Kackar Mountains Trek Tour

Day 1: Erzurum – Tortum Waterfalls – Öşvank Church – Barhal – Check-in to the pension

We will meet the participants due to the flights mentioned below. After our brifing we will be on the way to Yusufeli. On the way we will visit Tortum Waterfall and Öşvank Church. For lunch and final needs we will stop at Yusufeli. Then we will continue to Barhal Village that we are going to stay for 2 days in the hearth of Kaçkar Mountains. Our dinner is at our pension.
Approx. Vehicle Transfer Time: 5 hours.
Approx. Altitudes: Erzurum, 1853 m; Yusufeli, 696 m; Barhal, 1250 m
Meals Included: Dinner

Day 2: Barhal – Şabangil – Kilyon – Barhal

After early breakfast we get prepared for our first trek. At the end of the day we will be back to our pension so we will not need to check out from the pension. We will start our trek from our pension and walk from the main road about 3 km. to a concrete bridge. Our trek starts from this point into a narrow valley and and ascent with a zig-zag pathway. We will see bear nail traces on the electric poles and will reach to a characteristic living. highland neighbourhood. Here is Şabangil. Small, clean village with lovely people. After a short break we will continue to village Kilyon; inside of the forest will be covered with pine needles and cones. Singing birds will accompany us on this peaceful trail. We will fill our water bottles from fountain of the village. Then we will descend to Barhal, our pension through an earth road. We will have time to cool down on the riverside close to our pension. Our dinner will be waiting for us.
Approx. Vehicle Transfer Time: –
Approx. Altitudes: Barhal, 1250 m; Kilyon, 1500 m
Approx. Trek Time: 5 hours
Meals Included: Breakfast – Lunch Box – Dinner

Day 3: Barhal – Amanesket – Naznara – Satibe – Transfer to Heveg (Yaylalar) Pension

After our breakfast we prepare our luggage to leave our pension after our trek. We will have a transfer to our final pension which will be our base to the end of our tour. Our guides will give you the briefing. We will have one hour vehicle transfer to the beginning of today’s trail through a affluent river covered around with trees and flowers. We will ascend on our trail below from peaceful Amanesket and Naznara highland villages. These villages positioned on a ridge and dominating both valleys under the summits of Altıparmak mountain region; legendary Marsis and Nebisatgur. After the ridge we will ascend to the famous secret glacier lake Karagöl. On this silent and tranquil lake side we will have our lunch. After that we will descend to the most scenic camp site of the area Satibe camp site. We will fill our water bottles from the shepard fountain coming from the highlands. Under the shadow of Nebisatgur we will have a break and continue from a forest trail to the Naznara village and will meet with our vehicle. In the afternoon we will take our luggage from our first pension and travel to our final base on Heveg (Yaylalar) village. We will have our dinner here.
Approx. Vehicle Transfer Time: 1 hour
Approx. Altitudes: Amanesket, 2000 m; Satibe, 2700 m
Approx. Trek Time: 6 saat
Meals Included: Breakfast – Lunch Box – Dinner

Day 4: Heveg – Aksav – Modut – Mikelis – Heveg (Yaylalar)
Today we will start our trek from our pension. After our breakfast we start our slowly ascending trail through Aksav Valley. We will ascend through the Aksav stream in green field and flowers. On our last attempt we will reach a long concave passage to the Modut highland village. This is one of the most popular and alive village in the area. From here we will descend from zig-zag car road to the skirts of Mikalis village. Then we will take a narrow path inside of the planting terraces of Mikalis until we reach to the centre of the village. Our vehicle will be waiting for us on the entrance of the village to take us to our pension. Our dinner is at our pension.

Bu gün yürüyüşümüze yine pansiyonumuzdan başlayacağız. Enfes bir kahvaltının ardından yola koyuluyoruz. Önce Heveg’in içinden Aksav deresine doğru orman sınırında ilerleyeceğiz. Ardından çiçekler içindeki Aksav vadisi boyunca beyaz köpüklü derelerin eşliğinde yükseliyoruz. Modut Yaylasına geçmek için bir geçide tırmanıp buradan yaylaya doğru ineceğiz. Yaylada kısa bir moladan sonra bu sarp coğrafyada kurulan yaşamların çetinliğine tanıklık ederek zigzag yollar ve patikalar boyunca Mikelis Mahallesine doğru iniyoruz. Buradan bizi aracımız alacak ve kısa bir transfer ile Heveg’e çıkacağız. Bu güzel yürüyüşün ardından pansiyonlarımızın içeceklerimizi alarak nefis bir sohbete dalıyoruz.

Approx. Vehicle Transfer Time: 30 min.
Approx. Altitudes: Heveg, 1896 m; Modut Yaylası, 2340 m
Approx. Trek Time: 6 hours 30 min.
Meals Included: Breakfast – Lunch Box – Dinner

Day 5: Karamolla – Sulementa – Varhal – Demirdöven/Zamevan – Heveg (Yaylalar)

When you look at from patio of our pension you can see most of the part of passage that we are going to trek today. After our breakfast and a short trip with our vehicle, we will arrive our start point in Karamolla neighbourhood. We will start to ascend to the ridge of highest hill and our next 2 hour aim is to reach to the Sabahda Passage. Bulut Mountains, valleys with streams will be in our vision from this highest point. Following Sorunpiyat stream on our left, we will descent to the one of the most secret and abandoned village Sülemanta. After our lunch break will continue to descend to the stream side and will continue through a rocky path following the valley hillside, getting into the forest and arrive to living village Veknal. After Veknal having the car road short a while, your guide will enter to hidden entrance of last trail from to the road which will arrive to our final destination today; Zamevan as known as nowadays Demirdöğen village. Our vehicle will take us to our pension for dinner and to have rest.
Approx. Vehicle Transfer Time: 30 min.
Approx. Altitudes: Karamolla, 2100 m; Sabahta Passage, 2740 m; Sulementa, 2250 m; Varhal, 1850 m; Demirdöven, 1370 m
Approx. Trek Time: 8-9 hours
Meals Included: Breakfast – Lunch Box – Dinner

Day 6: Yaylalar – Olgunlar– Dilberdüzü Camp site – Heveg (Yaylalar)

On our last day as usual we will start the trail after breakfast. This time we will go to camp site Dilberdüzü which climbers are using from south classic route of Kaçkar Summit. We will start trekking from our pension to the last village called Olgunlar. After resupplying our water bottle, we will pass a bridge that welcomes us to the hearth of Kaçkar Summit. Along the valley and slightly ascending trail will take us to this popular camp site. There will be another colourful life here; tents, climbers, trekkers, campers at 2800 m. altitude. We can refresh ourselves in the stream coming from cold mountain lakes around. After opening our lunch boxes and having fresh tea from climber friends we will start to descend to our pension. For the last dinner we will meet at the restaurant section of our pension. Approx. Vehicle Transfer Time: –
Approx. Altitudes: Heveg, 1896 m; Dilberdüzü Camp Site, 2800 m.
Approx. Trek Time: 6-7 hours
Meals Included: Breakfast – Lunch Box – Dinner

Day 7: Transfer to Erzurum

After a leisurely breakfast we prepare our luggage. Our flights are at the evening time so we have time to see around and historical Erzurum. We will have stops at Barhal and Yusufeli. Then we will arrive to Erzurum at lunch time over passing Tortum, we will visit Erzurum’s historical markets, Çİfte Minare, Erzurum Castle. We will be at the airport around 18.00.
Sabah acelesiz bir kahvaltının ardından hazırlanıyoruz. Uçuşlarımız akşam saatlerinde olduğu için bölgenin ve Erzurum’un tadını çıkararak bir gün geçireceğiz. Barhal’da ve Yusufeli’nde molalarımız olacak. Ardından yine Tortum üzerinden Erzurum’a öğleden sonra varıp Erzurum’un tarihi çarşılarını, Çifte Minerayi ve Erzurum Kalesini gezdikten sonra saat 18.00’de havalimanında olacağız. Approx. Vehicle Transfer Time: 5-6 saat
Meals Included: Breakfast