There’s one simple reason why 2020 is the year you should join us on our popular annual fundraising hike in Dilijan National Park: It’s the very last time we’ll be running it! We also wanted to let you know why – and to do that, let us tell you why we chose Dilijan as the […]
Hiking in Armenia practically guarantees three things: breathtaking landscapes, being invited to drink homemade oghi (fruit vodka) – and finding an ancient Christian monastery tucked deep within the mountains! Dilijan National Park is no exception. Scattered along or near the route of the Transcaucasian Trail through the park are no fewer than five major monasteries. […]
Every year we organise guided group treks on brand new sections of the Transcaucasian Trail. As well as providing valuable feedback from intrepid and experienced hikers, these treks are also one of our main fundraising tools. All of the proceeds go straight back into improving the trails, making our treks a great opportunity for people […]
This is a guest post by Val Ismaili, who in 2017 completed an 800km thru-hike of Armenia and returned in 2019 with another ambitious goal: to establish brand new rock-climbing routes among the stunning cliffs of Dilijan National Park. In 2017, I travelled to the Caucasus for the first time. It was a four-month-long trip […]
It seems 2020 might just be the start of Armenia’s tourism boom, with the country appearing on countless listings of hot new destinations, and the Transcaucasian Trail being named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Greatest Places. Following this trend, three European airlines – Ryanair, Wizzair and Air Baltic – have announced new cheap flights to […]
We’re happy to announce the full calendar of annual supporters’ treks in Armenia next year – including a brand new itinerary in southern Syunik, for which we (already!) have only one spot remaining! With Ryanair announcing new routes to Yerevan via Berlin, Rome and Milan, it’ll never have been easier or more affordable to sample […]
Since the early days of the Transcaucasian Trail we’ve experimented with drone mapping to further our trail-building ambitions and make our work more effective. The technology has progressed at an incredible pace since then, and now we’re very happy to announce DroneDeploy as our team in Armenia’s newest sponsor! DroneDeploy’s world-leading drone software is typically […]
This is the 9th instalment in a series of Q&As with past TCT volunteers. The aim of this series is twofold: to provide information about what it is like to volunteer with us, and to preserve our antics for posterity. TCT: This is a grassroots project with a marketing budget of precisely zero. Given that, how did […]
This is the 8th instalment in a series of Q&As with past TCT volunteers. The aim of this series is twofold: to provide information about what it is like to volunteer with us, and to preserve our antics for posterity. TCT: What is something we might not know about you otherwise? Lusine: In my junior year of […]
Great news if you’re planning to hike the Transcaucasian Trail loop in Dilijan National Park this summer – the first batch of Cartisan’s new hiking maps have just arrived from the printer and will be shipping in the next couple of weeks! To be more precise, they’ve arrived at Cartisan co-founder Simon’s place in Berlin, […]
