GOLESTAN NATIONAL PARK
Duration: 6 days
Group size: 2, max 8
Theme of the tour: Nature based (Wildlife and Birdwatching)
Difficulty of the tour: Average
Meals include: All breakfasts and lunches and one dinner
transportation: A.C van
Services include: VISA, Naturalist-guide, Accommodation, All transportation, All entrance fees, All breakfasts, All lunches and one dinner6
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
_ visit the first national park of Iran
_ Three different ecosystsems in one national park
_ Aq Su waterfall
_ Trekking in Hyrcanian forest ( UNESCO site)
_ Best habitat of one of the biggest Leopard in the world ( Persian Leopard)
_ Urial sheep
_ Gazelle in semidesert part of Golestan national park
_ Wild goat
_ Eastern birds of Iran like Ring Ouzel
_ Visitor center of N.P
TOUR ITINERARY
GOLESTAN NATIONAL PARK
Tehran
Day 1: Arrive in IKA international airport of Tehran, transfer to Tehran city, check in the hotel, half day city tour depending arrival time such as Pardisan wildlife museum, Old ruffed bazar of Tehran palace and Azadi tower, stay at overnight at the hotel
To Behshar
Day 2: After breakfast we will leave the city towards Mazandaran province then reach to the Behshar we might see Caspian Tit in Hyrcanian forests which is second natural UNESCO world heritage site in north of Iran, then we move to Dasht _ Naz wildlife refuges to try to see Persian Fallow Deer which is one of the rarest deer natives in the Middle East, today occurring only in Iran and Israel by being reintroduced into the wild, check-in, dinner and stay overnight
To Golestan national park
Day 3: leave Behshahr early morning to Miankaleh wildlife and sanctuary wetland, halfday birding we might see Caspian plover, after lunch we driving toward Golestan national park, check in Turkmen village and our beautiful guesthouse, rest and stay overnight
Golestan national park
Day 4: Full day excursion in the first national park in Iran to explore precious fauna in forest part of this region, we might see Ring Ouzel, Red Headed Bunting, and its one of the best habitats, Wild goat, Brown bear and Roe deer, return to the local guesthouse, rest and stay overnight
Golestan national park
Day 5: Second full day exploring in others of Golestan N.P we might see Gazelle, Urial wild sheep and Persian Leopard, Lammergeier, return back to the guesthouse, rest, dinner and stay overnight
Back to Tehran
Day 6: After breakfast we will leave national park and return back to the capital, check in the hotel, and end of the tour