ArmeniaExpeditions
Activities

What a single day can turn into

Building blocks for your expedition — and each one bookable on its own.

A gravel track winds through the Vayots Dzor highlands, a lone 4x4 far below beneath a snow-capped peak.

Every one of these activities can be built into an expedition or booked on its own. Each one tells you when it runs, when it doesn't, and what it takes.

Off-road & Motorsport

A white Land Cruiser on a rutted volcanic track in the Geghama highlands, dust hanging behind the wheels

Offroad Expedition

Guided 4x4 travel on tracks that no map shows.

1–14 days
challenging
A dust-covered two-seat buggy mid-corner on a forest track near Dilijan

Enduro & Buggy

Short distance, plenty of surface — from Garni to the forests of Dilijan.

2–5 hrs
challenging
A loaded adventure motorcycle on an empty pass road, the rider turned away

Motorcycle Adventure

Here, two passes are rarely more than forty kilometres apart.

2–10 days
demanding

Air

A tandem paraglider seen from below against a pale sky above Lake Sevan

Tandem Paragliding

A flight above Lake Sevan, tandem with a pilot.

2–3 hrs
moderate
A powered paratrike before take-off at the Azat reservoir, canopy half inflated

Powered Paratrike

Flying without a slope: taking off from flat ground at the Azat reservoir.

2 hrs
easy
A hot air balloon rising over the Garni gorge, basalt cliffs below

Hot Air Balloon

A dawn ascent above the Garni gorge.

3–4 hrs
easy
A small helicopter on a gravel pad on a bare Armenian mountain shoulder

Helicopter Flight

The shortest way to where no road goes.

30–90 min
easy

Water

A kayak on flat water in the Shirak region, the paddler seen from behind

Kayaking

Flat water in Shirak, at your own pace.

2–4 hrs
moderate
A raft with five paddlers dropping through a rapid on the Aghstev river in Tavush

Rafting

The snowmelt decides when we go.

3–4 hrs
challenging

Rock & Adrenaline

A climber halfway up a pale limestone face in Vayots Dzor

Rock Climbing

Limestone in Vayots Dzor, on a rope.

Half day
challenging
A person in a wetsuit abseiling down a small waterfall in a Syunik canyon

Canyoning

Down a gorge in Syunik — the stream is the only way through.

4–6 hrs
challenging
A canyoneer abseiling free-hanging beside a tall waterfall in Vayots Dzor

Advanced Canyoning

Deeper gorges in Vayots Dzor, longer abseils, a longer day.

6–8 hrs
hard
A person mid-ride on a zip line above a broadleaf valley in Tavush

Zip Line

Across a forested valley in Tavush, on a steel cable.

1–2 hrs
easy

Foot & Animal

A hiker from behind on a forest path in Dilijan National Park, a red-and-white waymark on a beech trunk

Day Hike

Five to seven hours on paths that were made for sheep.

5–7 hrs
moderate
A trekker with a large pack from behind on a ridge in the Geghama mountains

Multi-Day Trekking

Twelve to fifteen kilos on your back, three days without a signal.

3–7 days
demanding
A rider from behind on a dun horse crossing open highland pasture

Horse Riding

Highland pastures below Aragats, on a horse that knows the way.

4–7 hrs
moderate

Winter

An Mi-8 helicopter on a snow shoulder of Mount Aragats, two skiers crouching by the skid

Heliskiing

Book two days. One rarely survives this weather.

1 day
hard
A ski tourer from behind climbing above Tsaghkadzor, leafless beech woods below

Freeride & Ski Touring

Skins on, skins off — and in between you read the slope.

1–3 days
demanding
A snowkiter from behind on a windswept snow plain on the Aragats plateau

Snowkiting

On the Shirak plain you ride uphill as well.

3–5 hrs
challenging
A skater from behind on the frozen shallows of Lake Sevan

Ice Skating

The edge is marked, the thickness is measured, the light is flat.

1–2 hrs
easy

Culture

The rock-hewn portal of Geghard monastery with khachkars set into the wall

Monasteries & Churches

Inside it is cold, dark and has been in use for a thousand years.

1–3 days
easy
A vishap dragon stone with a bull's head and scale relief in the Geghama highlands

Legends on Location

Every legend comes in two versions, and they contradict each other.

5–8 hrs
easy
An abandoned Soviet sanatorium with stripped concrete balconies

Urban Exploration

We take nothing and leave nothing. That is the only reason this exists.

4–6 hrs
challenging

Food & Wine

Three glasses of Areni red on a rough wooden table in a tuff cellar

Wine Tasting

Areni, where wine has been made for six thousand years.

2–4 hrs
easy
Hands cutting a bunch of dark Areni grapes from a low bush vine

Winery & Grape Harvest

A working day that would have happened without you anyway.

4–6 hrs
moderate
Thin lavash dough slapped onto the hot inner wall of a tonir

Cooking Class

The first flatbread drops into the embers. The fourth does not.

4–5 hrs
easy
Two tulip glasses of Armenian brandy on the head of an oak cask

Brandy Tasting

Grapes from the Ararat plain, twice distilled, aged in Caucasian oak.

2–3 hrs
easy
Hands gathering avelouk, wild mountain sorrel, on a green highland slope

Wild Herb Walk

Up to twenty wild greens folded into a single flatbread.

5–7 hrs
moderate

Nature

A white stork on a nest atop a concrete pole in the Ararat plain, Mount Ararat behind

Bird & Wildlife Watching

Six hours of watching for forty minutes in which something happens.

6–10 hrs
moderate
The Milky Way over the black volcanic cones of the Geghama mountains, a lit tent below

Stargazing

Twenty minutes of darkness that one white screen undoes.

4–6 hrs
easy
A single dome tent on black lava gravel in the Geghama highlands

Wilderness Camping

Wind, water, drainage — those three put the tent where it stands.

2–5 days
challenging
A photographer from behind at a tripod on the stony rim of a gorge in Vayots Dzor

Photography Tour

Two short windows of light, three hours of track in between.

1–5 days
moderate

People

An Armenian village house of rough stone with a corrugated roof and a vine-covered porch

Staying with Families

The best room in the house, a shared bathroom, toasts in a fixed order.

1–3 nights
easy
Dust-covered hands working the interlace of a khachkar with chisel and mallet

Craft Workshops

A workshop that keeps working while you practise.

3–5 hrs
moderate

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