Explore Lut in 4×4 Raid ( Voyage Iran 4×4 )

There are plenty of attractions in the city and the surrounding area. Kerman is situated at 1750 meters of elevation and has a comfortably cool climate surrounded by desert and mountains. It is a pleasant city with a central square, a few beautiful mosques and a nice bathhouse. This bathhouse is a 17th-century hammam and is now a museum. You have the whole day to explore the city.
In the evening we go out to eat together and taste the local, well-flavored cuisine of the Iranian south east. We stay at a hotel in Kerman.

After breakfast you will go on a day trip to the medieval citadel in Bam. It is one of the largest adobe structures in the world and was once one of the main attractions of the country. In 2003, the citadel was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake, along with much of the rest of Bam and its surroundings. It has been partly re-built and is definitely worth a visit. we will take a stroll to the old fortress, currently under .

After breakfast and checkout at hotel we will go toward a shahdad . en route we will stop in Mahan. We will Meet Sufis who have travelled a long way to pay homage to their Sufi master Shah Nematollah Vali in his shrine.
We will Get relax in Shahzadeh Garden . the interesting point here is that you are in the Persian gardens that is completely depicts a harsh desert at the background and around the garden .
your next visit will be the mud brick Rayen Castle, which after a bam castel is one of the main castel in the area . Rayen Castle is well preserved, despite numerous natural disasters like a earth quake, it is still one of the most interesting sites in Iran. After visiting Rayen Castel we will drive to Shahdad via a scenic mountain road. Shahdad is located at the Edge of Lut Desert and is a last town before the desert of Dasht-e Kalout begins.
We will try to see the sunset at Kalouts. It’s a very impressive sight, a sort of Grand Canyon in the desert. We can say that Kalouts remembering Acacus Mountains in the Sahara in Libya and southern Algeria.
You will spend the night in a camp It will be a very simple night in the open air under a sky full of stars .

You have the whole day to explore the Kalout Desert. We suggest driving to Kalout early in the morning to see the sunrise, and then spending some more time exploring the area. It is better to rest for a few hours in the middle of the day because of the heat.
Later, you can explore more of the desert and walk through the village of Deh Seif, a beautiful mud village surrounded by gardens and palm trees. Here you can visit a beautiful, well-preserved caravanserai .
After a lunch , We will drive to Gandom Beryan. The “ Gandom Beryan “ which is located 80 kilometres Shahdad, In the area of “Gandom beryan” that is an area of 200 km and 150 km wide there is No living and is not life and environmental conditions in such a way that there is no planter animal.
Even the carcases of dead animals and abandoned in a GanDom Beryan, in this area, even bacteria will not survive.

There was over 400 volcano in these area and that's why that the area is covered with black volcanic rocks .This region is the lowest of the Iranian interior region and this is another reason for the intense heat.
You will spend a night in camp .

Today you leave the desert and head towards Yazd and we will pass a keshit protected area golbaf city .
en route visit more mud villages. The first stop is in the ancient caravanserai of Zein-o Din. This is one of the best-preserved caravanserai in Iran and one of the few with a round shape; it is now used as hotel. We would stay a night there .

Today we will leave a carvansaray after a breakfast and heat toward a Yazd .
Yazd is definitely a special city.
Despite the dry climate, the city is green thanks to the up to fifty km long irrigation canals. Founded in the 5th century, Yazd experienced a prosperity in the 14th and 15th century thanks to its coveted carpets and silk fabrics
You will find narrow streets lined with mud houses, especially around the central bazaar. The houses are characterized by the typical BadGir, Which are the towers that catch every breath of wind to promote circulation and cool down the house by passing a wind through water. Also there are many underground qanats, aqueducts that direct water throughout the city.
The mosques of Yazd are is unique. The magnificent Jame Mosque dominates the old city. Its remarkably high, tiled entrance, flanked by two stunning minarets and adorned with an inscription from the 15th century, is simply superb.
There are several beautiful mosques that lie hidden among the streets, also, including the Friday Mosque and the Masjad-e Mir Chakhmaq. On the main Amir Chakhmaq Square, you will find the stunning three-story façade of one of the finest tekyehs in the country.
Yazd is also known for being the center of Zoroastrianism, an ancient Iranian religion. Here you can visit the Atashkade Fire Temple (House of Eternal Fire) and the Tower of Silence, a Zoroastrian burial place. In the evening you may choose to visit a zoorkhaneh strength ritual to see a traditional Iranian dance accompanied by the beating of drums.

You will go toward kharanegh . The landscape is impressively beautiful and constantly changing . You will spend the sevral hours in the beautiful desert town of Kharangh, where you will stay in caravanserai surrounded by desert and rugged mountains. Kharanagh and its fortress-like 4-stories architecture is at least 3000 years old.
We would visit the Zoroastrian temple of Chak-Chak before we bring our guests to their hotel in Yazd .

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