The Pamir Highway & the Silk Road — Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan — 14 Days
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The highest-altitude route in our catalog: the Pamir Highway, one of the most spectacular high-mountain roads on the planet, with passes above 4,000 m, a yurt camp at the foot of Peak Lenin, and the Wakhan Corridor.
Route
Osh → “Edelweiss Meadow” yurt camp → Lake Karakul → Murghab → Langar → Ishkashim → Khorog → Kalai-Khumb → Dushanbe → Margeb → Lake Iskanderkul → Penjikent → Sarazm → Margozor lakes → Samarkand.
Day by day
- Arrival in Osh, city tour: Sulaiman-Too mountain, the Osh bazaar.
- Drive along the Pamir Highway over the Taldyk pass (3,600 m) to the “Edelweiss Meadow” yurt camp with a view of Peak Lenin (7,134 m).
- Walk to the lakes of the Achik-Tash valley and the sacred Tulpar-Kul lake, an Uzgen plov masterclass.
- Cross the Kyrgyz-Tajik border over the Kyzyl-Art pass (4,280 m), Lake Karakul (3,914 m), drive to Murghab over the Ak-Baital pass (4,655 m).
- Drive to Langar through the Wakhan Corridor — petroglyphs, the Shokh Kambari Oftob shrine.
- Drive to Ishkashim, the Bibi-Fatima hot springs.
- Drive to Khorog — the Pamir Botanical Garden, the regional museum.
- Drive to Kalai-Khumb, the ancient Karon settlement.
- Drive to Dushanbe via the Mir-Said-Ali-Hamadani mausoleum.
- Dushanbe: the National Museum of Antiquities, Hissar fortress.
- Drive to Margeb, then on to Lake Iskanderkul (2,195 m) in the Fann Mountains.
- Hike to the “Fann Niagara” waterfall, drive to Penjikent.
- Sarazm settlement, the Margozor lakes cascade, border crossing, drive to Samarkand.
- Transfer to Samarkand airport, departure.
Included (placeholder — confirm before publishing)
- Comfortable transport throughout the route
- Yurt camp accommodation near Peak Lenin, guesthouses in the Pamirs, a cottage at Iskanderkul
- An accompanying guide for the whole tour, a mountain guide near Peak Lenin
- GBAO permit, full board on the mountain section
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