and 2 nights. This trek starts in Garmabdar, an hour’s drive from Tehran and follows the old path that locals took for centuries getting from Mazandaran province to Tehran. There are dirt roads which were built after the revolution on old mule tracks for the shepherds and we will have to cross them on two occasions. The nights are spent in tents.
L2 Damavand Summit and Laar National park excursion 5 days. Climb the highest summit in Iran and then spend a couple of days visiting the National Park in 4WD.
L3 Free roaming Lar. An exploratory trip in 4WD plus a mountain bike and on foot into the hidden valleys of Lar and the surrounding area visiting nomads. An excellent opportunity to hike, bike and take photographs of a large area in a short space of time. Tailor made to your time.
L4. Trek Mount Damavand after crossing the entire length of Laar National Park from a tiny village in central Alborz Mountains, this is an 11 day trek in the most pristine areas of Central Alborz and only doable in the summer due to snow and ice on higher grounds.
Email us info@caspiantrek.com
