Ararat And Damavand Permits

Ararat Climbing Permit

For trekking and skiing on Mount Ararat special climbing permission from Turkish government is required.

You can apply for this permission by the Turkish Embassy in your country. Procedure takes usually 1-2 months.

The other, much faster and the easiest way to receive permission to climb Ararat, is to processed through tourism agency, which will organize your trekking or ski tour on Mount Ararat.

From 2015 permission to climb Ararat is issued by local authorities in Dogubayazit, which significantly speeds up procedure, as it is no longer required to send documents to Ankara.
Currently procedure takes about 1-2 week, so you should send us required documents minimum 2 weeks before your arrival.

The cost of Ararat climbing permit is 50 USD per person.

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