Yell Extreme Park | |
Location: | Tavush Province |
Nearest City: | Ijevan |
Coordinates: | 40.9136°N 45.0994°W |
Status: | Extreme Park |
Yell Extreme Park (Armenian: Յելլ Էքսթրիմ պարկ), is the first adventure park in Armenia. It is in Tavush Province, in the village of Yenokavan.[1] It is a two-hour drive (142 km) north of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, and two and a half hour from Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.[2] It is a few kilometers north of the regional capital of Ijevan.[3]
Yell Extreme Park is the first adventure park in Armenia where one can try extreme sports without being a professional. The first flight by the zip-line was done in 2015. Now there are many other activities besides zip-line, including mountain biking, horseback riding, etc. In 2016 people opened the Rope Park.[4]
In the park there is a rest area, where people can rest, eat something, play games like Chess, Monopoly, Risk, Uno, Settlers of Catan, Dungeons & Dragons, Go and much more.[5]
The founder of Yell Extreme Park is Tigran Chibukhchian, whose purpose is to develop extreme tourism and to become a great center of extreme tourism in the region.
Eight activities are available in the park: