Explore Shokhdara Valley

Day 01: Dushanbe city tour

Our guide and driver will meet you at the airport  and drive to hotel. You will start  the  city tour.  The  city  tour  would  be  at    most  highlighted   places  of  Dushanbe. We  will  start   from  the  monument  of  First   founder  of  tajik dynasty  Ismoili   Somoni    and  then  national  library Rudaki  park, Flagpole, National  state  seal,  National  Museum,  Nawruz  Place, Botanical  Garden, Independence Tower, House Museum of  Gurminj Zawqibekov . Dinner at local Restaurant Tajik cosine 

Day 02: Dushanbe – Kulob – Kalai Khumb

Our guide and driver will meet you at the lobby of your hotel in Dushanbe. Transfer to  Pamir Mountains.  Pamir  is   the  famous   destination   of  Tajikistan.   We will drive via Kulob city .We will  stop  in water reservoir  picturesque  of  Norak . Lunch in  Kulab. On  the way  to Qalhai Khumb    we   will   stop in mausoleum of Mir Sayed Hamadani – the great Ismaili philosopher and poet of XV century.   Lunch in  Kulab. Rather  we  drive through Shurabad Pass(2 267m) our first day  highest point.  Continuing our  drive towards Qalhai Khum. After  pass there will start the  natural border between Tajikistan and  Afghanistan . Our next stop would  be  the  Chorchaman .   Overnight  in  Qalai Khumb.

Day 03: Kalai Khumb – Khorog

In the morning we will drive to Khrorog.  Having visited the Pamirs, many travellers called this giant mountain system the ocean of white and blue mountains. The road is going along Panj River with Afgan villages on the other site. From Rushan village starts Ismaili portion of this route.  Short  stop  to  see Vamar  fotress.  Our journey continues alongside the meandering Panj River, where glimpses of Afghan life unfold before our eyes, offering a unique perspective on borderland communities. Near to Khorog (10 km) visit Parshinev village  to see shrine Pir-I Shoh Nosir, museum and holy spring dedicated to Nosiry Khusrav (1004) .

  Khorog city   tour.

 We will visit Botanical  garden –(Pamir Botanical Garden is the highest mountain park.  And also the second highest above sea level  in the world after the Nepal  Botanical Garden. It is located at an altitude of 2320 meters above sea level. The territory of the garden, located at the confluence of the two mountain full-water rivers Gunt and Shahdar it  is 624 hectares. The high-altitude garden was laid in 1940 on the terrace above Khorog.)  Museum, souvenir shop, University of Central Asia, and  Khorog   central park Chorbog. It should be noted that the people of Badakhshan have their specific culture and it is obvious in their traditional clothing, cuisine, musical instrument, architecture and folklore.

Day 04: Khorog- Sezhd

In the morning we will drive through the Shokhdara valley from where comes one of the sources of Panj river. You will spend the night in  a  tent in Dirum lake  we will organize campfire  and after arrival to the lake you will go for a walk along it beaches. Drumkul lies some 75 km east of the provincial capital of Khorog. In the northern part of the Shugnan ridges of the Pamir Mountain. The area has a semi-arid climate. The lake is 3345 m above sea level and was formed by damming  the Dumdara River,  a tributary of the Shohdara river, which is fed by meltwater from the glaciers of the Rushan ridge Unknown  place for  many  people. Overnight  in a  tent   

Day 5: Sezhd- Jawshangoz

Early morning we will have short hike to  the village and we will drive to  Jawshangoz. In a way  to Jawshangoz we will stop  in a hot spring. You can  have bath (if you want). There are  a  lot of shrine springs, hot springs and waterfalls  along  the  way. In  a way to Jawshangoz you will see the life  of people in a high mountains. Everyone would be happy to see you and ask you to visit their houses. In Jawshangoz we will visit the fortress.

Overnight in tent.

Day 6: Jawshangoz- Bulunkul

In the morning we will drive to Bulunkul via Maysara Pass. In  a way  to  Burunkul  will have stop in Kutezak Pass  and Pamir Highway picturesque  and  finally we are in Bulunkul  small village near to  the  lake. The most beautiful  lakes  in  Pamirs  are   Yashilkul and Bulunkul (blue lake) stretched on  the altitude of 3 700meters above the sea  level . It is located in a mountain valley between the North Alichur and South Alichur ranges.   The   color of  the  water  in  Bulunkul  is a subtle inter play of  violent and   dark blue in  the  sunlight.  It occupies an area of ​​35.6 km²  . The depth reaches 52 meters  . The volume according to 1978 data was 0.45 km³  .Yashilkul  was formed as a result of a rockfall that blocked the bed of the Alichur River. Yashilkul, together with Lake Bulunkul, is part of a special ornithological region with an area of ​​1,500 km², including mountain pastures, wetlands, deserts and mountain slopes ( Tajik National Park ). There  is the  opportunity to  see yaks in Bulunkul

Overnight in a  village in guesthouse

Day 7: Bulunkul - Zong

Today   you will drive towards  the Pamir Tract and there is situated  blue salty lake Tuzkul.  On  the way  to  Langar you  will drive over Khargush Pass (4 344m) and Khargushi Gorge. We  climb  up  above  Langar village to  see pitroglyphs. From the hill top you  vill get a   chance to see the Wakhan corridor to Pakistan   through  Afghanistan.  Rest  of  drive  will  be  through Wakhan  Corridor.  There   are several places of interest to  stop. Above Vrang village there  is the Buddhist modesty  with its history   from     4-7th  centuries. Yamg   is situated at the altitude of 2805 meters above the sea  level .  There is the  house  museum of  Muboraki  Wakhoni (1833-1903).  Muboraki Wakhoni  was  famous Badakhshi scientist and  near  by to  his house  was created  stone  in  order  to  determinate the  beginning   of Nawruz.  Nawruz means new year it  was   the  beginning  of  new  life  and spring equinox. Ther   are  also  another   thing to  see there – house chillakhona   a  place  for  forty-day meditation and solitude  built   by Sufi  Muboraki  Wakhoni, and  of  course  museum  with   more than 550  exhibits  and   traditional Pamiri House tour inside the  museum and house .

Overnight in Guesthouse

Day 8: Zong – Khorog

Today  we  will have  a  lot of  places   to  visit. On the   road  we   will visit Yamchun fortress  and  futher up  the hillside is the hot spring Bibi Fotima.  Who was Bibi  Fotima and why the spring was  called  by her name?  Bibi Fatima was  daughter  of  the   Prophet  Muhammad. Legends  says that she was in this place and she wanted to  wash  her husband’s t-shirt  and   the  spring was founded.   Water  in  Bibi  Fotima is crystal  clear and  very salty   with   minerals.  You  can swim there. We  visit also Kah-Kaha fortress and  Hazrati  Shoh or Shohi  Mardon   shrine.  Shohi  Mardon  was  prophets  sun and low  hazrati  Ali and there is the museum  if   it will   be  open  you will go in. Next  stop in natural sparcling water if you  wish  you  can have  degustation   and next stop Garm  Chasma  hot spring  viry nise  for   skin problems . Water  there +50 C . if you  wish  you  can swim  there and   see the  root  of   spring. Drive to khorog. Overnight in  Khorog

Day 9: Khorog- Qalhai Khumb

Driving from Khorog to Qalhai Khumb   

Day 10: Qalhai Khumb- Sagridasht- Dushanbe

In  the  morning we will  drive to Dushanbe via Khuborubot pass  (3 252m)  saghridasht, Tavildara. The road is famous  as   Western  Pamir Tract.  We will have   stop  on  a top  of   a pass. On the  way  you  will  see small  villages  and   meet  local   people.  Try  different  fruits   and dry fruits. The road goes the most picturesque  river volley and amazing  gorges ( more than  45) in  the terrain. Everybody  can wave to  you  and say hello  and ask  you  to  be there guest. Stop in  Rogun Hydro power  station. The station is undergrounded .  From  the road you  can  see  water reservoir.  Dinner  will be in a traditional  restaurant .  Overnight in  hotel

Day 11: Dushanbe –home

Here the trip is finished  say good bye to  guide and driver.  flight  home