Reservation

Day 1: You will meet your guide at Trabzon Airport. Transfer to your motel. We get settled into the motel, and have an hour of free time. Later, we get into our special vehicles (Unimog) and head up to the Cosandere Plain via the Kirantas and Akarsu Villages. We rest and make photo stops in this region presenting us with its unparalleled beauty. After a short hike, we eat the lunch that our team has prepared especially for us, and then follow a foot trail that takes us through the Cosandere Valley and over the Larhan Stream to our motel. We have dinner and overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast, we are off for the Istama Field. After a short break for photos and a short walk in the field, we head to the Paparza Plateau. After about a one-hour walk around the Paparza Plateau, we will have a lunch prepared by our staff and, after lunch, get in our vehicles and head to the Kusera Plateau. Here we'll make a rest stop and have some tea. After about a two hour hike, we'll get back in our vehicles and head back to our motel via the Kusera and Cesmeler Villages. We'll have dinner and overnight.
Day 3: After breakfast, we head to Bakircilar Village via Macka. In the forest here we'll get out of our vehicles and make a two-hour trek through the forest to Konaklar Village. At Konaklar Village we get back in our vhicles and head to the Shornesha Fields. After we have lunch with our team, we'll go to the Kushtul Monastery. We'll hike from the Shornesha Peak to the Kustul Monastery, and after visiting monastery, we will descend into the Shimshirli Valley. We then follow the green valley along the length of the stream head back to our motel. We'll have dinner and overnight.
Day 4: After breakfast, we are going to head for the Gulindagi Plateau via Ocakli Village. We are going to hike from the Gulindagi Plateau to the Magura Plateau, and from there to the Sholma Plateau. After we have a short tour around the center of the plateau and take some pictures, we move on to the Figanoy Plateau. We'll have our lunch surrounded by the forests on the grassy plain, and after eating we head off to the Lisher Plateau. After a brief hike around the plateau, we start our return trip by way of Sindiran Village. After about a two hour hike, we get back in our vehicles at Sindiran Village and head back to our motel. We'll have dinner and overnight.
Day 5: After breakfast, we follow the Cosandere Valley up to the Sumela Monastery. We'll visit the monastery, and then head to the Dilaver Plateau over the Taskopru Plateau. We'll have tea and a rest break at facilities located here, and then move over the Saritas Plateau to the Santa Ruins. After visiting the Santa Ruins we will have our lunch on the bank of the stream, and make our way to the Dilaver Plateau to get settled into our hotel for the night. Depending on the weather conditions and the wishes of our guests, for supper we have a barbecue party on the shores of Chakil Lake. We spend the night at our Dilaver facilities.
Day 6: After breakfast, we head across the Cami Bogazi Plateau to the Seyfihanlar Plateau. After a break at the historical residence on the plateau, we head out to collect mushrooms called Guguvak by the locals. After we fill our canteens we'll have a drink from the crystal-clear waters of the Acisu near where we picked our mushrooms. We get in our vehicles and head to the Hanzariye Pass. At our facilities in the Hanzariye Pass we will have some tea and take a rest break, and then head along the top of the Krom Valley to the Imera Monastery. While we are visiting monastery, our staff will be preparing lunch by the spring located outside of the monastery. After we eat, we will get in our vehicles and go along the valley, passing through Olucak Village to Yaglidere Village. After we visit the Karaca Cave found in Yaglidere Village, we get back in our vehicles and head back to our motel via the Torul and Zigana Tunnels. We'll have dinner and overnight.
Day 7: After breakfast, your guide will take you to the airport and you will fly back home.

Tour fee includes:
Professional guiding, transportations as per itinerary with unimogs, airport transfers in Trabzon city and full board accomodation.

By minibus.

Tour is operated upon request when minimum 12 adults.
Departure days: Upon request.

Full board basis.

The daily hikes are approx. 3-4 hours, depending on groups condition. 5 x overnights are at motel (rooms picture is above) and 1 x overnight is in tent or alternatively mountain pension. The whole week is in full board basis. The rate is quoted for minimum 12 person, due the unimog's capasity is 12 people.

Highlights:
Sumela Monastery, highlands and Black Sea Mountains.