Itineraries

Journeys blending devotion and antiquity.

Two ready-to-book routes. Each is designed with certified local guides and follows Iraq's safest 2026 travel corridors.

The Essential Iraq

5 days · from Baghdad

From $1,890 pp

Day 1
Baghdad
Arrive BGW. Al-Mutanabbi Street books, tea at Shabandar Café, and the Iraq Museum's Sumerian galleries.
Day 2
Babylon & Karbala
Ishtar Gate and Processional Way in the morning, transfer via Green Corridor to Karbala for evening ziyarat.
Day 3
Karbala → Najaf
Imam Hussain and Al-Abbas shrines at dawn. Afternoon drive to Najaf; Imam Ali Shrine after Isha.
Day 4
Najaf → Ur → Nasiriyah
Sumerian Ziggurat of Ur and the House of Abraham. Overnight in Nasiriyah.
Day 5
Marshes → Baghdad
Sunrise canoe trip in Chibayish, then return flight from Baghdad.

10 days · Baghdad → Erbil

From $3,450 pp

Day 1–2
Baghdad
Iraq Museum, Kadhimiya Shrine, Mutanabbi Street, and a day trip to Ctesiphon's Arch of Taq Kasra.
Day 3
Samarra
Al-Askari Shrine and the spiral Minaret. Return to Baghdad.
Day 4
Babylon
Full day at the ruins with a specialist archaeologist guide.
Day 5–6
Karbala & Najaf
Two full days for pilgrimage, courtyard prayer, and the Wadi al-Salam cemetery.
Day 7
Ur & the Marshes
Ziggurat of Ur at sunrise, overnight in a traditional mudhif guesthouse.
Day 8
Fly to Erbil
Erbil Citadel, Qaysari Bazaar, and a rooftop dinner overlooking the walls.
Day 9
Lalish & Rawanduz
The Yazidi holy valley, then the Hamilton Road into the Zagros mountains.
Day 10
Mosul
Restored Old City, Al-Nouri Mosque works, and Nineveh's Nergal Gate before flying home.

Our ministry-certified operators can build private itineraries around Arba'een, family pilgrimages, archaeology-only tours, or Kurdistan trekking.