Very beautiful trekking runs along the most higest mountain part of Tajikistan – Gorniy (Mountain) Badakhshan on the heights from 2000 to 4600 m. This is high-mountainous land of ancient legends and inhabitants who still live in their forefathers’ lifestyle.
You will see high-mountain lakes of Pamir surrounded by snow-capped peaks. Visit mountain villages and get acquainted with local people, their traditions and culture. Wonderful excursions are waiting for you in a legendary “Vakhan Corridor” in the valley of Pyanj, on the border of Afghanistan.
The tour ends with trekking to root of grandiose “giants” of the Pamir – the peaks of Karl Marx (6726m) and Engels (6510m), where you can see the Afghan Hindu Kush mountains.
The best time – late June and till September.
Day ½. Meeting at Dushanbe airport (850-1000m).
Transfer and accommodation in a 4* hotel. Breakfast. Excursion day in Dushanbe. Visit to Ismoil Somoni Square, Rudaki Park, National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan, Navruzgokh, Gissar Fortress and Mehrgon Bazaar. Lunch and dinner in city restaurants.
Day 3. Transfer from Dushanbe through Kulyab to the Village of Kalaykhumb (370 km, 7-8 hrs, +350m). Accommodation and dinner in the homestay, 1200 m.
Day 4. Transfer Kalaykhumb-Khorog via Rushan village. Lunch at a road-restaurant. Arrival to Khorog, 2200 m (230 km, 5 hrs, +1000m). Walk through the bazaar 1ch.30min. Departure via Gunt canyon to Bachor village (120 km, 3 hrs, +930m).
Day 5. Trekking (10 km, 5-6 hrs, +430m)
Acclimatization walking though Bachor. Trekking Bachor – Kavch spring. Overnight in the tent camp, 3600m.
Day 6. Trekking (6 km, 4-5 hrs, ±600m)
Acclimatization day. Ascent to hot hydrogen sulfide source of Kavch, 4200 m. If you wish – bathing in hot springs (natural healing water, heals skin diseases). Picnic. Descent to the base camp. Overnight in the tent camp, 3
Day 7. Trekking (10 km, 6-7 hrs, +600m)
Trekking Kavch spring – Chashin lake. Overnight in the tent camp, 4200 m.
Day 8. Trekking (16 km, 6-7 hrs, +318m, -218m)
Trekking Chashin lake (4200 m) – Zaroshkkul lake (4518 m) – Kulen lake (4300 m). Overnight in the tent camp, 4300m.
Day 9. Trekking (10 km, 5-6 hrs, -200m, +200m)
Trekking Kulen lake – Zaurbek pasture (4100 m) – Yechkul lake (4300 m). Dinner and overnight in the tent camp. Overnight in the tent camp, 4300m.
Day 10. Trekking (20 km, 6-7 hrs, +250m,-400m)
Trekking from Yechkul lake to the fork Yechkul – Chapdarkul lake(4529m). Down to Bachor pasture (4100 m). Caravan with the luggage passes by Langar (4629 m).
Day 11. Trekking (18 km, 5-6 hrs, -500m)
Trekking from Bachor pasture – Down to the fork lake Yaschilkul
Overnight in the tent camp, 3600m.
Day 12. Trekking (8 km, 2-3 hrs, +400m, -200m)
Trekking through Bachor pasture – Yashilkul lake (3800 m). Yashilkul lake crossing (on jeeps or rubber-oar). Departure for Bulunkul village (20km, 1 hrs). Dinner and overnight at the homestay in Bulunkul village (3700 m).
Day 13. Transfer Bulunkul village – Khargush pass (4344 m) – walking along Varkhan canyon, then transfer to Langar village (150 km, 5-6 hrs). Accommodation and lunch at the guest house (2850m). Visiting of the village. Dinner and overnight at the homestay, 2800m.
Day 14. Trekking (10 km, 5-6 hrs, +1200m)
The ascent towards the peak Engels (6510m) on the way visit Petroglyphs, a large number of them here. Picnic on the way and continuation of the route to the green glade at a height of 4000m, where is located tent camp. In place of spending the night you can admire the peaks of Karl Marx, Engels and a wonderful panorama of the Afghan Hindu Kush mountains. Overnight in tents, 4000m.
Day 15. Trekking (10 km, 4-5 hrs, -1200m)
Walk up the canyon, where you can admire the peaks of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (6-10km, 3-4 hrs, ±300m). Lunch. The descent back to the path of recovery in the village Langar. Accommodation, dinner and overnight at the homestay, 2800m.
Day 16. Transfer Langar village – Yamg village (2650 m). On the way: visiting of Buddha statue; museum of Sufi Muborak Kadam and its solar calendar. Lunch and visiting of Yamchun fortress, Bibi Fotima-Zukhro hot water spring. Transfer to Ishkashim village, 2450 m. (140km, trip duration 6-7 hrs, -350m). Dinner and overnight at the homestay.
Day 17. Transfer Ishkashim – Khorog (100 km, 5-6 hrs).
On the way: visiting afghan market in Ishkashim (Only on Saturdays) and of Garm Chashma hot springs. Dinner and overnight at the guest house in Khorog, 2200m.
Day 18. Transfer Khorog – Kalaykhumb (230 km, 5 hrs, -1000m).
Dinner and overnight in the homestay, 1200m.
Day 19. Transfer Kalaykhumb – Kulyab – Dushanbe (370 km, 8-9 hrs, -1000m).
Accommodation in a 4* hotel. Farewell dinner.
Day 20. Departure for airport. Flight home Turkish Airlines.
Price for 2024, per person:
4 pax – 2590 $
5 pax – 2430 $
6 pax – 2300 $
7 pax – 2180 $
8 pax – 2070 $
9 pax – 1970 $
10 pax -1880 $
11 pax -1800 $
12 pax -1730 $
13 pax -1670 $
14 pax -1620 $
15 pax -1580 $
16 pax -1550 $
The cost is included:
– Accommodation in twin rooms with breakfasts in the hotel 4* (in Dushanbe)
– Accommodation in guest houses and homestays by the program (no single!)
– Accommodation in twin-share tents by the program
– Transport – during the whole tour
– Mountain guide (English speaking)
– Meals – full board
– Entrance fees on the main monuments
– During the trekking: cook, , tents, donkeys for carrying the baggage from 5nd to 12th days and from 14nd to 15th days of the program
– For groups of 9pax and more – T/L FOC
The cost isn’t included:
– Permit to Pamir GBAO – $20 per person.
– Registration at the OVIR $30/per person, more than 10 days of stay in Tajikistan.
-Supplement for single accommodation in Dushanbe – $ 90
-Supplement for single accommodation in tents in the mountains $5 a day from the person
-International flights.
-Tips for service staff.
Tourists must be equipped with trekking shoes, sunglasses, waterproof shoes (for river crossing), waterproof wear, warm clothes, sleeping bag, walking sticks etc.
Best period: from June 20 – up to the end of September.
“We must be rich by impressions not by money”
