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8-Day Private Adventure in Pamir Highway

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Duration

8 days

Group Size

1 to 7 people

Ages

10 - 60 yrs

Languages

English

Tour Overview

What you will experience here will take you back to another century when people lived in a very different way unlike so many you hear about. This trip is sure to be a true adventure of your lifetime. The far corners of civilization, the peculiar life, the meeting of cultures, and ancient history is something that could characterize this route. Through this region passed one of the arteries of the Great Silk Road – the route through the Pamir Mountains. Pamir is one of the highest mountain systems on our planet with up to 4’900m above sea level. You also can overview the famous Hindu Kush mountain on the Afghan side

Additional information

Wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Pickup

Pick up from airport - Time zone: Asia/Dushanbe

What's included

Private transportation

1L bottled water per day per person

Breakfast: 7

Other

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Dushanbe

Transfer to the hotel. Acclimatization before the trip to Pamir. Accommodation in Hotel

Homestay

Day 2: Dushanbe – Norak –Kalaikhum (370 km) 8 hrs drive

Today we will drive to Kalai Khum village. You will see the Norak water reservoir that is called the Tajik Sea. The highest point of the day is the Shurabad pass (2 267 m) and after the drive along Afghanistan border starts. This part will amaze you with its unique mountains – it is already the Territory of the Pamir mountains. Over the centuries, the Pamirs have inspired the world’s greatest explorers with Marco Polo, Hsuan Tsang, and Mirza Muhammad Haidar. And now it is your chance to see it for yourself. We will drive you along the natural borders of the Pyanj River. Having visited the Pamirs, many travelers called this giant mountain system the ocean of white and blue mountains. This night you will spend in a homestay to see the way of local people’s life

Hostel or homestay

Breakfast:

Day 3: Kalaikhum – Khorog (240 km) 6 hours drive

In the morning we will drive to Khorog town. It is perhaps one of the tiniest cities in the world. It is surrounded by Rocky Mountains from all four sides. The town was built on the confluence of the 3 rivers where Shokhdara River and Ghund River flow into Pyanj River. On the way to Khorog you will meet Pamirian people. A number of anthropological features set the Pamir people apart from the Tajik people. Among the Pamirians there are high percentage of people with blonde hair, fair skin and blue eyes. Pamirs Mountains are the highest mountains in the world with human population after the Himalayas in Tibet. Life in the mountains made traditions of local people different from Tajik people. Overnight at the home stay

Guest house / hostel

Breakfast:

Day 4: Khorog – Ishkashim Langar - (250km) – 6-7hrs drive

Drive from Ishkashim to Langar. On the way, visit KahKaha, one of the old fortresses on the Silk Road. Then, continue to the ruins of Yamchun Fortress (4-3rd centuries B.C.), sacred hot springs of Bibi Fatima Zahra, the Museum of Sufi Muborak-Kadami Vakhani, a local Sufi scholar, theologian, poet and traveller, who died in 1910. There is a stone pillar with a hole near his house that he used to calculate a solar calendar and a building with inscriptions and decorations. We will also visit Buddhist Stupa.