Travel to Tandoore National Park ؛ Land of Persian Leopards

Tandoreh National Park, located in the northern part of Khorasan Razavi Province in Iran, is one of the protected parks known for its beautiful pristine nature and is actually referred to as the paradise for Iranian leopards.

Another name that has long been chosen for this area is called Chehelmir, which has been widely welcomed by many tourists in recent years.
Although in the past, the area was almost unknown to the natives of the same city, but given the cyberspace and publicity and public information, it was able to find a very good place in terms of tourist attraction.

In general, if I were to say, this park is the habitat of many animals, especially the Persian leopard and the Asiatic cheetahs and their unknown breeds, which have been observed in this park and have drawn the attention of the park rangers.

This park has an abundant and cool spring water that originates from the springs of its mountains, making this tourist area highly regarded, and for this reason, it has dedicated a very forested and beautiful nature to itself.

The cool weather of this park is always notable in the hot summer season; however, it has its own beauty in all seasons. But I will share a day of sightseeing in this park with you that we will see together.

On a sunny and hot summer day, I traveled to this beautiful place with my friend to enjoy the tranquility of nature and the sound of water.

Although this park has many places to see and I have visited this park multiple times, the subject of my trip today is something I will explain for you.

In fact, this park has beautiful paths and roads with tall trees, but we were supposed to go to the area called the waterfall, where the water flows down in the middle of the park to create a waterfall, and we wanted to see it.

The photos you see above were taken before we started our walk to the waterfall. I have shared a few pictures from the charcoal samovar we had prepared for making tea, from the place we scanned. The steam and smoke from this samovar were interesting to me, and I wanted you to see these photos as well.

The atmosphere of the charcoal samovar by the flowing water was pleasant and peaceful, and the sound of the birds added to the beauty of this moment.

After lunch, we decided to go to the waterfall area. Considering that in recent years, a staircase had been built along the path to the waterfall on the region's mountains, we were supposed to go along this path to the opposite side.

As usual, and considering the people's enthusiasm, the main waterfall area was very crowded. Therefore, I didn't really feel like taking a photo there. However, I took a few pictures for you at the beginning of the waterfall that we can look at together.

Here is the beginning of the stairs to be built on the mountain and located in the trees. After that, as the stairs continue, our distance from the trees increases and we have to completely scroll down the mountain, which eventually leads to the opposite side.

Although I am not very interested in taking selfies, I took this photo before starting the descent on the stairs from the area below the waterfall.

In these pictures, you can see that we left the area of the trees and gradually ascended the stairs, then turned to reach the peak of the mountain and the place that goes down

On the way, there were a few solitary trees where we rested under them, and I also took these few photos for you.

Since the mountains in this area are the habitat of many animals, especially deer and specific bucks, and my wife is very interested in binoculars and nature exploration, she brought this binocular to observe the mountains there.

This point was the highest altitude we reached, and from here we took the camera towards the visible opposite mountain to see if there are any animals grazing on the beautiful mountains of this park or not.

Although these mountains had a very beautiful grandeur and we were observing the surroundings with this camera, the heat of the air gradually started to trouble us, and since there were no trees at the highest point, we had to descend the stairs in the opposite direction.

As you can see in these few photos, unfortunately, due to the lack of funds from the government and natural resources, one side of these stairs is usually made with better equipment and the other side was left in the semi -finished position, and when we came down and saw the semi -finished stairs, I really regretted why this beautiful range should be ready.

Another beauty of these photos was that I was able to show you the reflections of the sunlight with a very beautiful effect on the steps of Paradise.

At the end of the stairs and in the area where we reached the trees and the road again, the trees made the area seem a bit creepier and shadier, and we climbed the stairs tow

This is a part of the road inside the park that we reached after passing through the stairs.

During this walk, I would say or mountaineering very tired on the stairs, and maybe one of the tiredness of the heat of the air was completely without a tree, so we got into the car and headed to the entrance of the city and God willing, in the next opportunity, I would spend more trips in the park.

You can find this beautiful park by searching through Instagram groups and nature tourism pages, and enjoy its unique views.

I'm glad you accompanied me on this nature trip today. I love you all very much, and until another blog, goodbye.

text & photography :@azamsohrabi