Staying at the house of “Aunt Javaher”;

Experience the pure moment of living in a village in the middle of the forest

Field report: #Maryam_Atyabi, #Saeed_Fatohi

Every corner of this house smells of life. The products of Aunt Javaher’s house are not only hers, the rest of the villagers also participate in this work. Also, if the party plans to stay, the villagers welcome them.

Aunt Javaher’s house is not the only option, sometimes tourists go to Aunt Zahra and Aunt Amina’s house or Hojat and Alireza’s house and have breakfast there and have lunch at Aunt Javaher’s house.

Interestingly, two events centered on children were held in this village and families stayed here with their children.

Here, people have understood the language of nature well for thousands of years, and nature has opened its loving arms to them. They do not lose heart even if sometimes a leopard attacks their livestock in winter or the road is closed due to snow and rain, or even when parents have to bring their children down the road to study. Tourists also enjoy this peaceful coexistence.

In winters, 10 out of 30 households remain in the village. The heat of the houses is supplied with oil and firewood from the forests.

If you visit here during the three months of tea picking from the fields, i.e. April, June and September, you will notice that the people go to the tea gardens after the beautiful sunrise and bring the tasty and colorful buds with them.

Here you can not only experience the taste of a cup of natural tea, but you can also experience the process of making local tea and take the tea made with your hands as a souvenir.

First, the picked tea buds are left in the shade for 18 hours until they soften, then they rub the tea in a lacquered wooden container, which is one of the handicrafts of the region, for about 30-45 minutes and leave it until the oxidation process is completed and it turns into black tea. Then they leave the same tea to dry in the open air with indirect light.

When you come out of the village, you are half an hour away from Jalisan or (Todark) waterfall. It is better to go to the waterfall road with a SUV because the road is a bit difficult.

A waterfall with a height of 45 meters, which has given a special glory to the forest. You can put your feet in the coolness of the water flowing from the waterfall for a few seconds or reach the back of the waterfall. Release your hands so that the water flows over your face. Undoubtedly, this waterfall is one of the beautiful views of the nature of Tonkabon, the sound of the water, the seven-color rainbow, the fog and the towering Hyrcanian trees are a pure experience.

On the way, there are a few villages evacuated in the plan of natural resources to preserve the pastures, which, although deserted, still have their old texture and gardens, roads and springs, those who are experienced can enjoy seeing them.
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This post is written by maryamatyabi