great experience overall

Great experience overall

I recently took a 12 day tour of Iran and overall the experience was a good one. My guide was Seyed Ali Mohammad Hosseini, and he was very knowledgeable about all the places we visited. He was a big help in making the trip as smooth as possible and did more than he needed to in order to make the trip memorable. He will become a good friend by the end of the trip.

It's not very easy to get into Iran as an American, so the opportunity to visit is quite special and I'd recommend anyone reading this to give it a try. Another benefit of having a guide even if you don't require one is the knowledge of the currency situation and navigating a country that is more difficult than others.

Perhaps the only critique I would have is that we had more "down time" than I expected. Some days the program was quite short. It felt like a 9 or 10 day tour built into a 12 day tour. However for some people this maybe desirable since Iran can be very hot and resting is important. So just talk to the company and inquire about your specific desires, everyone is different and wants different things.

To sum things up, this is a good company and if you get Ali, he will give you knowledge of Iran that you can't get easily from the outside.

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Date of experience: April 2022Trip type: Traveled solo

“Excellent in all areas”

“Excellent in all areas”
We had such a fantastic time and our guide  Seyed Ali Mohammad Hosseini was amazing. As we are British and traveling with a young child I looked into which company to use - Uppersia lived up to all their reviews. Mahnaz in the office helped us craft a tour to our requirements as we had our small child with us I didn’t want long days on the road. We also flew into Shiraz and out of Esfahan which is slightly different to the usual Tehran routes. Mahnaz was excellent and always responsive at every step helping us with all our visa requirements.
Ali as we called our guide was responsive to our requests and knowledgeable of the places we visited. He was thoughtful and caring towards us all. If we were tired he went and got us take away, for example. We loved shopping in Isfahan and when my friend felt she had overpaid he returned to the shop and secured a refund with no fuss at all. I felt that any request we had (within reason) would be accommodated. Thank you Ali for a memorable trip and thank you Mahnaz for your expertise! If we were to return I would have no hesitation in using Uppersia.

Beautiful Country with Great Hospitality

Beautiful Country with Great Hospitality

 I did the 8 day budget tour in August and it was incredible! The weather was very hot, highs of 39 everyday, but with the extremely low humidity it's bearable, coming from a Canadian. We usually took the afternoons, about 2-5 to camp out in the shade and relax a bit.

 My guide Seyed Ali Mohammad Hosseini was ridiculously informative, he's got the entire encyclopedia of Iran's history memorized. 

I was supposed to be on a group tour but the other members canceled so they ran the tour as a private one for me. I can honestly say I saw everything I wanted to see in the places we went. Iran is an incredible country, the people were the friendliest I've encountered anywhere and the architecture is maybe the best in the world.

I will mention, the budget tour involves a lot of time on busses, the distances in Iran are quite large. For me and my budget that was necessary to see everything I wanted to see but if you can afford the 14 day tour I'd reccomend that one instead to space out the travel days.

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