Iran Persian Gulf Tour Program

Day 1 Arrival Tehran

Arrive at Tehran IKA international airport. You will met & assisted with our representative and transfer to hotel

Day 2 Tehran

The biggest metropolitan area in the Middle East, Tehran is the capital of Iran, the main city for industry, business and culture in the country. The history is relatively recent, it’s still the capital from 1750 during the Qajar’s time, after with Pahlavi rule and after the Islamic Republic of Iran during the revolution.

Tehran is the main city if you want to discover the modern history of the country, but it still has a lot of historical sites in the center and in the north part of the city. Historical center was recently renovated with pedestrian streets; you should walk without car traffic around the main Golestan Palaces and the Big Bazar.

In this trip we would like to show you the Golestan Palace, the first Throne of the Shah when Tehran became the capital, the most beautiful Palace in Iran, the complex is fine decorated with tiles and mirrors in the real Persian style but with the influence from French and European design.

After we will visit the Grand Bazar, the biggest in the world.

We would like to show you some part of this city that all of tourists go, for example some of Armenian church in the historical center like Saint Gregor, and Hassan Abad square, one of the most beautiful place in Tehran, we will visit Moqaddam Museum, with a big collection of old tiles and paints, this place will introduce you in a interesting way, the history of Iran before and after islam.

There are not just old palaces or square in Tehran, this city has also a modern shape with contemporary art and style, and we want to show you this with a visit to Nature Bridge (Pol-e Tabiyat) the new symbol of the capital after Milad’s Tower, this pedestrian street is between two park system, illuminated at night, you will see a good panorama of the Alborz mountain and recognize how big is our capital city.

Day 3 Tehran - Qeshm Island | Day 4 Qeshm Island Tour

In the morning we’ll take a plane from Mehrabad Airport to Qeshm Island.

Qeshm is not just the biggest island in the Middle East and in the Persian Gulf, but also the biggest Geopark inside UNESCO heritage, it’s something like another country inside an island, there is desert, canyons, salt caves, beautiful sea, biodiversity and the biggest mangrove forest in the Middle East. We just do not visit these natural sites but you will discover the kind hospitality of Qeshm people, the sea food that you will not find in other parts of the world.

Nature rules on this island.

Day 5 Qeshm - Hengam Island - Qeshm

Hengam is a little island close to Qeshm, we will have a boat journey for watching the dolphins and going on the island to see virgin shores for relaxing and staying in nature.

Day 6 Qeshm - Hormoz - Bandar Abbas

Hormoz is a little island in the Persian Gulf and gives the name of the homonymous strait. Cars are not allowed on it, the city is kind, little and peaceful and only a settlement on this little island.

Hormoz is also called the island of colors, the soil color  is changing between red, black, brown and white. We will visit the Silver beach, the Red Beach, this one has red soil, useful for make-up, and the Salt Goddess, a salt canyon and inside of it you will feel that you are on Mars.

In the evening we’ll travel by boat to Bandar Abbas and overnight.

Day 7 Bandar Abbas - Minab - Sirik - Jask

Bandar Abbas is the main port of Iran and one of the oldest and most important one in Persian Gulf. Is an ancient city but unfortunately there are not a lot of historical sights left. Like in Qeshm and Hormoz you will see Bandari people and the beautiful color of the women’s clothes wearing the typical mask of this region. We will visit the Hindu temple, a famous monument in this city.

We will continue to Minab, a nice city famous for the Thursday Bazaar, now also partially open in the rest of the week. It's special to see the local handcrafts by Bandari women.

The road between Minab and Jask is something incredible, to the right the seaside and to the left mountains like a moon landscape, we will also have a little stop at Sirik, a little port village with a mangrove forest.

In the late afternoon we will arrive at Jask, an important baluchi port and we just stay for a dinner and overstay night.

Day 8 Jask - Darak - Chabahar

After breakfast we will travel to the Baluchestan region, the highway is going to be more narrow, safe as well, and we will cross the little village until we arrive at Darak Shores. This is one of the beautiful beach in Iran on the Oman Sea, is still virgin with high sand dunes wrapping some sporadic palm trees, we will spend some hours watching the sea and Overstay night at Chabahar

Day 9 Chabahar

Chabahar is one of Baluch's important ports of Iran, a bustling city with a colorful bazaar and a big free trade zone. The old tourist sites are in the north part of Tis, we will visit the Portuguese fortress and the old cemetery.

But the main part of this country side is the sea, close to Konarak city we will spend some hours at Pozm Cape, a rock shore with a really blue shore.

Day 10 Chabahar

On this last day we’ll drive to the Pakistan border. Crossing the highway we will visit Tomb Shores, a long sandy shore as far as the eye can see. Before arriving at Lipar Lake we will make stop to see the Martian Mountains on the north part of the highway. Lipar lake is artificial but has something special: pink. The color is created by a little seaweed. It might be more pink or less pink depending on the level of water and the light.

Before we arrive at the Pakistan border we will visit Beris and its beautiful promontory. The last site is Gowatr Gulf, the last boat trip on a mangrove forest, and we have the chance to visit Dolphins.

Day 11 Chabahar - Tehran

Last shops in bazaar and fly to Tehran. Overnight in Tehran