8 Day Khorasan Photography Tour (Saffron, Turquoise Mine & wild life)

8 days 7 nights
Max people: 8
Wi Fi Available
Mid Oct to Mid Nov
Min age : +12
Pick up: Airport

7 day Khorasan Phtography tour is specially designed for everyone who is interested to capture the world’s intact sceneries. You can take brilliant shots of Portrait of local, Elegant saffron flowers, intact landscapes, wildlife and street photos. Prepare the cameras and pack your lenses to step into making a perfect photography album.

Our journey starts from Mashhad, a destination of not only pilgrims but tourists from around the world. We will have a chance of walking through traditional bazaars and experience being in spiritual atmosphere of Imam Reza holy shrine early in the morning.

This photography tour is a combination of different tour styles, cultural, natural and also agriculture tours. The intact nature of Kalat Naderi and palace of the Sun invites us to the history book of Persia.

Turquoise mine is not an ordinary destination you can find on any tours, let alone traveling to the oldest mine of Turquoise in Neyshaboor. Collecting royal purple saffron flowers risen from the soil when sun is rising on the horizon is a life-time experience. Locals are so interested to show how to pick the flowers and do it with care and love to be processing.

On our photography tour, we will also spend time in intact nature of Bagh Keshmir and pay visit to oldest turquoise mine of the world and ancient Nashtifan windmills.

Physical Difficulty Level

Medium ( light trekking)

Best Time to Travel

Mid October to Mid November

Lodging Level

3 star hotels and local houses

Travel Style

Mixed

Included Services

Comfortable transport all over the tour
Twin Hotel and local house accommodation
Full board Meal ( breakfast & 2 meal per day)
Tour guide ( Speaking your Language)
A bottle of water per day
Entrance and ticket Fees

Excluded Services

International Flights
Counselor Visa Fees
Any Private Expenses
Tips to Guide and Driver

Additional service upon request

Domestic Flights
Full Board meals
Luggage Carriage
Single Rooms

Travelling Highlights

Mashhad: Imam Reza Holy shrine
Kalat Naderi: Sun Palace
Turquoise Mine: Oldest turquoise mine in the world
Saffron Feilds: saffron harvesting
Nashtifan windmills: 1000 old working windmills
Keshmir protected area

Photos

Itinerary

Day 1

Meeting the guide in Mashhad international airport, we will transfer to Hotel and checking-in. in the evening we will go around the holy shrine of Imam Reza to walk in the streets ending to traditional bazaars.

Day 2

Optional tour: If you are an early bird this short tour is for you (Early in the morning, we will go to holy shrine to enjoy the spiritual atmosphere and we will have a short walk to see how shop keepers open up stores and you will see a lot of shops offering you warm honey-milk or hot chocolate, it is worth trying it once! )
Early in the morning, we leave to ancient Kalat with its wonderful surrounding nature. We will visit Nader shah’s Kakhe Khorshid or Khorshid Mansion, and we will walk around the town and enjoy the intact nature.

Day3

After breakfast at the hotel, we will head to Neishaboor, in the morning we will go to visit the oldest Turquise mine in the world! After that we pay visit to tomb of Atar Neishaboori,the persian poet mostly known for his quote” This shall too pass”. On our way back in the afternoon we will go to Bojan Village, one of 10 stair villages in Iran.

Day 4

It is time to finally visit the saffron fields and accompany farmers collecting saffron flowers so early in the morning before the sunrise. Do not forget to have proper warm clothes. A light jacket suits well.

Day 5

On this day we will go to some of the saffron processing workshops to see what happens to the saffron flowers after collecting them from the fields. We will meet locals and spend time with them.

Day 6

On fourth day of the tour it is time to go to east, Nashtifan windmill is our next destination. Khorasani music performance is part of our plans.

Day 7

Traveling to northern parts of the area, the pure nature and wild life of east of Iran will be our host to take the rural life snapshots of bagh kashmir protected zone.

Day 8

This is time to say goodbye to Iran. There is transfer to the airport. Hope you enjoyed the tour and see you again in Iran.

8 Day Khorasan Photography Tour (Saffron, Turquoise Mine & wild life)

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