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

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

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

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.

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)

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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