Pamir and Tien Shan tour in Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan

Pamir and Tien Shan tour in Kyrgyzstan and Tadjikistan

Interesting tour for trekking lovers that show you mountains in Pamir also. Ypu have a chamce drive through border of Afganistan

Itinerary

Day 1: International Airport - Bishkek

Stop At: Bishkek-City, Suyumbayeva, 142/2, Bishkek 720000 Kyrgyzstan
We will start our excursion from Frunze Statue and visit train station. As well as in our program one of main sightseeings as Ala-Too square, Panfilov Park and Victory square. Our last destination in Bishkek will be Osh bazar, where we buy products and drive to village to cook Kyrgyz meal in local house with local family
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Bridges 4* hotel or similar

Day 2: Bishkek- Cholpon - Ata

Stop At: Issyk-Kul Lake, Tian Shan Mountains, Karakol 722360 Kyrgyzstan
Today you will visit one of famous sightseeing in Kyrgyzstan “Burana Tower”. Your morning will start from transfer to Burana Tower. After visiting Burana Tower we are going to Cholpon - Ata.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Raduga 3* hotel or similar

Day 3: Cholpon - Ata - Karakol

Stop At: Karakol Cattle Market, Karakol Kyrgyzstan
Our day will start from transfer to Karakol. En route we will stop to visit house of woman that make kyrgyz traditional carpet from felt for long period of time. She will share knowledge of making felt carpet and show master class to us.Today we also we are going to visit Rukh -Ordo. One of best open-air cultural centre in Kyrgyzstan. Continue to drive to Karakol and visit Hippodrom en route. By arrival to Karakol take a rest and have a dinner in one of the most popular restaurant "Dastorkon", where you have a chance try ice-cream from mare's fermented milk.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Green Yard 3* or similar

Day 4: Karakol-Bokonbaevo (Full day of fascinating nature)

Stop At: Issyk-Kul Lake, Tian Shan Mountains, Karakol 722360 Kyrgyzstan
Today we are going to Bokonbaevo. En route we will visit Barskoon gorge and have a lovely picnic. After some time we are going to go to Bokonbaevo and have a chance to speak with eagle owner and take a photo with eagle.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Local house

Day 5: Bokonbaevo- Kochkor

Stop At: Eki-Naryn Valley, 44 km from Naryn, Naryn Kyrgyzstan
Today we are going to Kochkor. After arrival to Kochkor tour around Kochkor. Walking tour in Kochkor.

Overnight in local house

Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Local House

Day 6: Kochkor - Suusamur valley

Stop At: Suusamyr Valley, Suusamyr Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast drive to Suusamyr. Try kymyz(mare’s fermented milk). Walking in Suusamur valley. Seeing real life of nomad people.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Guest House

Day 7: Suusamur - Kok Bel

Stop At: Toktogul Lake, Toktogul 715400 Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast drive to Kok- Bel guest house that is situated near Toltogul reservoir that is one of the biggest reservoir in Kyrgyzstan.

Duration: 2 hours

No meals included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.

Day 8: Kok - Bel - Osh

Stop At: Jayma Bazaar Osh, Zainabetdinova, Osh 714000 Kyrgyzstan
Drive to Osh. En route visit Uzgen minaret. By arrival visit Sulaiman - Too (sacred place that is situated on mountains)
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Sun Rise or similar

Day 9: Osh - Kyzyl Art pass - Karakul

Pass By: Jayma Bazaar Osh, Zainabetdinova, Osh 714000 Kyrgyzstan
Drive to Kyzyl -Art Pass. Kyzyl-Art pass – Murgab

Meeting at the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. After border crossing drive to Murgab through AkBaital pass (the highest pass in our tour with the altitude of 4655 meters). Murgab is the capital of Murghob District in the Pamir Mountains. The modern town was constructed during the Soviet period as a rest stop along the Pamir Highway. Murghab is expected to become a major center for trade between Xinjiang and central Asia.There is a Yak house in Murgab handycraft center, which you will be able to visit. Due to its altitude, the sunrise in Murgab is especially beautiful. You can make incredibly beautiful shots.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Murgab hotel “Ibragim”

Day 10: Murgab – Langar

Pass By: Bishkek-City, Suyumbayeva, 142/2, Bishkek 720000 Kyrgyzstan
In the morning, leave Murgab. The beautiful scenery attracts tourists to this area. Later you will join the Pamir High Way(PHW), Langar is the final destination of today’s drive. The road will take you via Alichur valley and Khargush Pass (4344 m) , where you can stop and do some photo shots of spectacular view. As you enter the Wakhan, there are amazing views of the Pamirs to the left and the Hindu Kush to the right. Straight ahead, there is a peak of Karl Marx (6,723 m).


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Langar Guest House “Edgor”

Day 11: Langar – Khorog

Pass By: Khorog City Park, Central Khorog, Khorog 736000 Tajikistan
In the morning, leave Langar and drive to Khorog, the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO). In Khorog visit to Local Bazaar, Khorog Regional History Museum, city park and handicraft souvenir center.

After lunch drive to the Pamir Botanical Garden, second highest park in the world, based just 4 km away and over from Khorog.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: “Lal inn"

Day 12: Khorog – Kalai-khumb

Pass By: Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe Tajikistan
In the morning, you will start driving to Kalai-Khumb, along the Panj River. You will be able to enjoy the spectacular view of mountains; on the other side of the river, you will have a chance to see the lifestyle of Afghans. From Khorog, the road joins the river Panj, which forms Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan. This is a fascinating drive. On the Tajik side of the river, the road is asphalted and buildings have electricity and are constructed using metal and glass. On the Afghan side – only about 100 m distant – the road is a donkey track and buildings are built of mud and wood.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Kalai-Khumb hotel “Pamir Express"


Day 13: Kalai-khumb- Kulob - Kurgan-Tyube-Ajina-Tepa

Pass By: Pamir Stadium, Dushanbe Tajikistan
Drive from Kalai-Khumb to Kulob. Throughout its history, Kulob was known by the name Khatlān or Khatlon in modern Tajik, with its modern name only about 250 years old. Part of the Khanate of Bukhara since the 16th century (the Emirate of Bukhara since the 18th century), the city changed its name from Khatlon to Kulob in 1750. Following the Russian conquest of Central Asia and the creation of the Tajik Soviet Socialist republic within the USSR in 1929, Kulob became one of the largest cities in the republic. Continue drive to Ajina-Tepa, which is situated at a distance of 12 km east from the city of Kurgan-Tyube. Ajina-Tepa is the ancient Buddhist monastery, where the largest Buddha in Nirvana was found. It came out as a surprise when archeological excavations, which started in 1961, resulted in 500,000 artifacts: sculptures, reliefs, wall painting fragments of a uniform complex of dwelling and cult rooms belonging to the 7th-8th century Buddhist monastery. However, the most sensational finding in Ajina-Tepa became a huge clay statue of the Buddha in Nirvana found in 1966 in one of the monastery corridors. Today the sculpture of Budda is exhibited at the National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan in Dushanbe. That is the biggest sculpture of the Buddha found on the territory of modern Central Asia. The site is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites that have "outstanding universal value" to the world.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Kurgan Tyube hotel “Ramz"

Day 14: Kurgan-Tyube-Ajina-Tepa – Hissar – Dushanbe

Pass By: Children's City Park Dushanbe, Samani District, Dushanbe Tajikistan
Breakfast in the hotel.

Drive from Kurgan Tyube to Hissar Fortress - the remains of the Bukhara Emirate Beck’s palace. Its thick walls once guarded a pool, garden, and palace, while the fortress itself opposed a noisy market and caravanserai. What remains today is a peace of wall and gate towers which represent the 18th and 19th century style. The place is famous for its center of commerce during the Silk Road. You will also be able to visit the Old Medressa (Madrasai Kuhna) of 16-17th century with a museum inside, the new Medressa of 17-18 cenery. Continue to Dushanbe


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: hotel “Meridian 3* Vatan 4* or Atlas 4*"

Day 15: Dushanbe

Pass By: Children's City Park Dushanbe, Samani District, Dushanbe Tajikistan
After Breakfast City tour in Dushanbe Visit the Tajik National Museum of Antiquities with Tajik pride – the biggest Buddha in Nirvana. Continue to explore the sightseeing of Dushanbe. Tajik flagpole-the World tallest flagpole. The 165-meter flagpole entered the “Guinness Book of World Records” as the world’s tallest in August 2011, in time for the country’s 20th anniversary of independence. Having visited the flagpole, continue our excursion to the main square of Dushanbe. The Monument of Ismoili Somoni-the ancestor of Tajik Nation located on the main square. A 40-metre high monument built to the memory of Ismaili Saman-Khuda, founder of the Samanid dynasty in the X century. The base contains a permanent exhibition on the Samanids and is paved in granite slabs. The upper part of the statue is coated with gold. Than visit Mehrgon bazaar – one of the biggest bazaar of Dushanbe.The market reflects Dushanbe's historical ties to local trade bazaar.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: “Meridian 3* Vatan 4* or Atlas 4*"


Day 16: Dushanbe – Iskanderkul

Pass By: Children's City Park Dushanbe, Samani District, Dushanbe Tajikistan
After breakfast we will drive from Dushanbe to Iskanderkul over Anzob pass (2900m) and Anzob tunnel, Varzob gorge.

Arrive to Iskanderkul, enjoy the view of the purl of Fan Mountains – Iskanderkul Lake (Alexander Lake) (2195m). Excursion and hike to the waterfall (45 m) and Snake Lake.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Iskanderkul “Cottage"


Day 17: Iskanderkul – Penjikent

Pass By: Children's City Park Dushanbe, Samani District, Dushanbe Tajikistan
After breakfast we will drive from Iskanderkul to Penjikent Arrive to Penjikent City tour in Penjikent-a city in the Sugd province of Tajikistan on Zeravshan River, with a population of 33,000 (2000 census). It was once an ancient town in Sogdiana. The ruins of the old town are on the outskirts of the modern city. The Sarazm Important Bird Area (UNESCO World Heritage) lies downstream of the city on the tugay-vegetated floodplain of the river. The archaeological site of the ruins of old Penjikent - a walled inter-city which stood 2500-years ago - was once a Sogdian trading city on the Silk Road. Today, only ruins are left owing to the fact that the main construction material was clay-bricks.

Overnight in Penjikent “Sugd 3*"


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Penjikent “Sugd 3*"

Day 18: Penjikent – Dushanbe

Pass By: Children's City Park Dushanbe, Samani District, Dushanbe Tajikistan
After breakfast we will drive from Penjikent to Dushanbe over Anzob pass (2900m) and Anzob tunnel, Varzob gorge.


Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: “Meridian 3* Vatan 4* or Atlas 4*"

Day 19: Dushanbe

Pass By: Children's City Park Dushanbe, Samani District, Dushanbe Tajikistan
Transfer to the internationl airport in Dushanbe, departure

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: NO