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Who We Are

Armenia is not a stop on our map. It’s home.

Aratta Tours is a local, Armenia-only specialist — founded in Yerevan, guided by Armenians, built on the belief that the best way to see a country is through the people who love it most.

Tatev monastery on its cliff-top spur above the Vorotan gorge
2006Est. in Yerevan
Our Story
Named after the first cradle of civilisation

Aratta was the legendary land the ancient world placed somewhere in the Armenian Highlands — a name our grandparents used for a place of craftsmen, vineyards and mountain kingdoms. We took it because it says everything we want a journey with us to feel like: old, real, and rooted in this soil.

We began in 2006 as two guides with one minibus and a stubborn conviction that Armenia deserved better than the rushed, box-ticking coach tours of the time. We slowed things down. We stayed for the second cup of coffee. We knocked on the doors of the families who make the best gata and the winemakers who still press by hand.

Nearly two decades on, we’re still a small team, still based in Yerevan, and still designing every itinerary ourselves. Armenia is the only country we do — and that is exactly why we do it well.

The Aratta TeamYerevan · Armenia
20
Years specialising in Armenia
14
Tours & day trips we operate
5
Languages we work in
100%
Locally owned & operated
What Guides Us
The way we travel Armenia
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Genuinely Local

Every guide, driver and trip designer is Armenian and lives here. When you ask “where do you eat?” you get a real answer, not a script.

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Small & Personal

Groups of ten at most, and just as often private. No flags, no headsets, no herding — just a proper conversation on the road.

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Rooted in Community

We buy from family wineries, village kitchens and small guesthouses, so the money you spend stays in the places you visit.

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Always Reachable

One WhatsApp thread from your first question to your flight home. A real person answers, usually within a couple of hours, every day.

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Fair, Direct Pricing

You book straight with the operator. No agents, no inflated markups — the price is the price, and the value is on the ground.

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Licensed & Insured

A fully registered Armenian tour operator, member of the Armenia Tourism Federation, with vetted drivers and proper cover throughout.

Our Journey
Nearly two decades on the road
2006
Two guides, one minibus
Aratta Tours is founded in Yerevan with a single vehicle and a promise to show Armenia at a human pace.
2011
The village partnerships
We begin working directly with family wineries in Areni and guesthouses around Lake Sevan — the relationships that still shape our trips today.
2016
Wings of Tatev & the south
We extend our signature routes deep into Syunik, adding the world’s longest reversible cable car and the canyons of the far south.
2020
Small-group, private-first
We cap group sizes and lean into private, tailor-made departures — flexible dates, flexible pace, the same local team.
Today
Six signature journeys
A curated collection of cultural, sacred-sites, hiking and wine tours — every one designed and guided in-house.
The People
Meet the Yerevan team
Diana, trip designer at Aratta Tours
Diana
Trip Designer
Designs your itinerary and answers your first enquiry.
Gor, guest support at Aratta Tours
Gor
Guest Support
On the other end of WhatsApp before, during and after your trip.
Anna, co-founder of Aratta Tours
Anna
Co-Founder
Co-founded Aratta Tours in Yerevan in 2006.
N
Narek
Driver-Guide
At the wheel on Armenia’s mountain roads.

Come see it the local way

Tell us what you’re curious about and we’ll shape a trip around it — small group or fully private. Most travellers hear back within the hour.

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