Tour itinerary: Dushanbe – Iskanderkul – Penjikent – Dushanbe
Season: all the year round
Days: 5 | Nights: 4
Wonderful mysterious Tajikistan remaining unexplored for most of the travelers.
With tour packages to Tajikistan and its main sights - Penjikent & Iskanderkul followed by the Dushanbe city tour, you won't leave anything hidden.
Flight to Dushanbe.
Arrival in Dushanbe International Airport.
Migration formalities usually take 20 min to 60 min: visa/passport control and baggage claim.
Come out of the terminal and meet the driver and guide holding a sign “ANUR TOUR” or with your name on it.
Transfer to the hotel to drop off the bags. Standard check-in (14:00).
Start Dushanbe sightseeing tour visiting:
- Tajik National Museum of Antiquities with the biggest Buddha in Nirvana.
The Museum consists of 22 exhibition halls with departments of nature, antiquity and the Middle Ages, modern history, fine and applied arts.
- Tajik flagpole-one of the World tallest flagpoles (165-meter flagpole);
- Main square of Dushanbe. The Monument of Ismoili Somoni - the forefather of Tajik Nation located on the main square. A 40-meter-high monument built to the memory of Ismaili Saman-Khuda, founder of the Samanid dynasty;
- Mehrgon Bazaar - one of the biggest markets of Dushanbe;
- Gissar 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. The place was famous for its center of commerce during the Silk Road. You will also be able to visit the Old Madrassa (Madrasai Kuhna) of the 16-17th century with a museum inside, the new Madrassa of the 17-18th century as well as Caravan Saray.
Transfer to the hotel.
Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Transfer to Iskanderkul lake (130 km ~ 3 hours) over Anzob pass (2900 m) and Anzob tunnel en-route enjoying the stunning nature scenery of green, sometimes barren rocks rushing mountain streams and steep rock faces.
- Iskanderkul lake is a real pearl of Fan mountains located at an altitude of 2 100 meters above sea level. There are beautiful legends, interesting stories about Alexander the Great. Explore surroundings: visiting Snake Lake (Ko'li Mor) that is famous for its clear waters. Walk along the lake. Visit waterfall "Fan Niagara" (height 38 meters) situated 800 m below the Iskandar river where one can take panoramic pictures. Resting time in the evening.
Overnight in guesthouse.
Breakfast at the guesthouse.
09;00 Transfer to Penjikent.
Start sightseeing tour in Penjikent visiting:
-The Sarazm Important Bird Area (UNESCO World Heritage) that 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 (2500-years ago) that was a Sogdian trading city on the Silk Road;
- Museum of Rudaki. Penjikent is a birthplace of Abu-Abdallah Rudaki, considered as the forefather of Persian Poetry with a hall devoted to Rudaki, and hall with the exposition of antiques: well-preserved frescoes of ancient Sarazm, coins, embroidered historical costumes and many more.
Transfer to the hotel.
Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Transfer to Marguzor, the famous seven lakes - seven wonderful water mirrors full of mountain riverside drops. Each lake looks different whenever the sun changes its position. Colors may vary from deep blue to indie color ripple. Most of them are cold to swim even in summer. These lakes belong to Fann Mountains system.
On the western edge of the Fan Mountains in the valley of the river Shing there are seven lakes, six of them are dammed origin, except the lake Hazorchashma.
Lakes are called Marguzor, but each lake has its own name: Nezhigon (other references Mizhgon), Soybean, Gushor, Nofin, Hurdak, Marguzor, Hazorchashma. The difference in level between the upper and lower lake - 692 meters.
Transfer to Dushanbe.
Arrival in Dushanbe, check-in the hotel.
Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel,
Transfer to Dushanbe International Airport.
Morning departure flight from Dushanbe.
End of the tour.
- Accommodation in standard double/twin rooms; shared rooms in the guesthouse in Iskanderkul;
- All transfers as per program by comfortable tourist class transport as per road conditions including transfers to-from airports;
- English-speaking escorting guide in Tajikistan;
- Meals: breakfast at hotels; homemade breakfast and dinner in guesthouses in Iskanderkul (fixed menu, alcohol excluding);
- Single entry tickets to the sites, museums, mausoleums and natural fees as per program;
- Tourist tax per person.
- International flights to/from Dushanbe;
- Photo/video fees (professional camera);
- Tajikistan e-visa (if required);
- Meals: lunches and dinners, except those specified under “Tour Price Includes”;
- Personal travel/medical insurance, portage, tips, personal expenses and other services not specified under “Tour Price Includes”.
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