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This summer, Armenia Fund USA, U.S. Eastern region in collaboration with the Armenia Fund U.S. Western Region is providing a unique opportunity for our donors to visit Armenia and see with their own eyes where the donations to Hayastan All-Armenian Fund go.
We want to connect you to the homeland you are helping rebuild, seeing firsthand where your investments are being spent and how each dollar is impacting Armenia on the largest and smallest scales, from province to village to villager.
Join us on a 12-day trip to Armenia and Artsakh (10 full days on the ground) from July 13-25. We'll visit some of Armenia's most well-known sites as well as some unique, off the beaten path locations seldom visited by tourists. In addition to sightseeing, we'll also visit a dozen Armenia Fund project locations where work that you generously helped fund is either complete or currently under way.
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10 days of on-the-ground exploration of Armenia and Artsakh, with Armenian and English language guided tours to the following locations: Garni Temple (1st century), Geghard Monastery (4th century), Haghartsin Monastery (13th century), Lake Sevan and Sevanavank Monastery (9th century), Khor Virap Monastery (7th century), Noravank Monastery (13th century), Stepanakert, Amaras Monastery (4th century), Gandzasar Cathedral (13th century), Shushi town and Ghazancehtsots Cathedral (19th century), Tatev Monastery (8th century) and the newly-built world's longest (3.5 miles) aerial tramway, Harichavank (7th century), Amberd Fortress (7th century), Holy Etchmiadzin (4th century) and Zorats Karer (6,000-4,000 BC), aka, the Armenian Stonehenge. Also, we will be visiting the Armenian Cognac Factory, which will include cognac tasting.
Khashtarak-Lusahovit-Ditavan irrigation system (Tavush marz), Ditavan Community Center (Tavush marz), Ditavan Drinking Water System (Tavush marz), Khashtarak Health Center (Tavush marz), Khashtarak School (Tavush marz), Goris Cardiology Hospital (Syunik marz), Togh School (Hadrut region, NKR), Hadrut Hospital (Hadrut region, NKR), Stepanakert School #11 (NKR), Stepanakert Hospital and Polyclinic, Shushi Abovian School, Shushi Cultural Center, Shushi Library, Shushi Street Rehabilitation and Varaz Samuelian Cultural Center (Artik, Shirak marz).
We'll be providing three full hot meals every day of the trip, including drinks and spirits, for all ten days on the ground. You can't visit Armenia without eating a bowl of khash or toasting to your homeland!
We'll be trekking across Armenia and Artsakh in a comfortable, air-conditioned western-made bus. All transportation will be covered, including the trip from and to the airport.
The Hotel: We'll be staying at some of the best hotels in Armenia and Artsakh. When in Yerevan, we'll be staying at the Europe Hotel and in Stepanakert, we'll be staying at the Armenia Hotel.
The total cost of this all-inclusive 12-day trip will be roughly $3,450 per person or $6,125 for a couple staying in the same room. Airfare is estimated at $1,550, while the hotel, food, transportation, cultural events, guided tours, video production, visas and other miscellaneous costs total $1,900. No travel agency can provide a similar package at a lower price, since Armenia Fund USA is organizing this trip "at cost" and eliminating all middlemen in between. A 5-minute video of the trip will be professionally made for the Armenia Fund International Telethon 2011 to be aired worldwide and during prime time in the States on Thanksgiving Day, November 24. In addition, every participant will be given an hour-long DVD of the Armenia Fund USA Donor Trip 2011.
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The trip is all-inclusive and provided at cost for our donors. The trip is organized jointly with Armenia Fund U.S. Western Region. If you are interested please fill out the form below and we will contact you shortly.
Armenia Fund Donor Trip Signup
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