ABIE DAWJEE & CREST TRAVEL & TOURS
BRING YOU THE MAGICAL
IRAN TOUR
Departing 20th December 2012
Tehran – Isfahan – Yazd – Shiraz- Chaloos –Tehran
____________________________________________________________________________
Itinerary prepared by
Gashttour Tours, Shiraz, Tehran
Abie Dawjee's office: 031-2072110/2072276 [email protected]
Day 01 – JHB -> Dubai -> Tehran
Depart Johannesburg at 19h15 on Emirates. Arrive Dubai and transfer for departure to Tehran.
Day 02 Tehran
Arrival in Tehran 0925- meet & assistance at airport & transfer to hotel. Overnight Tehran.
Day 03 Tehran
Sightseeing in Tehran, Abgineh, Carpet Museum in Tehran Shah Palace in the North of Tehran and in the afternoon visit to the Jewelry Museum. Overnight Tehran.
Day 04 Tehran –Isfahan
Drive to Isfahan via Imam Khomeini’s Tomb & Kashan where the group can visit Borujedeih House & Fin Garden enroute to Isfahan. Upon arrival in Isfahan visit the old bridges in Isfahan such as Siosepol and Khajo Bridge Abassi.
Day 05 Isfahan
In the morning after check-out, sightseeing in Isfahan with Naghshe Jahan Square with its Imam & Sheikh Lotfollah Mosques & Aliqapu Palace. Visit to Chehel Sotun known as the palace of 40 Columns.
Day 06 Isfahan
In the moring we will visit the Friday Mosque of Isfahan, Vank Church and in the afternoon we have enough time for shopping in the big bazaar of Isfahan called Qeysarhyieh .Afternoon Drive to Yazd via Nain and a visit to the old Friday Mosque of Nain which was built during the Abassid dynasty’s rule in Iran.
Day 07 Isfahan-Yazd
Upon arrival a visit to the Zorostarian Fire Temple, Water Qanat and wind towers. Thereafter Friday Mosque of Yazd, Old Part of City under UNSCO protection, Vaghtoo Saat or Seidroknedin and Silence Tower
Day 08 Yazd –Shiraz
In the morning drive to Shiraz via Abarkouh where there is a 4000-year-old tree and Ice box made of cylinder shaped mud building. Old mosque in Abarkoh via Passargad to visit the tomb of Great Persian King Cyrus
Day 09 Shiraz –Persepolis
Direct excursion to Persepolis and Naghshe Rostam in the afternoon sightseeing in Shiraz with the visit Shiraz to Quran Gate, Arge Karim Khan, Hafez and Sadee’s tomb.
Day 10 Shiraz QTehran
In the morning a visit to the old Vakil Bazaar of Shiraz and Shrine of Habib ibn Hamzeh and in the afternoon transfer to the airport for the flight to Tehran and dinner in Tehran
Day 11 Tehran –Chaloos
Leave in the morning for the North of Iran passing the high Damvand Mountains and slopes in Chaloos. We will visit Namakabrod and take the cableway through the forest. Old bazaar in Chaloos then to Hotel beside Caspian Sea. Overnight Ramsar
Day 12 Chaloos –Ramsar
Morning after breakfast Swim in Caspian Sea and enjoy seaside. Visit to rice plantation and return to Tehran. O/N Tehran
Day 13 Tehran
Morning after breakfast go to Tehran. Afternoon visit to 18th Century Saad Abad Palace and then farewell dinner at Alighapo restaurant.
Day 14 Tehran
After breakfast visit the Iran National Museum. Afternoon visit the beautiful Mellat Park. At 17.00 transfer to IKA Airport for flight back to South Africa via Dubai.
Day 15
Arrive in Johannanesburg at 10h50.
The tour may be subjected to minor changes in order to make the tour more comfortable and enjoyable.
PACKAGE PRICE: R18,900 (+R600 for visa) = R19,500
IMPORTANT NOTES
1. The package price includes:
Airfare from Johannesburg to Tehran. One domestic flight (Shiraz to Tehran).
Accommodation in 4 & 5 stars hotels, 2 persons per room.
Daily breakfast and dinner
All transfer & sightseeing tours as mentioned above with local guides & entrance fees where applicable.
2. The package price does not include:
Telephone calls, Laundry, Visa cost (R600), All drinks during meals
Lunch (stops will be made to allow the purchase of snacks).
Any other personal expenses
3. Accommodation
If you wish to have a room for yourself only, you will have to pay a single supplement charge of R5,000.
Sharing: If you are travelling alone & do not want to pay the single supplement, we will try to match you up to share a room with someone of your age group. Note that generally we are successful in finding suitable partners. However, if we cannot do this you will be matched with any other single person of any age group. If no other person is found to share a room with you, you will have to pay the single supplement. Children: Every possible attempt will be made to accommodate children in rooms next to their parents but this cannot be guaranteed as some hotels do not have the appropriate accommodation or do not comply with our requests. There is no price reduction for 3 persons sharing a room. Rooms are allocated randomly and some may get better positioned rooms (i.e. the view) and no changes can be made.
4. Payment
Contact us on 031 2072276 for details about making payment for the above tour.
5. Inoculation/Medical
Please get a letter from your doctor stating that you are free from HIV, TB, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C
6. Passports
We require your passport to obtain visas. Send four 3x4 cm recent photograph
Outside Durban:
If you are some distance away, go to any post office and ask them for Speed Services overnight mail (about R60). You will be given a large plastic envelope.
Address the envelope to:
Fact International/Abie Dawjee, P O Box 37670, Overport City, 4067
Hand the envelope back at the post office counter. You will be given a tracking number which ensures that your document is not lost.
In Durban
If you are in Durban, drop off your passport at the FACT INTERNATIONAL Office:
Office 724, 7th Floor,
Overport City Office Tower,
Overport City -cnr Ridge Road and Overport Drive
Phone 031 2072276 email: [email protected]
Please send the following info with your passport:
Residential address,
Office and home phone numbers
Please ensure that your passport does not expire within 6 months from the date on which you are travelling. Temporary passports are not allowed.
7. Luggage
Maximum weight allowed 30 kg and 7 kg hand luggage. Crest Travel & Tours or Abie Dawjee will not be responsible for any baggage lost or delayed by the airlines. Delayed baggage will be conveyed to you at your cost.
8. Currency
Do NOT take travellers cheques. Carry only cash dollars in small denominations ($5, $10, $20 -Maximum $50 notes)
9. Cancellations
Any cancellation made less than 14 days before departure will be subject to a 50% penalty. Any cancellation made less than 7 days before departure will be subject to a 75% penalty.
10. Departure Time
19:15 pm Johannesburg O.R Tambo International Airport. Please reconfirm times with our office.
11. Disclaimer
Crest Travel & Tours or Abie Dawjee or any of their agents will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage suffered by the traveler on this tour by any cause whatsoever.
BRING YOU THE MAGICAL
IRAN TOUR
Departing 20th December 2012
Tehran – Isfahan – Yazd – Shiraz- Chaloos –Tehran
____________________________________________________________________________
Itinerary prepared by
Gashttour Tours, Shiraz, Tehran
Abie Dawjee's office: 031-2072110/2072276 [email protected]
Day 01 – JHB -> Dubai -> Tehran
Depart Johannesburg at 19h15 on Emirates. Arrive Dubai and transfer for departure to Tehran.
Day 02 Tehran
Arrival in Tehran 0925- meet & assistance at airport & transfer to hotel. Overnight Tehran.
Day 03 Tehran
Sightseeing in Tehran, Abgineh, Carpet Museum in Tehran Shah Palace in the North of Tehran and in the afternoon visit to the Jewelry Museum. Overnight Tehran.
Day 04 Tehran –Isfahan
Drive to Isfahan via Imam Khomeini’s Tomb & Kashan where the group can visit Borujedeih House & Fin Garden enroute to Isfahan. Upon arrival in Isfahan visit the old bridges in Isfahan such as Siosepol and Khajo Bridge Abassi.
Day 05 Isfahan
In the morning after check-out, sightseeing in Isfahan with Naghshe Jahan Square with its Imam & Sheikh Lotfollah Mosques & Aliqapu Palace. Visit to Chehel Sotun known as the palace of 40 Columns.
Day 06 Isfahan
In the moring we will visit the Friday Mosque of Isfahan, Vank Church and in the afternoon we have enough time for shopping in the big bazaar of Isfahan called Qeysarhyieh .Afternoon Drive to Yazd via Nain and a visit to the old Friday Mosque of Nain which was built during the Abassid dynasty’s rule in Iran.
Day 07 Isfahan-Yazd
Upon arrival a visit to the Zorostarian Fire Temple, Water Qanat and wind towers. Thereafter Friday Mosque of Yazd, Old Part of City under UNSCO protection, Vaghtoo Saat or Seidroknedin and Silence Tower
Day 08 Yazd –Shiraz
In the morning drive to Shiraz via Abarkouh where there is a 4000-year-old tree and Ice box made of cylinder shaped mud building. Old mosque in Abarkoh via Passargad to visit the tomb of Great Persian King Cyrus
Day 09 Shiraz –Persepolis
Direct excursion to Persepolis and Naghshe Rostam in the afternoon sightseeing in Shiraz with the visit Shiraz to Quran Gate, Arge Karim Khan, Hafez and Sadee’s tomb.
Day 10 Shiraz QTehran
In the morning a visit to the old Vakil Bazaar of Shiraz and Shrine of Habib ibn Hamzeh and in the afternoon transfer to the airport for the flight to Tehran and dinner in Tehran
Day 11 Tehran –Chaloos
Leave in the morning for the North of Iran passing the high Damvand Mountains and slopes in Chaloos. We will visit Namakabrod and take the cableway through the forest. Old bazaar in Chaloos then to Hotel beside Caspian Sea. Overnight Ramsar
Day 12 Chaloos –Ramsar
Morning after breakfast Swim in Caspian Sea and enjoy seaside. Visit to rice plantation and return to Tehran. O/N Tehran
Day 13 Tehran
Morning after breakfast go to Tehran. Afternoon visit to 18th Century Saad Abad Palace and then farewell dinner at Alighapo restaurant.
Day 14 Tehran
After breakfast visit the Iran National Museum. Afternoon visit the beautiful Mellat Park. At 17.00 transfer to IKA Airport for flight back to South Africa via Dubai.
Day 15
Arrive in Johannanesburg at 10h50.
The tour may be subjected to minor changes in order to make the tour more comfortable and enjoyable.
PACKAGE PRICE: R18,900 (+R600 for visa) = R19,500
IMPORTANT NOTES
1. The package price includes:
Airfare from Johannesburg to Tehran. One domestic flight (Shiraz to Tehran).
Accommodation in 4 & 5 stars hotels, 2 persons per room.
Daily breakfast and dinner
All transfer & sightseeing tours as mentioned above with local guides & entrance fees where applicable.
2. The package price does not include:
Telephone calls, Laundry, Visa cost (R600), All drinks during meals
Lunch (stops will be made to allow the purchase of snacks).
Any other personal expenses
3. Accommodation
If you wish to have a room for yourself only, you will have to pay a single supplement charge of R5,000.
Sharing: If you are travelling alone & do not want to pay the single supplement, we will try to match you up to share a room with someone of your age group. Note that generally we are successful in finding suitable partners. However, if we cannot do this you will be matched with any other single person of any age group. If no other person is found to share a room with you, you will have to pay the single supplement. Children: Every possible attempt will be made to accommodate children in rooms next to their parents but this cannot be guaranteed as some hotels do not have the appropriate accommodation or do not comply with our requests. There is no price reduction for 3 persons sharing a room. Rooms are allocated randomly and some may get better positioned rooms (i.e. the view) and no changes can be made.
4. Payment
Contact us on 031 2072276 for details about making payment for the above tour.
5. Inoculation/Medical
Please get a letter from your doctor stating that you are free from HIV, TB, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C
6. Passports
We require your passport to obtain visas. Send four 3x4 cm recent photograph
Outside Durban:
If you are some distance away, go to any post office and ask them for Speed Services overnight mail (about R60). You will be given a large plastic envelope.
Address the envelope to:
Fact International/Abie Dawjee, P O Box 37670, Overport City, 4067
Hand the envelope back at the post office counter. You will be given a tracking number which ensures that your document is not lost.
In Durban
If you are in Durban, drop off your passport at the FACT INTERNATIONAL Office:
Office 724, 7th Floor,
Overport City Office Tower,
Overport City -cnr Ridge Road and Overport Drive
Phone 031 2072276 email: [email protected]
Please send the following info with your passport:
Residential address,
Office and home phone numbers
Please ensure that your passport does not expire within 6 months from the date on which you are travelling. Temporary passports are not allowed.
7. Luggage
Maximum weight allowed 30 kg and 7 kg hand luggage. Crest Travel & Tours or Abie Dawjee will not be responsible for any baggage lost or delayed by the airlines. Delayed baggage will be conveyed to you at your cost.
8. Currency
Do NOT take travellers cheques. Carry only cash dollars in small denominations ($5, $10, $20 -Maximum $50 notes)
9. Cancellations
Any cancellation made less than 14 days before departure will be subject to a 50% penalty. Any cancellation made less than 7 days before departure will be subject to a 75% penalty.
10. Departure Time
19:15 pm Johannesburg O.R Tambo International Airport. Please reconfirm times with our office.
11. Disclaimer
Crest Travel & Tours or Abie Dawjee or any of their agents will not be responsible or liable for any loss or damage suffered by the traveler on this tour by any cause whatsoever.