Tour begins on October 12, 2007
Tours can also be arranged for other dates upon request
Zoroastrian Heritage Tours

Tour for visitors who want to be picked up at the Airport upon their arrival in Iran or for visitors who wish to spend time with their relatives in Tehran first then to join us on day one, two, or day three with the flight to Shiraz.
Zoroastrian itinerary (Tehran, Shiraz, Kerman, Yazd, Isfahan)
Zoroastrian itinerary (Tehran, Yazd, Chakchak, Shiraz, Bishaboor, Firoozabad)
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Zoroastrian Tours

Present Iran has the most ancient number of Zoroastrian sites. Most of these sites are now museums or ruin; fortunately there are rare temples which are still kept by Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians in Iran are very small in numbers, approximately 20,000. They represent an authentic rare race of people with a unique religion and culture. They have kept their culture despite all the challenges that they have had to encounter through the centuries. Zoroastrian tours are mainly designed for Iranian Zoroastrians immigrants to the West and around the world and their children born there and for Parsies.
Zoroastrian who have never been to or haven't been to Iran for a few years can enjoy our tours as an ideal opportunity to get in touch with the people, a culture, rare historic sites, and natural beauty of Iran.
Extension and alternative tours: for those who are interested in staying for longer period of time to enjoy the nature, ecotourism, adventure and sport activity such as skiing, hiking, and mineral healing baths tours we can accommodated that per your request.

More about Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is a religion founded in ancient times by the prophet Zarathushtra, known to the Greeks as Zoroaster.
Zoroastrianism was the most practiced religion during the Persian empires in that region of the world around (559 BC to 651 AC). It had some influence on other religions. It is still practiced world-wide, especially in Iran and India.

To quote Mary Boyce,

"The prophet Zarathushtra, son of Pourushaspa, of the Spitaman family, is known to us primarily from the Gathas, seventeen great hymns which he composed and which have been faithfully preserved by his community. These are not works of instruction, but inspired, passionate utterances, many of them addressed directly to God; and their poetic form is a very ancient one, which has been traced back (through Norse parallels) to Indo-European times. It seems to have been linked with a mantic tradition, that is, to have been cultivated by priestly seers who sought to express in lofty words their personal apprehension of the divine; and it is marked by subtleties of allusion, and great richness and complexity of style. Such poetry can only have been fully understood by the learned; and since Zoroaster believed that he had been entrusted by God with a message for all mankind, he must also have preached again and again in plain words to ordinary people. His teachings were handed down orally in his community from generation to generation, and were at last committed to writing under the Sasanians, rulers of the third Iranian empire. The language then spoken was Middle Persian, also called Pahlavi; and the Pahlavi books provide invaluable keys for interpreting the magnificent obscurities of the Gathas themselves." - Zoroastrians, Their religious beliefs and practices, London, 1979, pg 17.

Some of the major tenets of Zoroastrianism include:
God: Ahura Mazda
The supreme being is called Ahura Mazda (Phl. Ohrmazd), meaning "Wise Lord." Ahura Mazda is all good, and created the world and all good things, including people. He is opposed by Anghra Mainyu (Phl. Ahriman), meaning "Destructive Spirit," the embodiment of evil and creator of all evil things. The cosmic battle between good and evil will ultimately lead to the destruction of all evil.

Prophet: Zarathushtra
The religion was founded by Zarathushtra. His date is uncertain, but is probably somewhere around 1200 BC. He lived and preached in the Inner Asian steppes. Zarathushtra received his revelations directly from Ahura Mazda, and from his Archangels (Amesha Spentas).

Scripture: Avesta
The central scripture is the Avesta. The most sacred sections of the Avesta are the Gathas or Hymns of Zarathushtra; they are also the most enigmatic. Later sacred literature includes the Pahlavi Texts, which contain extensive quotations and paraphrases from lost Avesta texts.

Fire and "Asha"
Fire, as a symbol of "Asha" and the "original light of God," holds a special place of esteem in the religion. Prayer is often done in front of a fire, and consecrated fires are kept perpetually burning in the major temples.
Like ‘Dao’ in Daoism, Asha is a key concept in the Gathas and throughout scripture. Also like ‘Dao’, it is too complex to be translatable by a single term. I prefer to leave it untranslated, but give a definition somewhere. The more common translations: truth, righteousness, world-order, eternal law, fitness. See also discussion in Dhalla, History of Zoroastrianism (1938, chap. 7.)
Zoroastrian Links: www.zoroastrian.org www.avesta.org www.gatha.org www.t-z-a.org