The Rainbow Island | Weekend on Hormuz Island + Bandar Abbas, Iran

Name: The Rainbow Island | Weekend on Hormuz Island + Bandar Abbas, Iran
Start: 2025-10-10T15:00:00+04:00
End: 2025-10-12T19:50:00+04:00
Location: Dubai International Airport

Schedule

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025 at 03:00 pm to Sun, 12 Oct, 2025 at 07:50 pm

UTC+04:00

Location

Dubai International Airport | Dubai, DU

The “Rainbow Island” of Hormuz has earned its nickname from the many colours of the surrounding waters due to high concentration of iron oxides and the darker sand below which makes the waves take on intense red hues.
The smallest of the Iranian islands along the Hormuz Strait at mere 42 square kilometres makes Hormuz the wildest and least populated of the chain with some of the most pristine beaches around! The entire reservoir of the island is salty due to high humidity and lack of rainfall with the only fresh water pumped from nearby Bandar Abbas. Lucky for Hormuz this water has fed the growing white mangroves and Hara trees in such a harsh climate.
With such high concentrations of salt, the island is filled with such curiosities and formations throughout, from salt caves with odd formations, landscapes of colourful red slopes, and the flagship of Rainbow Valley with its hills of intense reds, oranges, and yellows covered with an efflorescence of salt. With such a mosaic of colours you’ll think you’re in a fairy tale!
Nature plays the artist, and the locals have a style for names with the Saffron River Valley, Snowy Mountains, and Turquoise Goddess just a few of our many stops. With such an artistic flair the island even has a sand painting festival, we’ll surely see their works in coloured sand on the slopes.
Life on the island, especially for its 7000 inhabitants, still follows the patterns of tradition, speaking a mix of Farsi, Hindi, Arabic, and English. We’ll wander the labyrinth of streets with stops at the 16th century Portuguese fortress Ghal’e-ye Portoghaliha and the “Presence of Hormuz” with its multi-coloured domes.
To reach the island we travel to mainland Iran on direct flight to Bandar Abbas where we’ll catch a glimpse of the city and nearby Khorasan.
We invite you to open the next unknown chapter of Iran!
Let's go!!
Day 1 // Bandar Abbas
Meeting in Terminal 2 at 15:00 for direct flight to Bandar Abbas at 17:00. First stop will be Hindu temple and relax in old Hammam. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
Day 2 // Hormuz Island
After breakfast we’ll hop on boat to Hormuz Island with first stop at the Portuguese fort. Afterwards we’ll take in the colours at rainbow cave, work up a thirst at the Goddess of Salt and browse the Valley of Statues, and few stops along the way. Evening return to Bandar Abbas for yet another visit to the spa.
Day 3 // Khorasan
Today we head to Khorasan with the salt cave of Khorasan Siaho with its salt waterfall, varied cressets and salt columns and a few curiosities along the way. In the evening we’ll return to airport for flight back home.
Activities: Boating, trekking, sightseeing, swimming.
Duration: Weekend FRI - SUN
Accommodation and meals: hotel double sharing, meals included.
Cost: 3380 AED all incl. flights until - cash payment during briefings only.
Specifically excluded: Visa cost (we will apply on your behalf), insurance.
VISA:
No more passport stamps in Iran. Most nationalities are eligible for E-visa.
UK, USA, Canada – visa lead-time min. 45 days.
See yah on Rainbow Island x
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