Trekking Lake Van, Nemrut & Suphan

• Ahalat
• Akdamar Island
• City of Van
• Lakes
• Mt. Suphan
• Nemrut Volcano Crater
• Silk Road
• Tatvan
• Urartian
• Van breakfast

Trekking Lake Van, Nemrut Crater and Mt Suphan. This tour will take you completely around the extraordinary and beautiful Lake Van with its unique geology and stunning, wide open spaces. The tour requires a good level of physical fitness, mainly for the last leg of the tour on Mt Suphan which involves trekking at higher altitudes. The tour is half board, with the exception of those parts of the tour where hotels are used which are on a bed and breakfast basis. The Farewell Dinner is included in the coast of the tour.

• 1
  Day 1 -

  From Van to Tatvan on the south western shore of Lake Van via Akdamar Island and a visit, by boat, to the 10th century Armenian church of The Holy Cross. (D)

• 2
  Day 2 -

  Up to Nemrut Volcano Crater. For two days we will explore the rim of the crater with its spectacular views of Lake Van and the lakes inside the crater itself. (B + D)

• 3
  Day 3 -

  We will also explore the floor of the crater with its hot and cold lakes and numerous hot blow holes. There will be an opportunity to swim, relax or even do a little fishing in the cold lake. (B + D)

• 4
  Day 4 -

  We leave the crater and head for Ahlat with its unique and mysterious Seljuk cemeteries and monuments. We will stay overnight in a lakeside hotel with opportunities to relax and enjoy the hotel’s excellent restaurant.

• 5
  Day 5 -

  After a leisurely traditional Turkish breakfast we take the lakeside road for our camp site on the slope of Mt. Suphan. (B + D)

• 6
  Day 6 -

  Early morning start (1.00 am) for the summit of Mt. Suphan arriving at the volcano rim at around dawn. After exploring the volcano and its lake we descend to our camp site and return to the city of Van by which time you will have travelled the complete circumference of this beautiful, unique lake. (B + D)

• 7
  Day 7 -

  There are options to extend the tour to take in the extraordinary castle rock of Van with its 3000 year old Urartian fortifications, Çavuştepe and the spectacular fortress of Hoşap that protected, and drew income from, the ancient Silk Road or the numerous Armenian religious sites around the Van region .