{"id":30945,"date":"2018-01-19T16:47:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/two_day_tour_in_geghama_mountains\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T16:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T12:51:00","slug":"two_day_tour_in_geghama_mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/two_day_tour_in_geghama_mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Two – Day Hike in Geghama Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geghama mountains are known for their\u00a0huge amount of petroglyphs and sculptures of mythological creatures, known as \u201cvishaps\u201d (dragons). For archeologists and for all mountain lovers Geghama mountain range is a heaven on earth, with its findings, indescribable views and extinct volcanoes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The mountain range has a volcanic origin, it consists of many extinct volcanoes. \u00a0The length of the range is 70 km, the width is 48 km. The highest peak is Azhdahak (3597m). In the crater of Azhdahak there is a lake, which is fed by melt water during the whole year.<\/p>\n

During the summer season you can meet yezidis in Geghama mountains, who are engaged in cattle breeding and move to the mountains for the whole summer period.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The following program is for those who have already arrived to Armenia, had a walk in Yerevan, visited all the attractions and just want to escape to the mountains for two days. We will pick you up from your hotel\/hostel and begin our journey in the mountains of Armenia.<\/p>\n

For those who are still planning their journey to Armenia and need a little help, we offer the following hiking tour: Mysteries of Geghama mountains<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n

Day 1: Climbing Mountain Spitakasar (3555m)<\/h3>\n

We will start the hike from Yerevan on 4×4 cars. On the first day we will reach lake Vanki, which is located at the altitude 2750 m. above sea level. Near the lake we will see a lot of Vishapakars. Vishaps (dragons) or vishapakars (dragon stones) are stelae carved with animal imagery found in the high-altitude summer pastures of modern Armenia and Armenian Highland.\u00a0 They probably owe their name to local folk tales where dragons are monstrous giants living in the mountains or, perhaps, the name may be due to a misunderstanding of the imagery carved on them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vishaps of Geghama mountains<\/p><\/div>\n\n

After exploring the vishaps we will climb the mountain Spitakasar (white mountain), which is the second highest mountain of Geghama mountain range. It is located on the border of Gegharkunik, Kotayk and Ararat provinces. It is also the highest peak of Ararat province.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Overnight in tents. All the equipment for the camp will be moved to a camp place on off-road car.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Details of the day:<\/strong><\/p>\n