Lake Vistan; The pristine nature of Gilan, camping in a forest full of fog

I wish it was always May; Do you think May is not the best month to travel around Iran?

Travel to the pristine regions of Iran

Iran is full of pristine and untouched areas, many of which remain unknown; But the question is, should these areas remain unknown? I remember a few years ago when I traveled to Shekardasht and made a video from there, when I shared it on social media and posted the location of that place in the video. A friend of mine, who happened to be on the same side of life He would text me and tell Torokhoda to take his location; When I asked him the reason, he said Iranians always destroy pristine places and pollute nature there, so it is better that these areas remain unknown and no one travels there. We all know that the problem of dumping waste in nature among us Iranians has not been solved yet, and unfortunately, a small number of people still leave their waste in nature without considering it, and this can only be the reason for this damage; So I think everyone has the right to travel to pristine places as long as they do not ruin it.

Lake Vistan Gilan

It belongs to Khorgam region. The distance from the lake to Rudbar is 56 km, which is less than an hour and a half. It is 1 hour and 50 minutes from Rasht to this region, which is 90 km. If we leave Tehran, we have about 4 and a half hours to drive.

The way to reach this spectacular destination is the Qazvin-Rasht highway. After reaching Lushan, we have to change our route and follow the sign of Damash. It is 42 km from Lushan to Jirandeh and 40 km to Damash village.

I took a path that was, of course, a bad one, and there was a better way than this, which in the photo below is quite clear that if it is a rainy day, you will have a problem.

From Damash to Barhosar, we have 8 kilometers ahead. Just when we reach the first bar, we have to turn left. We are behind the lake, leaving a side road 2 km long. Of course, it is not that simple. This side road has a steep slope and is rocky. Be especially careful not to let it rain down this hill because its path is muddy and you may get stuck unless you have a two-differential car, which is not a problem.

As soon as I passed the village of Jirandeh, the fog started and I had a deserted road full of beauty in front of me, and most of the route to the village of Bareh was foggy.

After crossing this route, I entered the village of Bareh Sar, which had completely disappeared in the fog. After stopping here for a while and buying Barbary bread, I went to the lake. I picked up a few numbers in the village as if they were renting a house. I leave it here for anyone to use.

It does not take more than 10 minutes from Bareh Sar village to the lake, so if you want to stay in the nearest village, you can stay here.

When I entered the lake, it was completely foggy and could not be seen more than 2 meters. I walked around the lake and finally found a place to camp; My plan was to camp by the lake for two nights. There was a hut by the lake that sold snacks and a range of items such as firewood and diesel, as well as rented rooms; Mr. Latifi +989113347521

I bought firewood from Mr. Latifi and took it to the tent, and after setting up the tent, I lit a fire; There were a few families by the lake, but as soon as it got dark, I emptied them all; When I came, I realized that I was the only one who wanted to spend the night there;

first night

I had the experience of setting up a tent at night and sleeping at night in the most secluded places, The last Mesr desert was where I stayed alone at night; I used to say to myself that it could not be worse than the desert, but it was!

Imagine that you are surrounded by fog in the dark and there is a forest behind you, the head of which is invisible and far away from you, and you hear nothing but the sound of rain falling on the branches of the leaves of the tree above you; Everything was going well until 2 o'clock when I once heard the sound of a boar or another animal from the right side of my tent; I usually set up two tents in all the camps, one of which I use as a kitchen and the other for sleeping; Another reason is that if a person sees that there are two tents, he may be afraid and not come to you; In short, after hearing the sound, I came out of the tent in fear and looked around with my flashlight and saw nothing but fog; I was terribly scared and the first thing I did was put my knife in my hand and search the internet to see what wild animals could be in this area, but I did not find anything; I tried not to pay attention to him, but one's ear is always sharp at such times and it does not work; About half an hour later, I heard the same noise again and I could not stand it anymore and went into the car; The chance I got was that my car was in front of the tent.

second day

The air finally cleared; This made up for all my scary memories from last night; The fog was gone and now you could see exactly where I came from and stayed.