Activities

Food

Salle de dégustation de fromages Artchesse

Vayots Dzor

ArtCheese est une salle de dégustation de fromages et un bistrot situé dans le village de Yelpin, dans la province de Vayots Dzor, qui a ouvert ses portes le 22 août 2023 sous l’impulsion d’Arthur Nazaryan et de son épouse, Lida Mkrtchyan. Il est issu de la coopérative agricole « Yerpin », fondée en 2017 par cinq membres qui, à l’origine, vendaient leur lait à une usine extérieure avant de construire leur propre atelier fromager. La gamme de fromages s'est depuis élargie, passant de trois variétés d'origine — Yelpin, Chanakh et Lori — à douze, dont un fromage de type Gouda néerlandais, fabriqué à partir de lait provenant de la coopérative et des environs. À faire sur place : déguster une sélection de fromages arméniens et de style hollandais, les accompagner de vin et de miel locaux, et les savourer sur place dans une ambiance de bistrot.

Adventure

Yell Extreme Park

Tavush

Yell Extreme Park is Armenia's first adventure park, located in the village of Yenokavan in the Tavush region, about a two-hour drive from Yerevan. Launched in 2015 with the country's first zip-line, it has grown into a multi-activity outdoor destination set in forested mountain terrain, combining adrenaline sports with the region's nature. Visitors can try a 5-line zip-line course (speeds up to 80 km/h, gliding at around 1,400 m above sea level), Via Ferrata cliff climbing routes secured by cables and ladders, off-road mountain trips in open-sided Kamaz trucks, and horseback riding; the park also has an on-site café and picnic areas for resting between activities.

Adventure

Feelfly

Yerevan

FeelFly offers tandem paragliding flights over some of Armenia's most scenic landscapes, including Mount Hatis, Lake Sevan, and the Aparan reservoir area. Flights run every day of the year, weather permitting, with an instructor selecting the best launch site and time (usually sunrise, occasionally sunset) based on the forecast the day before the flight; all sites are reachable by regular car, about 1–2 hours from Yerevan, and transfer from Yerevan can be arranged if needed. No prior experience is required — the instructor pilots the glider and provides all safety equipment — and flyers can bring a phone (secured with a safety strap) to film or photograph the flight, in addition to action-camera footage the instructor captures. Price (AMD): Feel Fly Moon — 10 min, up to 500 m: 55,000 (promo: 44,000) Feel Fly Mars — 20 min, up to 1,000 m: 75,000 (promo: 60,000) Feel Fly Jupiter — 30 min, up to 1,500 m: 95,000 (promo: 76,000) Feel Fly Saturn — 60 min, up to 2,000 m: 165,000 (promo: 132,000)

Adventure

Armenia Helicopters

Yerevan

Armenian Helicopters is a Yerevan-based operator offering sightseeing helicopter tours, charter flights, aerial work, heli-skiing, and wedding/event transport, flying Robinson R66 and Airbus H125 (AS350) helicopters. Sightseeing routes range from a short group flight over Yerevan and Garni to longer individual tours reaching the Azat reservoir, Saghmosavank, Amberd, Khor Virap, Lake Sevan and Dilijan/Yenokavan, and as far as Areni, Noravank, and Tatev Monastery, with some routes including a landing stop at the destination. The company also runs heli-skiing trips to mountain summits (with luxury Range Rover transfer to the helicopter departure point) and offers helicopter-based wedding and event services, including gender-reveal flights. Price (AMD): Varies widely by route, aircraft, and group size — for example: Yerevan–Garni (group tour, Saturdays only): 110,000 per person Yerevan–Azat Reservoir–Garni (individual, non-stop): 550,000 (R66, 1–4 pax) / 850,000 (H125, 1–5 pax) Ohanavan–Saghmosavank–Amberd: same pricing as above Combined Garni + Ohanavan/Saghmosavank/Amberd (with 1 landing): 750,000 (R66) / 950,000 (H125) Lake Sevan/Sevanavank (with stop): 750,000 (R66) / 1,330,000 (H125) Sevan–Dilijan–Yenokavan (stop at Apaga resort): 1,250,000 (R66) / 1,900,000 (H125) Azat Reservoir–Areni–Noravank–Khor Virap (with stop): 1,250,000 (R66) / 1,900,000 (H125) Areni–Noravank–Tatev Monastery (with stop): 1,875,000 (R66) / 2,850,000 (H125) Heli-skiing: from 200,000–250,000

Adventure

Scream of Souls

Yerevan

Scream of Soul is an Armenian adventure-tourism collective specializing in rope jumping and canyoning, operating for over 13 years with a stated record of zero incidents. Their flagship activity is rope jumping from a 120-meter cliff at Dragon's Canyon in Vayots Dzor province — a roughly 4-second free-fall that transitions into a large pendulum swing on a double-redundancy climbing system — with a second, lower jump point (65 m) at Hell's Canyon in Ararat province. They also run canyoning routes at Dragon's Canyon and at Devil's Bridge in Syunik province. All certified safety gear (harnesses, helmets, ropes) is provided, and each session includes HD video/photo coverage of your jump or descent, delivered within 24 hours. Rope jumping, 120 m (Dragon's Canyon): 40,000 Rope jumping, 65 m (Hell's Canyon): 25,000 Canyoning, Dragon's Canyon: 40,000 Canyoning, Devil's Bridge: 25,000 (A 30% deposit is required to secure a booking)

Adventure

Sky Club Armenia

Yerevan

Sky Club is a Yerevan-based adventure tourism company that has operated since 2009 and describes itself as Armenia's leading tandem paragliding operator, with over 10,000 tandem flights completed with licensed, insured pilots. Their core offering is tandem paragliding flights launched from several mountain and lake sites around the country — Yeghvard, Aparan, Lake Sevan, Buzhakan, Mt. Hatis, the Azat reservoir, and Dilijan — at altitudes of roughly 1,300–2,800 m, with the day starting at a meeting point in Yerevan before transport to the launch site and a return trip afterward. Beyond paragliding, Sky Club also runs a range of other outdoor activities: a 4x4 off-road tour to Mount Dimats, snowkiting, wakeboarding and flyboarding on Lake Sevan, and boat tours. Price (AMD): Tandem paragliding — Economy (10 min): 45,000 (+ 3,000–5,000 transfer, GoPro only with engine paraglider) Tandem paragliding — Standard (20 min): 65,000 (+ 3,000–5,000 transfer) Tandem paragliding — Standard (30 min): 90,000 (transfer included) Tandem paragliding — Premium (up to 1 hour): 150,000 (transfer included) Cross-Country flight (over 1 hour, up to 50 km): 150,000 (transfer & GoPro included) Other activities: Dimats Ler off-road tour 25,000; Snowkiting 23,000–125,000; Wakeboarding 35,000–48,000; Boat tour 14,000; Flyboarding 45,000

Cultural

Manufacture-musée Megerian Carpet

Yerevan

Megerian Carpet est à la fois une manufacture en activité, un musée et une salle d'exposition à Erevan, perpétuant une tradition de tissage et de restauration initiée par la famille Megeryan aux États-Unis en 1917. Le musée abrite une vaste collection de tapis arméniens et orientaux, dont de rares pièces du XVIIe siècle. Lors d'une visite guidée, on observe les tisserandes au métier à tisser, on découvre les méthodes traditionnelles de teinture naturelle de la laine, et on parcourt ou achète des tapis dans la salle d'exposition. Le site abrite aussi le restaurant Megerian Carpet. À faire : visite guidée de la manufacture-musée, démonstrations de tissage et teinture naturelle, découverte de la collection historique de tapis, achat de tapis faits main, repas au restaurant attenant.

Nature

Yerevan Botanical Garden

Yerevan

The Yerevan Botanical Garden, run by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, was founded in 1935 and reconstructed between 1945 and 1950 under architect Hrayr Isabekyan (original design by Georgi Murza). It spans 80 hectares between the Kanaker and Nor Nork heights on Acharyan Street, with a main entrance on the Kanaker side connected by a wide avenue to a second entrance on Myasnikyan Avenue. The garden holds roughly 1,100 plant species, including Armenia's wild, medicinal, and fruit-bearing trees, about 200 species of wild relatives of cultivated plants, around 70 rare and endangered species, and tropical/subtropical plants, along with a small central rose garden. Since 2008, it has also hosted a Paleobotanical Museum (supported by the Volkswagen Foundation) displaying fossil plants from Armenia, including ancient maple, oak, and poplar specimens. What you can do there: walk the garden's paths among native and rare plant collections, visit the rose garden, and see the Paleobotanical Museum's fossil-plant exhibits.