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5 Things You Should Know About Maymand 2019

Ali Askary — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 15:23:27 +0000

1. Why Maymand?

Meymand is a very ancient village which is located near Shahr-e Babak city in Kerman Province, Iran. Meymand is believed to be a primary human residence in the Iranian Plateau, dating back to 12,000 years ago. Many of the residents live in the 350 hand-dug houses amid the rocks, some of which have been inhabited for as long as 3,000 years. Stone engravings nearly 10,000 years old are found around the village, and deposits of pottery nearly 6,000 years old attest to the long history of settlement at the village site. Living conditions in Meymand is harsh due to the aridity of the land and cold temperature in winters. The local language contains many words from the ancient Sassanid and Pahlavi languages. In 2005, Meymand was awarded the UNESCO-Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (about $20,000). On 4 July 2015, the village was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list.

2. Where is Maymand?

Maymand (or Meymand) is located at 234 km west of Kerman in Kerman province, Iran. The nearest town to Maymand is Shahrbabak, 38 km southwest of Maymand. This village is located between Kerman, Shiraz and Yazd; so you can go there on you way to Shiraz or Yazd from Kerman or vice versa.

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3. How to Get to Maymand?

There are many ways to get to this ancient village and we are going to explain them all. Pay attention that you can go there from Kerman, Shiraz and Yazd so one of the coolest options is to visit Maymand on your way to or from Kerman. However, for going there you should probably first decide if to go there by a tour guide or by yourself and if by yourself, do it by public transportation and travel cheap or by a private taxi and get there fast and pay more.

By Tour (Most Organized):

This is probably the easiest way; you don’t have to think and plan about anything and will just enjoy the place. You can see our Maymand tours here. Pros: fastest way, have a guide to explain everything, everything is managed and booked via your tour, you can visit more attractions which otherwise would be too hard or time consuming like Rageh valley of Rafsanjan. Cons: the most expensive option, if you want to go to Shiraz or Yazd by yourself you have to take a private taxi.

By Public Transportation (Cheapest):

For get to Maymand by the cheapest possible way from Kerman; you can hop on a daily bus to Shahrbabak (which cost about 1-2 € and leaves around noon), get a private taxi for 2-3 € from Shahrbabak to Maymand and do the opposite for coming back. Pros: as cheap as possible Cons: there is only one bus that goes to Shahrbabak each day, you can’t go to Shiraz or Yazd from Maymand or Shahrbabak unless you get a private taxi from Shahrbabak

By Private Taxi (Most Flexible):

As mentioned before, Maymand is located in middle of Kerman, Yazd and Shiraz; so, for going to or coming from Kerman to those cities (here you can check out how to get to Kerman from other places) you can hire a private taxi, even spend one night in Maymand and continue to your next destination from there. By doing this option you will break the travel time by half (specially Shiraz to Kerman which is about 8-9 hours), visit an amazing world heritage site and get to Kerman fresh and ready. So that’s why We highly recommend this option. Below, we’re going to explain how you can do it:

Shiraz-Kerman and vice versa (visiting Persepolis on the way):

The main road Shiraz- Kerman road is through Sirjan. It’s about 570 km and that’s the one that all of the shared taxis (about 7 hours) and buses (8-9 hours) take. However, you can do it by going through Shahrbabak too which is only about 20 km longer and guess what? By doing that you can cross the Persepolis! So, it’s possible to take a taxi from Shiraz; see Persepolis (one hour driving time from Shiraz), Necropolis, Pasargadae and afterwards go to Maymand and spend the night there. From the other side it will be like this; first go to Maymand and sleep there and in the following day visit Persepolis, Naqsh-e Rostam, Pasargadae and be in Shiraz by the evening. You can count on us and contact us for management of such a trip from english speaking taxi driver and a guide in Persepolis to book your place in Maymand and of course in Kerman.

There are 3 roads and the one that goes through Sirjan is the fastest and main one.

Yazd-Kerman and vice versa (visiting Zein-o-din Caravanserai and Sar Yazd Fortress on the way):

It’s 370 km and about 4 hours (5 hours by Bus) to get to Yazd from Kerman and if you wish to visit Maymand you have to add an extra 2 hours to it. So, you can do a daily trip visit Maymand and get to Yazd in the evening. Be aware that there are many more attractions on the way; attractions such as Rageh canyon and Hajj Agha Ali historical house (one of the biggest roofed, adobe structures in the world) in Rafsanjan and Zein-o-din caravanserai and Sar Yazd castle in Yazd. Therefore, if you can dedicate 2 days to this excursion you will be able to sleep in one of the hand-dig caves and see more attractions one the way. You can count on us and contact us to organize this trip from english speaking taxi driver and a guide in Persepolis to book your place in Maymand.

You need only 2 more hours (1 more in comparison to going by bus) to be able to see Maymand.

With more than 20 km in lenght, Rageh canyon is amonge the main attractions of Kerman.

Zein-o-din is among the few round caravanserais in Iran.

4. Where to Sleep in Maymand?

As you might guess there aren’t any hotels in Maymand. However, you can experience a unique stay in one of the hand-dig houses which the locals call “Kicheh“. In Maymand, there are 3 ecolodges that you can book a Kicheh from: Maymand Stone House, Maymand GuestHouse and Maymandmoon Ecolodge. Maymand Stone House is owned by a local couple, is the simplest and cheapest option. On the other hand, Maymandmoon Ecolodge is owed by 2 guys from Tehran, they have a dinner room, they are more professional and of course the most expensive option. You can contact us for booking.

5. What to Do & See in Maymand?

Maymand is the perfect place to spend couple of days in and enjoy the villagers life and see the attractions around. On one hand , you can go and explore the untouched nature around the village to hike for a couple of hours in nearby mountains and see the Stone engravings or go with the shepherds for hours or even days and experience pure local life. On the other hand, you can take a look at the village itself to see the fire temple which has turned to a cool museum nowadays, the hammam (traditional bath) or the mosque. Keep in mind that you have to pay around 500,000 Rials as entrance fees and a Persian speaking guide is included. However, you can ask for english speaking guides as well.

What Do You Think?

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7 things you should know about Kaluts of Lut desert 2019

Ali Askary — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:50:32 +0000

Lut desert or Dasht e Lut is Iran’s 1st natural world heritage and a huge desert spreading throughout 3 provinces. Still, the biggest and most attractive part of it belongs to Kerman. Kaluts (or Kalouts) that are considered as one of the main attractions of Lut, are huge yardangs that charm anyone and nowadays many tourists regard it as their highlight of Iran. Here we try to provide a basic article that covers most of the questions about Kaluts and we will try to make this article into a complete guide of Kalouts over time. Questions such as: what is a Kalut? how to go there? when to go there? what to see? where to sleep? is it safe? what animals are living there? By answering them and your help we will try to make this article into a complete guide of Kalouts over time. That’s why we would love to hear your feedback on this post and we will appreciate it a lot! You can contact us or leave comments below this article.

1. What is a Kalut?

As mentioned above Kalut is what yardang is called in Persian. The word kalut is derived from kalate which means a surrounded town or village in desert and some believe that kalut was actually kal plus lut. Both of these definitions suggest that Kalut means a town among desert; and in this case, a ghost town. Since there was not a complete study on Kaluts (their vastness and the heat make it into a challenge); we are not sure what happened there; in spite of that, there are some popular theories. The one that makes more sense to us is that once upon a time there was a sea in this part of Iran and after millions of years this sea vaporized little by little. This vaporization led to many rivers and streams of water that were running north to south and these rivers erode the soil and made canyons among them. The next stage is wind; after the rivers vaporized too, the harsh wind that most of the time is blowing north to south is carving these canyons; always and little by little in tens of thousand years. Finally, now these Kaluts are a huge portion of Lut desert. They can get as high as 155 meters that spread in a vast area of 80×140 square kilometers; in fact, The yardangs are so large and impressive that they can be seen easily from space.

2. How to get to Kaluts

Before; we told you all about how to get to Kerman and now we are going to tell you how to get to Kaluts. If you have a car you can take the root shown in the map and If you are on a budget and don’t mind to see less and spend less time over there you can take a shared taxi from Khajoe Sq. to Shahdad and from there a private one to Kaluts and back. Another option would be to find other visitors to share the cost of the taxi with and hire him to take you to the Kaluts and back. However, keep in mind that by doing it this way you may miss many things and find yourself spending a lot to see more. You can also contact us to book a private car. However if you seek a better dasht-e Lut experience and a more convenient way to go there we strongly suggest to take a driver-guide who knows about the Kaluts, can take you to all the attractions and give you a better overall image of the place. In addition, you can stay the night camping there to enjoy the famous night sky.

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It takes about 2 hours to get to the Kalouts

Khajoo Sq. you can find shared taxi to Mahan and Shahdad here.

3. When to go to Kaluts

Down below we are going to explain when is the best time of year and when is the best time of day to go to Kaluts of Lut Desert: 1. The best times of year to see the Kaluots are early autumn and spring; precisely from mid-October till the end of November and from early April till the end of May. This is when it’s neither too hot nor too cold to enjoining the desert and camping. Moreover, we have to mention that the weather is perfect in winter and you can go for a hike in the day time and enjoy camping at night if you have good equipment. But, in summers it will be too hot to camp and it’s better to go there only for the sunset. 2. The best time of day to be in Kaluts is for the sunset and it’s better to check the sunset and to leave Kerman about 3-4 hours before that for sightseeing, stops and to be there on time.

4. What Attractions to See on The Way to Kaluts

Mahan:

If you have time and if you have seen Kerman city already; maybe, it’s better to leave Kerman earlier that we mentioned (3 hours before sunset) and spend couple of hours on the way to see town of Mahan where you can have a cool experience seeing the Shazdeh Garden of Mahan, Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine and Mahan town (the name of Mahan Air airlines derives from the name on this town).

Many considered Shazdeh Garden of Kerman as the ultimate Persian garden.

This shrine is a masterpiece in architecture and has a unique aura.

Sirch:

For getting to the Lut desert you have to cross Palvar mountains; and, to do so you have to go up! This will result in very cold weather and it’s surprising that on the way to one of the hottest places on earth you will experience such a great differential in temperature; some times this differential is more than 25ºC. The next destination on your road trip would be the most beautiful village by the name of Sirch where you can easily fall in love (of course with nature :D). Sirch is located in a valley, full of high trees and a huge river is running through it. As a result, it gives the passengers who are crossing the road at the top; a landscape which they will never forget. There is a cypress tree in this village that is believed to has more than 1000 years and along with 2 others in other places are the most important trees in Iran.

By going to Mahan you will add 30min to your Kaluts trip.

Shahdad:

After passing Sirch and the surrounding mountains you are officially in Lut desert. The first major city that you will cross is Shahdad (Shah + dad: given by king) which is an ancient city with a 6000 years old civilization; there have been many excavations near Shahdad and many believe that this region was once the legendary civilization of Arrata. The cistern of Shahdad which we strongly recommend every visitor to go and have a look at is a touristic site with an advanced system of 6 windcatchers, dated back to 200 years ago.

Flag of Shahdad is the oldest in the world.

Nebka Mounds:

Neba is a natural vase for tamarisks trees which is formed by wind erosion. At first there were only scattered groups of tamarisks trees in a sandy land and since the roots of these trees keep the soil a little damp and hold the soil together; after strong wind all the sands will wash away except the ones around these trees and this phenomenon leads to making hills with trees at top which we call Nebka.

Shafi Abad:

Shafi Abad, like many other villages near Kaluts is there as a result of qanat technology. In almost all of these villages, you can easily trace the qanats and see how the inhabitants can make a living in a dry desert. There are a couple of interesting locations in each of these settlements; locations like old-style houses, caravanserai, palm groves, farms and ruins, and Shafi Abad is famous for its qanat entrance, caravanserai and ecolodges.

Qanat:

As you may know by now, most of central Iran is an arid place with little amount of rainfall; therefore, finding water was always a crucial task and many lives depended on it. Iranians came up with a solution about 5000 years ago; qanats! Qanats are a system of underground canals for taking water from point A (e.g. a well on hillside of a mountain) to point B ( e.g. a village in Kavir of Lut). In 2016 UNESCO enlisted The Persian Qanat as an intangible world heritage of Iran. We will post an article about this system soon. Just before the village of Shafi Abad you can reach an entrance to a qanat (although it’s not amoung the 11 qanats that are enlisted by UNESCO) which still has pure running water. Down there, there are two narrow passages that lead to couple of connected galleries and you will be astound by the humidity of that place in midst of a desert.

Qanat of Shafi Abad is located near the main road and beside Lut Ecocamp

Castle or Maybe Caravanserai:

Another place to visit in Shafi-Abad is its immense castle. Being built in about 200 years ago this place was actually a massive caravanserai where the travelers (or caravans) came to for sleeping. However, the villagers were allowed to take shelter over there in times of threat or attack and that’s why this place has defensive parts such as 4 watchtowers, high walls and a fortified gate.

The huge Castle/ Caravanserai in Lut

Entrance of the caravanserai

Qanat of Shafi Abad is located near the main road and beside Lut Ecocamp

Salt River

If you continue your course after Kalouts, in about 29 Km you reach Lut desert’s one and only permanent river called “Kal Shur” (salt river). Kal Shure is being feed by mountain of Ravar county in west and after going for about 200km it vanishes into the ground. The landscape of this river in combination with nearby hills, damp white soil and human footprints everywhere makes you feel that you’re walking in a dream.

Salt River on satellite, you can see the intersection of different branches of the river with the road and hills scattered in middle.

Salt Lake

In early spring 2019, some waves of heavy rain hit Iran and resulted many floods all around the country. Funny thing is; believe it or not, we had many floods in the desert too and the water accumulated in the lowest level of Lut desert caused a surreal massive lake. Some of the egg hills are now submerged in the water and if you look at them from atop they just look like submarines heading to a similar destination. This lake that is located near the Kaluts has been named “Young Lake” or “Salt Lake” by the locals. As it might not be there for the next year we urge all the travelers to not miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to see the Salt Lake of Lut desert in Kerman.

5. Where to Sleep & Stay After Kaluts

This one is a little tough; since it extremely depends on you yourself and the condition of the desert. Some people looooove camping and they won’t change spending a night in a tent while stargazing and enjoying a hot tea with anything in the world; nonetheless, on the other hand, some prefer to have a good night sleep in a clean bed and private bathroom after visiting the Kaluts or maybe to experience the life of locals at an ecolodge; whatever the case, there is a way for you to have a perfect night in Lut desert.

Camping:

It is possible to camp in Kaluts but by the law you have to have permission for staying in Lut and you can get thins permission from a tour agency while you are accompany with a tour guide. As you may heard camping in Lut and Kaluts is something really special; The silence, night sky and solitude make you feel that you are the only person on the planet and blessed. Yet, sometimes wind, sand storm and weather make it impossible to enjoy the life style and that why we recommend you to check the forecast before making any decisions. You should pay attention to the temp (it maybe too cold in winters and too hot in summers for sleeping), wind speed and clouds/ dust (if you want to see the night sky). You can book one of our Lut desert tours here.

Ecolodge:

There are couple of villages on your way to Kaluts in Dasht-e Lut and the last of them has about 20 kilometers to Kaluts. If you happened to go there 10 years ago, you could see the main job of the inhabitants was agriculture and all most all of them were working in palm tree farms or growing garlic. In spite of that, on that time, the unfortunate thing was migration of young generation to cities in hope of finding a better job and due to global warming and drought in Iran the villagers were losing their water little by little and this made things even worth! Guess what! Now everything is changed and the migration has diverted. In the recent years more and more tourist are going there and this fact had a huge impact on lives of the locals. They have started to open up all these accommodations that are called “ecolodges” which means a kind of homestay where you go to spend the night with locals as their guest and experience your stay like a local. cool! is’nt it? Most of these ecolodges provide good services; but, we are going to introduce the one that we have been to many times and we loved every moment: Nakhlestan Kavir at Dowlat Abad. This place is running by a Morteza and his family and it was they father land where they leaved and made their living for many decades. However, for the obvious reasons they turn this place to a beautiful home stay with a eye-catching garden where they grow palms, garlic, orange, cactus, herbals and they construct many local traditional rooms all around. You will definitely enjoy living and sleeping like a local over there. Nevertheless they even have these VIP rooms with bed and private bathrooms where you feel more like home. The price which includes dinner and breakfast for each person is about €10. Unluckily they can not speak english; but, you can always ask us to book a room for you 😉 This is Morteza’s number: ‭+98 913 843 8467‬

Nakhlestan Kavir at Dowlatabad village

Lut Star Eco Camp:

Lut Star eco camp is your best shot if you look for some place special and as clean as a 4 star hotel. It has opened recently with the intention to install a luxury hotel in midst of desert. All the rooms are huge tents with comfortable beds, tables, refrigerator, private bathroom with shower cabin and even shoe box. In addition, they have a really high standard; the staff are all friendly, welcoming and professional; they speak good english and help is always around. Lut Star eco camp has a cozy coffee shop and restaurant with high quality and pricy service. Furthermore, you can taste many exotic experiences such as a 4×4 to wonder inside the dasht e Lut or a balloon to catch sight of this beauty from the top. Although, all of this make this place the most expensive option around here: the double bed rooms are about €50, the dinner €5 and the 4×4 is about €80. You can contact us for booking.

6. The Temperature of Kaluts

Yes, it true: the place is really hot! Yet, if planed wisely one can see most of it and don’t experience the heat (given that you’re not here for the heat!). In summers (July) and around 3-4 p.m. the temperature of Kaluts can get as high as 60˚C easily and in Gandom Beryan even higher; and that’s not all, the coolest temperature in summer time is something around 30-31˚C which makes sleeping over there almost impossible. On the other hand, in winters the hottest temp won’t exceed 35˚C and the coldest won’t usually go downer than 0˚C which is not that cold. Therefore, that’s the best time to pick a hiking activity (or even camel riding) over there.

7. Animals of Kaluts

The region has been described in the past as a place of ‘no life’ and information on the biological resources in this area is limited. Nevertheless, Lut has more than 50 different kinds of animals such as sand fox, rabbit, sand cat, chinkara, Persian jird, cheesman’s gerbil, Branford’s jerboa and wolf. Some times, if you’re lucky, during nights you may notice a sand fox coming near the camp in hope of water and food.

What Do You Think?

So what was your Kalut experience? Have you been to any of this places? Where did you sleep? Did we miss anything? What should we add to the list? Please leave your option below and keep in touch.

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The Best & Cheapest Ways to Go to Kerman

Ali Askary — Thu, 11 Jul 2019 06:05:48 +0000

You are planning your visit to Lut desert of Iran to see the Kaluts and you are wondering how can you get to Kerman? Let’s first put your mind at ease, getting to Kerman is pretty easy and you don’t need to plan 3 months in advance. Fortunetly, most of the times you can effortlessly get a bus ticket to come here even at the spot. However, although there are couple of Tehran-Kerman flights and trains per day, it’s better to book them couple of days ahead.

In this post we provide all the information on how to get here, ways of transport, expense of them, how to get the ticket and get one for you if you’re interested, favorite next & previous destinations and etc.

Means of Travel

You have most of the transportation options for coming to Kerman. In this article we try to cover them all; highlighting everything that comes to mind , pros and cons, prices, schedule, and duration of each trip.

Down below you can leave comments and tell us if we have missed anything and help us to improve this post gradually . We promise to listen; after all, we want to start a family by helping each other.

Flight

Planes always have been one of the most favorite means of transportation; They are fast, safe, reliable and affordable. This statement make sense specially in a huge country like Iran where everything, even flights, are now cheap and you can find a airport in every magor city!

Although Kerman International Airport doesn’t have any international flights yet; but there are a fair number of domestic ones. Generally, there are numerous daily flights from and to Kerman (including 3 Tehran flights).

We listed flights to Kerman alongside with their schedule, duration and approximate price. You can buy your ticket on WeGo where you can search in english, have the option to choose your provider, compare the prices and make a decision (if you encounter any problems, you can always count on us):

Tehran to Kerman: everyday: 8:10, 18:20, 23:40/ 1h 40 min/ approximate price: €30

Shiraz to Kerman: Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays: 11:45 / 1h/ approximate price: €25

Isfahan to Kerman: Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays: 13:20/ 1h 10min/ approximate price: €25

Tabriz to Kerman: Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays: 10:50 / 3h 40min/ approximate price: €40

Kerman International Airport is located at the far west of Kerman City.

Mahan Air

Mahan air is the most trusted airline with newest planes in Iran and all the flight mentioned are belong to that company.

Bus

Buses are the most eco friendly, with least pollution vehicle for going on a trip and If you are on a budget, traveling by bus is the cheapest way of going somewhere in Iran. There is a station in just about every towns of Iran and practically you can go everywhere in this vast country this way. Moreover, one will be able to find many daily buses to most major cities and if you pay attention to little details you will get a very comfortable one too! If you are able to sleep on a moving vehicle; a cool trick would be to take a VIP night bus; this way you can get a relatively cozy place to sleep away all the hours and save on accommodation!

Kerman Bus Station

Be aware that there are many companies that you can choose from and they have more or less same quality. However I will advise to pay attention to the bus itself! Firstly, the number of seats in each row (obviously it’s more comfortable to be in a bus with 3 seats which is called V.I.P. in each row than 4 seats). Secondly usually buses with Volvo brand are more than 15 years old and less comfortable than ones with Scania which are usually newer. Among Scania buses, Maral is the newest in the line and they have more foot space too. So we would recommend to look for a Scania Maral when you want to have a nice and smooth journey.

Although there are many farsi websites to get the tickets online but unfortunately right away we can not pinpoint an english one that includes Kerman. Anyhow, you can always ask us to book a bus for you and 1stquest might include Kerman in near future.

Volo

Scania Maral

Interior of a Regular Bus

They have 44 seats less space but the cheapest tickects.

Interior of a VIP Bus

With 25 seats and more individual space, these buses have more expensive tickects.

Destinations, Duration & Price

Tehran: more than 20 buses per day/ duration: 14h/ approximate price: €5 for regular & €8 for VIP

Yazd: more than 10 buses per day/ duration: 5h/ approximate price: €2 for regular & €3 for VIP

Shiraz: more than 25 buses per day/ duration: 8h/ approximate price: €3 for regular & €5 for VIP

Isfahan: more than 30 buses per day/ duration: 9h/ approximate price: €4 for regular & €6 for VIP

Bandar Abass: 10 buses per day/ duration: 7h 30min/ approximate price: €3 for regular & €5 for VIP

Zahedan: more than 10 buses per day/ duration: 7h 30min/ approximate price: €3 for regular & €4 for VIP

Bam: more than 20 buses per day/ duration: 2h 30min/ approximate price: €1.5 for regular & €2 for VIP

Tabriz: more than 20 buses per day/ duration: 2h 30min/ approximate price: €1.5 for regular & €2 for VIP

Train

From way before, trains were always considered as a favorite means for traveling all around the globe. They are safe, affordable, cozy, sometimes fast (not in Iran!) and a reminder of good old times. In Iran cruising by train gives additional benefit of getting to know local people, share a compartment and chat with them for a prolonged amount of time and this usually leads to cultural exchange and even making new friends which in my opinion is the first goal of tourism.

The railway that comes to Kerman, starts from Tehran and it’s final destination is Zahedan and this is a list of all stops:
Tehran- Kashan- Yazd- Bafgh- Zarand- Kerman- Bam- Zahedan

Joopar and Bon Rail are the 2 companies who provide train for Kerman. Joopar has 6 seats in each compartment, cheaper and more basic. Bon Rail offers better quality, 4 seats compartments with most options and of course it is more expensive. Here is their schedule:

Joopar:
Tehran- Kerman: every day at 19:55/ duration: 14h 30min/ approximate price: €8
Kerman- Tehran: every day at 16:10/ duration: 14h 30min/ approximate price: €8

Bon Rail:
Tehran- Kerman: Monday, Wednesday , Saturday at 17:15/ duration: 14h/ approximate price: €15
Kerman- Tehran: Monday, Wednesday , Saturday at 19:30/ duration: 14h/ approximate price: €15

Kerman train station

The Compartment of Joopar trains, 6 seats and not that comfortable

The Compartment of Bon Rial trains, more space, better seats and more amenities

Shared Taxi

Iranians use mostly road and their own car on vacations; as a result most of the road have a good quality and there is a freeway between all the main cities. On the other hand finding a shared taxi for the next town is always facile and during daytime (work hours) the only thing that you have to do is to find the station (it’s usually based at the last main street before the main road to the next town. The price is a little more expensive than the bus; but, the benefit of this way of crossing Iran is you will get to your destination much faster.

Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking is getting more and more common these days in Iran. In most of the cases you will find a car to take you to your next destination only by waving hand, thumbing up or showing the name of your destination.

Common Destinations

Even though we mentioned most of ways to come here you still might have difficulties finding the best way to come to Kerman from a given city; so, here is a list of best ways to get to or come from a given place from or to Kerman:

Tehran:

Our recommendation: 1h 40min flight for €30
The cheapest and comfortable way: 14h VIP bus for €8
Middle ground: 14h 30 min Bon Rail train for €15

Isfahan:

Our recommendation: 9h VIP bus for €6
the 1h 10min flight can be a good choise if you can meet their schedjual

Shiraz:

Our recommendation: 8h VIP bus for €5
the 1h flight can be a good choise if you can meet their schedjual

Yazd:

Our recommendation: 5h VIP bus for €3

Qeshm Island:

Our recommendation:

got to Bandar Abass by a VIP night bus: 7h 30min for €5
get a taxi from bus station to Shahid Haghani port: 15min for €1
get a ferry to Qeshm island (the first one leaves at 7a.m.) : 1h €1

Bandar Abass:

Our recommendation: 7h 30min VIP bus for €5

Zahedan:

Our recommendation: 7h 30min VIP bus for €4

Bam:

Our recommendation: 2h 30min VIP bus for €2
A shared taxi would be another option

Tabriz:

Our recommendation: 3h 40min VIP bus for €40 (since they don’t provide daily flights, you can use Tehran as a correspond which will cost more of course)

We hope that this post can help you throughout your visit to Kerman. Is there anything that we missed? What is your favorite way to travel in Iran? What do you put in consideration when you want to choose a way of traveling? Please share with us down below and we will update this post accordingly.

Bon voyage.

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