AMAZING ARMENIA | Off-Roading + Hiking To Trchkan Waterfall
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Most people don't see this raw, natural and desolate part of Armenia. There are areas of the country that are only open road and nature, with a few small villages scattered throughout. In this video I wanted to continue to explore the north of the country between Shirak and Lori provinces. Trchkan Waterfall is the highest waterfall in all of Armenia and it is a beautiful day hike to do if you're in the area. Just make sure you have a good 4x4 vehicle to get you to at least the start of the trail. We also got to have a lovely lunch at a locals home and try some farm fresh food. Hope you enjoy the video!
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Alina
as an Armenian living in the United States , I can't thank you enough for these videos of Armenia. thank you so much.
You are most welcome! :)
Hard to not fall in love with Armenia watching this amazing video.
Moi je t'aime ma belle Arménie🙌❤❤❤🙌
Hi Alina! The natural landscapes of northern Armenia are simply beautiful! While the people of this region may not be rich materially, the people of northern Armenia have a rich history and culture that more of us should be aware of. I thoroughly enjoyed your scenic hike to the Trchkan Waterfall and your intimate and savory lunch with friendly villagers in Shirak province. Thanks for sharing your journey with us, Alina!
They sure are :) Thank you!
Something noticeable about armenians is that the country is kinda poor esp in rural areas but the people still dine like kings and queens.😍 god bless Armenians more every day!
The last king of Armenia Levon VI died in 1393, he is buried in Paris in the tomb of Saint-Denis. We lost our independence before 1991. In Armenia, the monarchy is not perceived as tyranny, we loved our kings and they loved their country and people. Genetic studies have shown that the genes of the current Armenians have not changed for about 8,000 years. We no longer have kings, but our kings live inside us, we are all partially kings))) I love everyone from Armenia, our doors are open to everyone without relying on faith and nationality.❤🇦🇲
Loved the waterfall - didn’t realize that Armenia was this beautiful. Thank you for taking us through mountains and country side.
My pleasure!
@@AlinaMcleod a lot of best wishes for you from india 🇮🇳 for way of representing beautiful place , your brave nature,stay strong stay safe 🙏(Namaste).
This is some incredible footage. What a lovely day. You are showing us an amazing country. Great work.
Thank you :)
Потрясающая природа! Представляю как здорово видеть всё это собственными глазами, подышать этим чистейшим горным воздухом, послушать шум водопада...! Спасибо большое за красивый ролик!
Спасибо :)
Thank you for the nice video and your smile😁 I am so glad you always have such fulfilling days! Wish you will continuously enjoy an awesome journey in Armenia until the departure time😉
Thank you very much, Shigeru! :)
So excited to see your amazing smile in Armenia. Miss Armenia. Greetings from California.
It's beautiful and very safe country ❤ 💙
Barev, super, Alina, I like to see more around you´re abventures in Armenia. It´s definitely a gem and the people dont know or know very, very few about Armenia. Busy I`am here, so more nice to see you´re vid and more how the people live. Stay safe and healthy. always.
Alina, thank you for this wonderful videos. I've been to Armenia once for a week and yet I've seen more of it through your wonderful videos. You capture what all others miss in the people, the landscape and the food. Keep going. I can't get enough. So very grateful.
My pleasure!
Great informational video and fascinating scenery. I am enjoying it vicariously through you. Thnx.
Alina!! Loved the video. I will say I probably wouldn't be able to do the rock climbing due to my knees but what a thrill it had to be. Thank you for sharing this experience with us.
Another great video, let us not forget the work that goes behind these too, choice of music, editing etc., Alina is ever professional, hello from the UK.
Aw thank you very much! It does take a lot of time 🙂
GOD BLESS MY FAVOURITE TRAVEL UA-camR!
EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL PLACE!
THANK YOU.
i wish one day i will give a visit in this beautiful place ❤️
It's been 104 degrees or hotter here in California for the past two weeks, the highest 115. That waterfall looks so refreshing! I'd spend all day under it. No rain in this past year either. It looks quite peaceful in the countryside. Enjoy yourself.
YOU ARE DISCOVERY ALL THIS NATURE WATER FALLS SUCH AMAZING BEAUTIFUL
Alina, I am impressed with your tenacity and boldness to go around the world and show us here in the world we live in. Thus, Thank you for your dedication and contribution.
How you brought this vlog to light and beauty with a beautiful musical score is truly your talent and gift. Visiting locals give its' more depth. The armenians can be proud of that. Well Done !
Thank you :)
The Tarchan waterfall is one of rare sights where human presence hasn’t intruded upon the natural world. That makes it so special! I keep thinking of the closing shots of your video of those mythical scenes in New Zealand used as LOTR movies footage. There are numinous sites to be found like that around the world. Its a matter of looking for them.
trchkan waterfall
Hi Alina, it’s extremely beautiful scenery.
Alina your cinematography was breathtaking! You captured the beauty of Trchkan waterfall in an amazing way. Loved how your camera work & music score enhanced the peace and beauty of the canyons, valleys & rivers leading to the waterfall. The Northern Armenian countryside truly is breathtaking. The vast green rugged landscape is incredible. Got to experience another amazing part of the world all thanks to you. Great job. So impressed with your work. Rick Steve would be so proud of you. Sending you tons of love. Please take care & stay safe.
☺️☺️☺️
haha always want to make Rick Steves proud! Thank you!
Wow....Very beautiful nature,Alina👍💯
Those stones have been put there 6000 years ago by people who knew Alina would come there in 2021 ;-) ;-) It was meant to be… I love this video, especially your choice of music. Lovely !!!
lol they really wanted a head start then
The valley of the open steppe in the beginning of your video is so serene Alina it’s fantastic....
Beautiful scenery with nice open fields that gives us goosebumps knowing it was near the spot where civilization began again all the way to Mesopotamia! thankyou Alina! :)
WE DONT SEE THIS KIND NATURE IN ARMENIA BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS LIKE ALINA MCLEOD BEAUTIFUL GURL YAHOOO
Beautiful weather and landscape.
Beautiful landscapes and country - the meal looked appetising - great video, Alina!
Thanks so much! 😊
Whenever I open my utube , it’s u and your vlog first , has become an addiction , so lovely , love from India
that nature views😍😍😍😍
The scenery is amazing in the countryside. Its so lush and green with the waterfall adding to the beauty. The music goes so well with the video and is perfect.
Thanks for the video and stay safe.
Traveling and hiking is my favorite stuff today
It also helps us to learn a lot about other countries
Very true
nice video, drone footage, and music! you keep improving day by day!!! keep it up Alina. your video on your vaccination encouraged me to get mine!!! am going for the second dose next week. Thanks so much!!! stay safe and strong
Aw thank you very much! And happy to hear about your vaccine, hope it goes well!
In the vastness of beauty, at the top of the mountain clips, Nature still emphasis that the beauty was created by God. I see the empty land with water in Armenia. All they need is modern equipments to cultivate the land.coz a plenty of water is there. Waterfall and you are amazing. I enjoyed your video. Time has not come to visit these places you go. I hope and pray It should be very soon.
The country side reminds me a lot of Southwestern Saskatchewan and Southeastern Alberta. Cypress Hills area. Looks like open range country, so you must feel somewhat at home. Not quite what I was expecting but nice and picturesque. Armenia continues to surprise and impress.
I dunno if I agree, a little too much elevation for Saskatchewan lol
Its the remote areas like this that are fun to discover and thank you Alina for sharing this! Loved the falls and the landscape. 🤍
They sure are :) It's the little not so touristy places that usually leave the most impact. Thank you!
بلد رائع جدا تحياتي من تونس
lush green rolling hills, really beautiful, looks a idealized painted landscape. thanks for a views,
Very beautiful country!
"Beautiful place"
Thanks Alina.
Take care.
Alina McLeod is a great brand ambassador/diplomat!
Gorgeous waterfall. Seems peaceful too.
Stay safe out there, Alina!
Thank you :) It really is
Very safe country.
I live in Armenia and never been there shame on me 😔 thank you for opening that beautiful place for us 😚
My pleasure!
Hey Alina nice tour in trchkan, Armenia nice mountains,grass, neighborhoods ,dinner beauty cascade and you look beauty with your sunglasses
Hello Alina! 😁🙏👋🌟 I hope your having a wonderful fantastic day! This is really a beautiful magnificent video! 😄👍❤️👏🇦🇲📹💯🥇🌟 Wow! The landscape looks so beautiful with fresh green grass roaming all over the land. The Trchkan Waterfall looks incredible! I never knew Armenia’s countryside is so amazing. Super fantastic drone footage! The lunch meal looks delicious! Thank you so much Alina to share with us your amazing travel adventures around the world. You are the best and greatest world traveler adventurer! 😃👏👍✈️📹🌎🥇💯🌟 I wish you Alina a beautiful marvelous blessed day. Take care and be safe Alina. Have a splendid time in Armenia! 😊🙏❤️👋🇦🇲👍🌟
Thank you, David!
Thank you! That really beautiful places !!!
Salute to you're host's ! Thankyou for sharing ! Appreciated !
Добрый вечер. Как у Вас всё так вкусно, сладко получается. СПАСИБО большое.
Hi Alina 👋 - I love little villages & eating the fresh food they grow themselves 😋 - The waterfall was amazing & the drone footage is super cool ! No way would a little rain ruin your day. 😎 - Nice 🐕 at the end.
Thank you so much 😊
What a gorgeous landscape! And the waterfall is worth to be visited as it is really spectacular. Nice video
I LOVE YOU ARMENIA ❤❤
Always find it so strange in smaller countries like Armenia or the UK. How an hour drive can be so far for them. Living here in America or where your from in Canada an hour drive is sometimes people's commute to work everyday just one way. Amazing video!!
Yup it's definitely different than North America. It was no big deal to drive an hour to the biggest city from my small town.
Wow nice to see you again. Very beautiful the places and also you are too beautiful
Nice country landscape, nice company, nice food, good laugh after the downfall, take care Alina!# Here in Asia, lots of lockdowns!#
That's surely is a beautiful country really enjoyed you showing the mountainside and country in the wild very impressive waterfall. Still in route to Ukraine but at least I'm out of the US for now. Had airplane issues but it did allow some good breakups in the travel time, I will for sure write about that in my new channel that premieres in August. Thanks for sharing Alina, you are amazing by finding these very interesting places! Cheers!!
Good to hear you're on your way! Enjoy your time in your new home!
Awesome video 🙂 thanks for watching this
Beautiful vlog, cool nature..greetings from Al as always
Hallo Alina. Amazing video very beautiful place
Beautiful country beautiful girl 🥰
Beautiful ♥️ Armenia nice 😃 vlog watching fr jamaica 😎🌅🏖️
The beautiful rolling hills outside of Gyumri remind me of the famous Microsoft Windows XP wallpaper “Bliss.” Its truly a blissful landscape! The stones in the country - maybe they were a Stonehenge that was never built. Do all these mystical places fall on the same latitude? Interesting to speculate.
Armenia has its own Stonehenge, which is called Karahunge, kara means stone, and hunge means splash , so splash of stone??? 😂sorry for bad english😀
hello alına friend good friday and have fun always all armenian friend have fun always 🍱🥗🍹🍕 from turkey
Amazing
Perfect 🏆 Day!
Yes it was!
@@AlinaMcleod I admire your disposition and how you seem to take in life
5:38 I loved this heavenly part
Hi Alina...Wooo Amazing...Very Beautiful...thanks..💜⚘💞
I really like what I have seen in Armenia 🇦🇲 I know in my heart that I would have like to like there because of their Christianity and beauty of the landscapes!!
The stones are placed on lay lines. Comparable to Avebury and Salesbury in England but much older.
Your drone shots in this video are stunning!
So interesting about those stones. Nice healthy picnic. The country side of Armenia is so beautiful. Oh my word. What a waterfall!!
Yeah I had no idea Armenia had such vast nature
Stunning country. A few years ago, all I knew about Armenia was System of a Down!
haha I didn't know they had a song about Armenia or you mean they're from here?
@@AlinaMcleod all four of them are Armenian Americans. The singer even did an Armenia episode of Parts Unknown with Tony Bourdain 🙂
Very cool! Had no idea 🙂
Not only System of a down but also Sher, Charl Aznavour , Ayvazovski and more
priroda krasivaya i vodopad bespodobni.muzika bila prevosxodnaya
I liked your vlog and I wish a great day
Thank you! You as well :)
Looking so pretty.God bless you and your family
Thanks a lot!!! from Armenia😘
Gee! It looks much like Sask.!
😁🇨🇦♥️🇨🇦
Too many hills though lol
wow, im the first one to comment???? beautiful place and beautiful you
Hello Alina. Thanks for visiting Armenia. You should go Jermuk its beautiful 😍.
Nice drone ! Thank You very much !
Thanks for watching!
When you look at those fields , you wonder . Where is Mother Nature is at . Different from Canada
Amazing round the world ...👍👍👍
The waterfall is very nice, Alina!❤️
I struck out on the vegetables, but they look like greens from some root plant.
I would like to go to Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria... I'm from Brazil, but i always was crazy about these countries.
Actually, I love the world!
Next year we can get through terrible moments and I prefer to get prepared to olit than travel. But, I can't wait to travel again.
So much fun!!!!! 😀😀😀😀😀
Very stunning landscape! The drone footage above the village was awesome. The waterfall was great and the stones were something else. I had never even heard of these stones existing. Really learned a lot from this and thank you for bringing this video to us.
I'm so glad :) Thank you!
I bought the Pocket 2 Creator Combo. On a link from you. I hope, even though I ordered in Austria, you got a small commission because I really decided to do so thanks to your work. But now one more question: how do you edit your videos? Are you using an Apple laptop with Final Cut Pro? And how are you satisfied? Thanks for your answer and good luck for the future.
Thank you so much for doing that! DJI is honestly my favorite film making brand and their products are just so innovative. I really hope you enjoy the pocket 2! As for editing, I currently use Filmora Wondershare that I bought years ago and only paid a 1 time fee of $60. For me at this point in time, it has everything I need to edit, but I am considering transitioning to Adobe Premier if I start to get fancier with the edits. I just don't love that it's a monthly fee to use now and would get very pricey as the years go on. Unless you're doing something really precise and professional, I wouldn't say most people need to get AP. My computer is an Asus Zenbook Pro, definitely need a good computer if you're shooting in 4K or even 1080HD. Wishing you all the best!
Nice n Scenic Vlog, Take care- Ashi
That was epic!
So funny to see this, next year I will be there myself!
love your videos❤❤
Thank you :)
Those rows of rocks, remind me of a miniature version of the tank blockades used in World war two.
Good job 👏 👍
I am here lady. Road to 5000subs for a start then a Million!
Love from Zimbabwe
HEROS TGHERQ!
1:28 This is a mysterious megalithic site in Armenia near Hartashen village! Similar sites can be traced in France as well! Check out the Carnac stones and you can find lots of similarities... and thanks for the video Alina!! Cheers
I love this v log
Alina , you do a great deal of walking in your videos, do you work out daily to be able to sustain so much walking ? Were you athletic as a child and teen? Do you watch what you eat , what foods don’t you like ?
Yeah I walk A LOT and have for many years so you do build up an endurance for it. I don't work out every day and don't have a perfect diet, but I'd say I have a fairly healthy lifestyle.