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Climbing 50 Armenian mountains, one by one 🇦🇲
Routes, gear and trail stories from a local guide
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if you love mountains, travel, raw photography and collecting hobbies you’ll never finish.
hi, you found me 🏔📸
i’m Marush, armenian girl, documenting this tiny beautiful country that deserves way more attention than it gets 🇦🇲
follow if you want to see it through my lens taken in Armenia by @marush_diary

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4 months ago

Finally made it to the “Sistine Chapel of Impressionism.” 🪷
There is a specific kind of magic in the oval rooms of the Musée de l’Orangerie. Standing surrounded by 360 degrees of Monet’s Water Lilies feels like a total escape from the Paris crowds. ✨
💡 Quick Tips for your visit:
* Book early: Tickets sell out weeks in advance!
* Go at 9:00 AM: Aim for the first time slot to get those empty-room shots.
* The 5-Minute Rule: Sit on the center benches. Watch how the natural light changes the colors on the canvas. 🎨
Is Paris on your 2026 travel list? ✈️
#ParisGuide #TravelTips #Monet #parisaesthetic taken in Musée de l'Orangerie by @marush_diary

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@marush_diary The north face of Aragats doesn't care about your problems.
It just stands there. Ancient. Unbothered.
And somehow that's exactly what you needed to see.
📍 Aragats, Armenia 🇦🇲

🎥 @hrachuhi_armgeo taken in Mount Aragats, Armenia by @marush_diary

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a year ago

your first hike shouldn’t break you.

i see it all the time. someone picks the hardest, highest, most dramatic peak for their first time, comes back exhausted, and decides hiking isn’t for them. but it wasn’t the hiking. it was the mountain. they chose wrong. i still remember my own first summit, slow and out of breath and completely in love, and that only happened because it was the right one to start with.

the secret is boring and it works every time. keep it short, under 10 km and under 600 metres of climbing. pick the right season, most mountains here are only safe from june to october. your first one doesn’t even have to be a mountain, a simple trail counts. and go with a hiking club, it’s safer, the guide knows the way, and you don’t have to think about transport or logistics.

start gentle. fall in love first. the hard peaks will wait for you.

which mountain are you starting with?

#armenia #hikingarmenia #hikingforbeginners #visitarmenia #caucasus taken in Armenia by @marush_diary

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2 months ago

One of my childhood dreams just came true, twice.
On the morning of July 31, 2025 I stood on the summit of Masis. Before a full year had passed, I was standing on Sis, looking back across at the peak I had climbed the summer before. Now when I see Ararat from home, I feel both summits at once.
From the top you can see where three countries meet, all from one point on the ridge.
The numbers: 12.35 km up and down, 5 hours 55 minutes, 1,538 metres of elevation gained. It was a guided climb, and worth every step.
What is the one place you dreamed about as a kid? taken in Ararat Mountain Արարատ լեռ by @marush_diary

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3 months ago

Some hikes are just hikes… but Mount Mets Parakhadem is an experience. 🥾
Step by step, the trail takes you through peaceful landscapes, until suddenly the horizon opens up — and there it is: the legendary Mount Ararat, standing in all its glory. 🌄✨
From the summit, time feels slower. The view is wide, endless, unforgettable. This is the kind of place you don’t just see… you feel. 💚
📍 If you’re traveling in Armenia, add Mets Parakhadem to your bucket list — it’s one of the best spots to admire Ararat.
👉 Save this post for your next adventure & tag your hiking buddy who needs to see this! 🏔️ by @marush_diary

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a year ago

💌 Postcard from Lake Rapi & the Northern Wall of Aragats
A true postcard moment from Armenia… ✨
Camping by Lake Rapi 🌊, with the mighty Northern Wall of Aragats 🏔 reflected across the water, feels like living inside a painting.
Golden sunsets, starry skies, and mountain views that take your breath away — every frame here is a postcard worth keeping. 💌
📍 Lake Rapi, with Aragats in the distance, is one of Armenia’s most magical escapes.
👉 Save this postcard for your next adventure & tag the friend you’d camp here with! 🏕
#PostcardsFromArmenia #LakeRapi #MountAragats #CampingArmenia #NaturePostcards #explorearmenia taken in Mount Aragats, Armenia by @marush_diary

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five mountains i’d send anyone to before they say they’ve seen Armenia. not the ones on the postcards, the ones you actually climb. each one is a different side of this country, from volcanic craters in the center to sacred peaks in the deep south. swipe for all five.

which one are you climbing first, the easy one or the one that scares you a little?

the highest point in Armenia, and it isn’t one peak but four, standing around the rim of an old volcanic crater. most people climb the southern summit from lake kari, about 8 km up and back, gentle enough for a first big hike. start early though, the clouds roll into the crater by mid morning and swallow the view.

the highest peak of the gegham mountains, an extinct volcano with a lake sitting inside its crater, fed by melting snow all year. the walk up is short because a 4x4 takes you close to 3,000 m first. on the way you pass dragon stones and petroglyphs older than almost anything else in the country.

the sacred mountain of the south, rising straight above kapan, where the national hero garegin nzhdeh is buried on its slopes. you drive up past 2,000 m by 4x4, then hike the rest, around 12 km up and back with real elevation. the most dramatic silhouette in Armenia, and it feels like it.

the wild green side of Armenia, deep in the ijevan mountains of tavush inside dilijan national park. it’s the long one, close to 17 km starting near haghartsin monastery and passing a hidden waterfall on the way. sheer cliffs drop off the summit plateau, and low clouds move through so fast the whole landscape changes in minutes.

the gentlest of the five, a half day up in vayots dzor with fortress ruins still standing at the top, older than nearby smbataberd. a few years ago almost no one knew this mountain. now there are people lining up at the summit to photograph the view from one particular rock. in spring the top turns green while the range across from it is still under snow. taken in Armenia by @marush_diary

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twenty seven today 🧚‍♂️

these photos are of a girl who had no idea how many lives were waiting for her.

i used to think becoming yourself meant picking one lane. that loving the road meant giving up the coming home. that being driven meant i couldn’t also be gentle.

this past year quietly proved me wrong.

so here’s twenty seven. no more choosing between the different versions of me, just letting them all take up space.

what part of yourself did you once think you had to leave behind? by @marush_diary

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2 months ago

Let’s gooo
@armenian_geographic taken in Tavush Region by @marush_diary

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6 months ago

Some days the most productive thing you can do is put one foot in front of the other and let the rest of the world buffer.

Somewhere in the Armenian highlands.
#armenia #hikingarmenia #slowliving #traveldiary #mountains taken in Sis, Ararat by @marush_diary

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3 months ago

Just a little reminder 🧚‍♂️✨ by @marush_diary

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