Caucasian Red Deer reintroduction program has been initiated by the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia and WWF Armenia in 2013.
Financial supporters of the project are: Federal Republic of Germany through KfW Development Bank, WWF Germany, Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF), Transboundary Joint Secretariat (TJS) and HSBC Bank Armenia.
Within the framework of the program, in Dilijan National Park a Breeding Centre including an enclosure for the Red Deer in the area of 10 ha was established and equipped with appropriate technical and...
Read moreWe walked to the entrance and were unsure whether to enter or not. We decided not to go in, but the man came out and made us pay the full entrance cost for just walking up to the entrance. Be careful - he clearly is quite happy to rip people off. If you want to go in and walk around and feed the deer it’s not so expensive but being made to pay in full for not even entering the park - it’s immoral. We have nicer woodland and scenery in our own country hence not wanting to go in. But I would never come here again anyway because of...
Read moreyou must stop the car and walk 500m in forest footpath. make sure you have all body covering clothes because of mosquitos and mites. Even mites are not so dangerous like in Europe, make sure you don't have them later at home (my children had a couple of them, very nasty insects)
Deer were great and interactive, we could feed them. Entrance price is 300 AMD person, or 1000 AMD for a group of less...
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