Aras International Campus Life

Mountaineering tourism route

With the initial parts of Alborz mountains and the high peaks of this region including Kiyamki peak which is the second highest peak after Sahand (single peak) in east Azarbaijan, we can have the following combined trips:

Ascend to kiyamki peak (Daran villiage)

Ascent to gechi ghalasi mountain (jolfa)

Ascend to kemtal peak (siyah rood)

Water and beach sports:

The prosperous and historical river of Aras can be the source of many entertaining and exciting trips including:

Boating in the lakes behind Aras dam, khodafarin dam and golfaraj dam

Rafting in Noje Mehr river

Jet skiing and warer skiing behind Aras dam, khodafarin dam and golfaraj dam

Windsurfing behind Aras dam, khodafarin dam and golfaraj dam

Pedal boats in the lakes of the mountain park

 

Anthropology trips:

Nomads tourism during different seasons of their travels and different tribes of villagers in gholi bigloo (khodafarin)

The country tourism in Aynalo, khomarlo, oushtebin etc and staying in the country houses, eating the local food and involvement in different activities of the villagers.

Visiting the sceneries:

Seeing and deep thinking in wonders of nature is one of our recommendations for various tourists. Such as:

Visiting the waterfall Asiyab kharabe (Jolfa - Siah rood)

Visiting the waterfalls of Maharan (Gheshlagh village)

Visiting  waterfall (daran village)

Visiting the ancient trees (Zaviye village)

Visiting Emamzade spring in siah saran village

Visiting the spring in Aghblagh village

Trips based on agrcultural richness of region:

Visiting farms of apricot, cherry, almonds, grapes, pistachio in plain of gardiyan (hadishahr)

Residing in farms of golfaraj plain

Horse riding in khodafarin region

Participating in pomegranate festival of Mardanghom  village

Visiting the methods of animal husbandry in Marazad village (breeding buffalo)

Learning and researching in nature:

Geology trips and learning about geomorphological phenomenon and morphology of Jolfa region specially Elli mountains (permin-teryas border)

Collecting fossils of millions of years age in western route of jolfa

Collecting medical herbs specific to that region

Art based trips to depth of nature and creating artistic works next to natural tourist attractions such as peaks of kiyamki and maharan.

Fishing and hunting in Aras:

Having several reserves such as marakan, kiyamki and arasbaran that are the main habitat of armani and maral ram, while taking into account the rules of environment protection agency for hunting mammals, birds, fishing, catching butterflies and other insects can be one of the unique attractions for tourists of all round the world.