Where and how to find us.

In the map view above, from Yerevan to Bjni, follow the dark blue path and veer onto the light blue path to complement the written instructions below.

Yerevan to Bjni (40-45 minutes)

1. Start at Opera Square and make your way up Baghramyan Blvd. The street name eventually changes to Gomidas Blvd where you will bear right. Continue on Gomidas until you reach the Tiblisyan Khujuvi Highway and make a left, departing from the city. 
2. On Tiblisyan Highway, you will pass the AGBU offices, the Champagne factory and the Shangri-La Casino.  That same Tiblisyan Highway is then called the M-15 (Minch Bedagan) Highway leading to Lake Sevan. Keep going on M-15 until you see a side highway entrance to the Charentsavan Highway (H-7 or Hash 7). 
3. Stay on H-7 until you reach a crossroads leading to Alapars, Arzakan, Aghveran, Bjni and Yerevan. Turn right at the crossroads, which will put you on the H-5 Highway. You will stay on this highway until you reach Camp Bjni.  
4. As you make your way into Bjni village, you will pass Varbed Sako’s auto mechanic shop on the left and a number of small markets. You will pass a sprawling red stone-embedded fortress-styled mansion on the left. Later you will see a large overhead sign that reads “Family Garden.” Later on the right, you will see the massive natural arch, Dzag Kar. Still on H-5, you will pass a sign for St. Minas chapel on the left and see a Թօնրատուն– a market with an attached in-ground oven room for lavash baking. Then you may make out the Bjni municipal building and post office on your left. You will also pass the impressive Bjni Fortress and the Apri food factory on your left. You will pass a pink building on your right – it’s the Krikor Magistros Library-Museum – attached to a mineral water leisure resort.  
5. There will be fewer homes on H-5 by this point as you are leaving the village.  Soon after, you will see a metal gazebo near a public mineral spout down by the Hrazdan River, followed by a large 2-3 story house on your right. 
6. Keep an eye out for Camp Bjni. The landmark is our “Black Cottage” (Sev Khrjit) ranch-style lodge which will be on the right side of the road, across the Hrazdan River. This River separates our property into two parts. Drive along a bit on H-5 and look out for a hidden driveway entrance on your right. Make your way down and park in the grass near the walking bridge by the River. Cross the bridge and continue down the path to a wooden gate with the signs “No Parking,” “No Trespassing,” and “Աղբ չ՛թաբել.” 
7. Come in and introduce yourselves!

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