{"id":43274,"date":"2019-11-28T18:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T14:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/hiking-in-bldan-gorge\/"},"modified":"2020-09-24T14:49:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T10:49:33","slug":"hiking-in-bldan-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/hiking-in-bldan-gorge\/","title":{"rendered":"Bldan Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We start our hiking trail to Bldan gorge from Margahovit village in Lori region. Passing through Margavet Mountains, we enter to Bldan gorge and end our hiking trail near the Jukhtak monastery. The trail goes through the forests of Dilijan National park. Length of the whole route is 15 km.<\/p>\n<h3>Bldan River<\/h3>\n<p>Bldan River starts from the southern slopes of <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.armgeo.am\/en\/bovakar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bovakar Mountains<\/a><\/span> and stretches to Dilijan. It is the left tributary of Aghstev River. The valley of the river has great recreational resources. Near the Valley of Bldan River, there are springs of \u201cDilijan\u201d mineral waters, many sanatoriums and sport resorts.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Hrachuhi Ayvazyan and Anahit Karapetyan <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<h2>Hiking and Trekking in Armenia<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We start our hiking trail to Bldan gorge from Margahovit village in Lori region. 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