Beirut

9:00 AM — Departure from Beirut Your English-speaking driver collects you from your Beirut hotel and heads north, leaving the coast behind and climbing into the Lebanese mountain interior — the landscape shifting from Mediterranean shore to high-altitude valleys and cedar-covered ridges as you gain elevation toward Aaqoura.

Arrive at the high-altitude lakes of Aaqoura — one of the most scenically rewarding and least-visited natural areas in northern Lebanon. Sitting at over 1,500 metres above sea level, the lakes are framed by cedar-forested mountain ridges and offer a landscape of extraordinary peace and beauty — turquoise water reflecting the surrounding peaks, with views stretching across the northern Lebanese highlands. A gentle walking trail follows the lakeshore, offering the best vantage points for photography and allowing you to fully absorb a landscape that few international visitors ever reach. In spring, when the surrounding slopes are green and the snowmelt feeds the lakes to their fullest, the scenery is at its most dramatic.