Armenian NationalTour

Jeep tour from Yerevan

Azhdahak Volcano & Lake Akna

A 4×4 on the lava plateau below Azhdahak volcano

Overview

The Geghama Mountains are a chain of extinct volcanoes between Garni and Lake Sevan. The highest is Azhdahak, 3,597 metres, with a small lake in its crater in summer. An ordinary car can’t get here: past the last village the track crosses lava fields and alpine meadows.

We drive up by 4×4 to Lake Akna at about 3,000 metres and walk the last couple of kilometres to the crater rim — an easy mountain walk with huge views of Aragats, Ararat and Lake Sevan.

Itinerary

  1. Pick-up in YerevanFrom your hotel or apartment
  2. Geghama MountainsFrom the foothills on by 4×4 across the lava plateau
  3. Lake AknaMountain lake at about 3,000 m
  4. Azhdahak VolcanoAbout 2 km on foot to the crater lake
  5. PicnicOptional
  6. Back in YerevanDrop-off at your hotel

Route map

≈ 100 km by road · start and finish in Yerevan

  • by 4×4

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Included

  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off
  • 4×4 vehicle with driver
  • Guide in English, Russian or Armenian (optional)
  • Bottled water

Not included

  • Picnic and lunch

Good to know

The season runs from mid-June to September, once the snow melts. Bring good shoes and a warm jacket: even in summer it is cool and windy at the top.

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