Armenia · Private tour
6-Day Armenia Highlights from Yerevan
Private tour, 5 nights, private driver and vehicle
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Where you stay
- Yerevan5 nights
- YerevanDeparture
About this trip
A private 6-day journey through Yerevan, with your own driver and vehicle throughout, and an English-speaking guide available. Rock-cut monasteries beneath Mount Ararat, in a country that adopted Christianity in 301 AD.
You travel as your own group, at your own pace. The plan below is our suggested route, and a consultant can move a day, add a night or change a hotel before you commit.
Pace: A few longer drives between cities, most days out sightseeing.
Day by day
The outline of this trip. Your consultant sends the full day-by-day programme, with timings, once your booking is confirmed.
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Day1
Arrive Yerevan, then the Yerevan City Tour.
Yerevan is built from pink volcanic stone, which is why Armenians call it the Pink City. See it from the top of the Cascade, a giant stairway of gardens and modern art with Mount Ararat on the horizon on a clear day, then walk the squares and café streets below. The day also includes the Genocide Memorial, the most moving place in the city.
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Day2
Garni & Geghard Tour.
Armenia's two most famous sights, side by side. Garni is a first-century Greco-Roman temple, the only one still standing in the former Soviet world, above a gorge lined with basalt columns so regular they look carved. Geghard, a UNESCO-listed monastery cut partly into the cliff, has chapels where a single voice fills the rock. Ask us about baking lavash or hearing the duduk.
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Day3
Tsaghkadzor & Dilijan Tour.
Armenia's lake and forest country. Lake Sevan, one of the largest high-altitude freshwater lakes in the world, shines below a monastery on its peninsula. Next comes a mountain resort with a medieval monastery at its edge, then Dilijan, the forest town Armenians call their Switzerland, hiding a 13th-century monastery in the trees.
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Day4
Khor Virap & Areni Wine Tour.
Mount Ararat never looks closer than from Khor Virap, the monastery where Armenia's conversion to Christianity began with a saint imprisoned in a pit. South of it lies wine country: Areni, whose nearby cave held the world's oldest known winery, and Noravank, a red-stone monastery deep in a narrow canyon. A wine tasting is yours if you want it.
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Day5
Amberd & Saghmosavank Tour.
High-country Armenia. A hillside of giant stone letters celebrates the Armenian alphabet, a monastery stands on the lip of a deep canyon, and Amberd, a fortress at about 2,300 metres on the slopes of Mount Aragats, is as remote and windswept as it looks. Higher still, Lake Kari is often ringed with snow well into summer.
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Day6
Free morning, transfer to the airport for departure.
Departure
Where you stay
Choose your hotel level and the prices update to match. Prefer something different, or a family room? Just ask.
- Fellinger Concept · 4-star · Yerevan, 5 nights
- Premier · 3-star · Yerevan, 5 nights
- Aghababyans · 5-star · Yerevan, 5 nights
What's included
Included in the price
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Not included
- International flights to and from the region
- Visa fees where your passport requires one
- Lunches and dinners unless stated in the itinerary
- Personal expenses, drinks and souvenirs
- Tips for your driver (and guide, if booked)
- Anything not listed under what’s included
How group size changes the price
On a private tour the vehicle and driver (and guide, if you add one) are shared across your group, so the price per person usually falls as the group grows.
Calculating…
Weather, month by month
Average daytime highs, night-time lows and rain days in the places this trip visits.
Mild and mostly dry on this route: Apr, Jun, Sep, Oct.
Good to know
- Visas
- It depends on your passport: see visa rules for Armenia, each linked to its government source. Tell us your passport when you enquire and we will help.
- Best time to go
- May–June and September–October. We run this trip in other months too; ask us about conditions and prices.
- Getting there
- International flights are not included. Most travellers fly into Yerevan; we meet you at the airport.
- Confirming
- The price you see is live. It becomes a booking once a consultant checks hotel and vehicle availability for your dates, usually within 24 hours.
Questions we get asked
Is this a group tour with other people?
No. Every trip on this site is private: your group, your driver and vehicle, your dates. Nobody else joins you.
Can the itinerary be changed?
Yes. This is our suggested route for 6 days, not a fixed package. Add a night, drop a day trip or change a hotel level, and a consultant updates the price before you commit.
Is the price per person or total?
Prices show per person based on two people sharing a double room, with the total alongside. Solo travellers and larger groups pay a different price; the table above shows how.
When do I pay?
Nothing is paid on this website. Once a consultant confirms your trip, a 30% deposit secures it and the balance is due 48 hours before you travel.
What if the weather closes a mountain road?
It happens, mostly outside the months above. We offer the nearest equivalent we can arrange and explain any difference in cost, either way.
What travellers say
4.9 from 227 reviews on Google
Our 4.9 rating comes almost entirely from travellers on our Georgia trips, where we have worked longest.
Book or ask about this trip
Choose your date and group to see your exact price, then request to book it. Nothing to pay now: a consultant confirms hotels within 24 hours and sends a secure payment link. Or just send us a question.
