11 Day Circle Trip to South of Iran

Starting point: Qeshm's Airport
Destination: Qeshm, Ghale ganj, Bam, Shahdad, Kerman, Shiraz
Departure time: Depends on the arrival's time
Duration: 11-Day
Return details: Imam Khomeini Intl. Airport
Note: For more than 15 persons, please send an inquiry

Itinerary

Day 1
Meet & Greet at the International airport Qeshm; our tour guide meets you at the station. Explore the city sightseeing such as Hara forest, Chahkooh canyon, Fallen stars valley, Kharbas caves, salt cave. Overnight in Qeshm. 

Day 2
Exploring Hormoz Island today is an interesting part of the trip, you will be amazed to discover such an untouched island. You will be transferred to the Island by ferry boat in the morning. It could be funny and interesting to get in a local taxi (3-wheeler taxi) when you reached the Hormoz island; We will be returned Qeshm at night. One of the activities which you must do in Hormozgan province is eating its delicious meals, Today we will be served the lunch in a local restaurant or house. Overnight in Qeshm.

Hormoz Island has many attractions. It has many colourful mountains- coloured earth, multicoloured stones and some salt cave. The beauty of nature, kindness of indigenous people who live on the Island can be a  reason for tourists to make this their vacation spot during the winter.

Hormoz sightseeing: Rainbow Valley, Valley of the Statues, Salt Cascades, Ghal’e-ye Portugalia.

Day 3
Today, a Full day excursion to discover the Naz and Hengam Islands by private car and ferryboats between islands. These islands are famous for their pristine beaches, warm water, go watching Dolphins, beautiful sunset, Swimming, etc.  Overnight in Qeshm.

Read more about them as follows.

Naz Island is surrounded by cliffs rising close to 10 meters. The island is totally flat and when there is a low tide, a narrow patch of land connects Naz to Qeshm Island. Presently there are no dwellers on the island and local fishermen have built arbours there as temporary resting places. The island becomes more picturesque after sunset. Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of the Earth. when sea level is fallen, a narrow way appears on the way island that it makes you able to ride a bike, walk, or by car through the way from Qeshm to Naz island. you can enjoy diving, fishing or etc.

Day 4
Transferring from Qeshm to Bandar Abbas by car ferry boat in the early morning. Drive from Bandar Abbas to Galeganj (210 Km), Overnight in Galeganj.

Hamon Jazmorian has been an important lagoon in this area for many decades. Kapari hotel is a local hotel with special material as a tourist attraction.

Day 5
Travel to Bam through Jiroft (280 km). Visiting the biggest adobe castle which is a UNESCO heritage site, it is worth visiting the ancient area where was one of the Silk Roads. Overnight in Bam.

Day 6
Drive to Shahdad; visiting Keshit village and Mahan en route
Keshit village: The Land of waterfalls in the heart of the Lute desert,

Keshit is a small village where is the real mirage in the Lute desert. It is an untouched place in the warmest point of the earth, where no creature can survive, creating a collection of dozens of waterfalls and springs that resembled a dream in the desert.

Shahzadeh Garden Mahan is one of the nine gardens in Iran that have been registered in UNESCO. The garden`s information has been translated into thirty-five languages and placed in a tourism map of this organization. It is one of the most aesthetic looking terraced gardens of Iran that is the combination of true beauty and Iranian originality that paints a picture of the Garden of Eden with the harmony of the fountains, garden, and architecture. Overnight in Shahdad.

Day 7
Early morning after having breakfast continue driving to Kerman from Shahdad (189 Km), enjoys a desert safari in Kaluts of Shahdad (Lute desert which is a famous desert in the world). 

Desert Lut, the central Lut is the vast part in the Lut desert that contains the lowest part of the desert. There are several Kaluts in this region that are extended from the centre Lut to the west. They are the most beautiful natural phenomena. They are unique and can’t be found in any desert of the world. Overnight in Kerman.

Day 8
Visiting all the sightseeing highlight in Kerman. Such as Ganjali khan complex (bath, school, mosque, etc). Overnight in Kerman.

Day 9
Drive to Shiraz (596 Km) to the land of the gardens. Visiting Neyriz and Sarvestan en route. In the afternoon, if time permits, you will explore the sightseeing where is amazing to visit in the night. Such as Hafezieh, Saadieh, Shah-e-cheragh and Quran gate, etc. Overnight in Shiraz.

Day 10
Full day excursion to Persepolis, one of the most important sites of the Ancient World, the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid kings with remains of the palaces of Darius the Great, Xerxes and Artaxerxes, and its famous bas-reliefs, depicting kings and courtiers and gift-bearing representatives of tributary nations of the Persian Empire; also visit Naghsh-e-Rostam to see Ka’be-Zardosht (fire temple/sanctuary), and Royal Tombs (also Achaemenid); plus seven magnificent Sassanian rock reliefs (including Shapur the First’s famous victory over Roman Emperor Valerian); and Naghsh-e-Rajab, a nearby grotto with more Sassanid reliefs, return to Shiraz. please look at the story of these places as follows.

Persepolis, whose magnificent ruins rest at the foot of Kuh-e Rahmat (Mountain of Mercy) in south-western Iran, is among the world’s greatest archaeological sites. Renowned as the gem of Achaemenid (Persian) ensembles in the fields of architecture, urban planning, construction technology, and art, the royal city of Persepolis ranks among the archaeological sites which have no equivalent and which bear unique witness to a most ancient civilization. The city’s immense terrace was begun about 518 BCE by Darius the Great, the Achaemenid Empire’s king. On this terrace, successive kings erected a series of architecturally stunning palatial buildings, among them the massive Apadana palace and the Throne Hall (“Hundred-Column Hall”).

Founded in the 6th century BC in the heartland of the Persians (today the province of Fars in southwestern Iran), Pasargadae was the earliest capital of the Achaemenid Empire. The city was created by Cyrus the Great with contributions from the different peoples who comprised the first great multicultural empire in Western Asia. The archaeological remains of its palaces and garden layout, as well as the tomb of Cyrus, constitute an outstanding example of the first phase of the evolution of royal Achaemenid art and architecture and an exceptional testimony to the Achaemenid civilisation in Persia. The “Four Gardens” type of royal ensemble, which was created in Pasargadae, became a prototype for Western Asian architecture and design.

NAQŠ-e ROSTAM, a perpendicular cliff wall on the southern nose of the Ḥosayn Kuh in Fārs, about 6 km northwest of Persepolis. The site is unusually rich in Achaemenid and Sasanian monuments, built or hewn out from the rock. The Persian name “Pictures of Rostam” refers to the Sasanian reliefs on the cliff, believed to represent the deeds of Rostam.

The archaeological site known as NaqÅ¡-e Rajab is just 3 kilometers north of the ruins of Persepolis, along the road to the Sasanian city Istakhr. The name means something like 'The carvings of Rajab', and is a little joke about the nearby NaqÅ¡-i Rustam, the carvings of the great hero Rustam. Rajab was an inn-keeper. The site was also called NaqÅ¡-e Qahraman, 'Carvings of the heroes'. Overnight in Shiraz.

There is a chance to change the itinerary as you desire, please do not hesitate to contact us.