Itinerary

1. Day 1: Maranjab desert

   • Start from Tehran or Isfahan with your Iranian guide to make your way to the Maranjab desert. 

   • Visit Salt Lake and Wonder Island, followed by Maranjab Caravanserai (Abbasi Caravanserai) and sand dunes. 

   Stay overnight in Caravanserai or Camp out in the desert.

2. Day 2: Aqda

   • Travel to Abouzeyd Abad, Badrud and Zavareh desert area. Visit a camel convoy if we are lucky. 

   • Ride to Ardestan and visit Qanat of Ardestan which was recently registered on the UNESCO heritage list.

   • Continue to Aqua, a nice village in the desert.

   Overnight stay in a guesthouse. (B.D)

3. Day 3: Yazd

   • Travel to Yazd to visit a complex of the ancient water reservoir of Ahmad Abad, the Chack-Chak fire temple, and the ancient village of Kharanaq on the way. 

   Stay overnight in a hotel in Yazd. (B)

4. Day4: Yazd

   • Visit the tower of silence and Dowlat Abad garden

   • Travel to Amir Chakhmaq Sq, Jameh mosque 

   • Shop around the Bazaar of Yazd.

   Stay overnight in a hotel in Yazd. (B)

5. Day 5: Meymand

   • Travel to Meymand rocky village with 10000 years of history registered on the UNESCO heritage list.

   • Make some stops to visit the ancient Jameh mosque of Fahraj, one of the oldest mosques in Iran, and Sar Yazd castle, which belongs to the Sassanid era.

   Overnight stay in a rocky house in Meymand. (B.D)

6. Day: Shahdad

   • Ride to Mahan and visit Shazdeh Garden (surrounded by desert) before travelling toward Shahdad. 

   Stay overnight in a guesthouse in Shahdad. (B.D)

7. Day 7: Kerman

   • Visit the Lut Desert (registered on the UNESCO heritage list), the most amazing desert of Iran and one of the hottest places in the world.

   • Then make your way to the Kaluts and salty river. 

   • Travel to Rayen, visit Arg-e Rayen (Rayen Citadel).

   • Ride back to Kerman and visit the Ganjalikhan complex (an old public bath) with its wax sculptures and old bazaar of Kerman. 

   Overnight stay in Kerman in a hotel. (B)

8. Day 8: Tabas

   • Travel to Tabas; on the way, visit an old Caravanserai and Naiband, a village surrounded by palm trees. 

   Overnight stay in a Guesthouse in Tabas. (B.D)

9. Day 9: Khur

   • Travel to Khur and visit the salt lake on the way.

   • Visit Garmeh oasis, a ride to the remotest village in the central desert of Iran with two people population. 

   Overnight stay in a guesthouse in this village. (B.L.D)

10. Day 10: Anarak

    • Travel to Anarak and visit Choopanan on the way, a beautiful village with a wind tower on the roof of houses. 

    • Take some photos and continue to Anarak a short stop there and drive to an off-road route toward a remote village and enjoy the silence and scenery of the area. 

    Overnight stay in a guesthouse in this village. (B.L.D)

11. Day 11: Varzaneh

    • Drive toward Naieen, visit the historic Jame mosque of Naieen and travel to Varzaneh desert village.

    • Hike through sandhills and visit Gav Chah (irrigation system by a bull), camel mill.

    • Head towards pigeon tower and salt lake.

    • Stay overnight in a guesthouse or camp in the middle of dunes. (B.L.D)

12. Day 12: Isfahan

    •  Drive toward Isfahan and visit historical bridges and Naghshe Jahan square, the second biggest square in the world, palaces of the Safavid dynasty.

    • Shop at the Isfahan bazaar.

13. Day 13: Departure - Isfahan

    • Transfer to the airport. (B)