The Janapar streches along...

Another 5 day trip to Karabakh, and I think the Janapar hiking trail is now completely sorted out and should be completely marked by the end of the year! It was the fist time I visited a marked section of the trail, and it is great. The signs, as you can see in the picture, are a blue and yellow version of the logo I created... which if you look carefully you'll notice is an outline of Karabakh with toes on top - making it look like a footprint. I spoked out some sections of the trail I wanted to finalize and am very happy with the resulting finalized trail which will be well over 200 kilometers long. You'll go through villages, valleys, rivers, mountains, forests, and pass monasteries, fortresses, caves, a massive 2,000 year old tree, and even a water world along the way :-)

So go ahead and make your plans for next spring, or even later this year... a Dutch couple (non-Armenian) has already braved the southern portion of the trail. You don't need to bring along a tent or sleeping bag if you don't want to, for each days trail ends in a different village or town where there are homestays available.