Short tour from Dushanbe to Khujand

08:00 Meet the guide and driver at the hotel in Dushanbe.

Transfer to Khujand (300 km, 5 hrs drive) with short photo-stops en-route.

On arrival in Khujand, start sightseeing in Khujand:

- Arbob palace. Arbob palace had its particular significance in 1992, when it was the place for the meeting of the Tajik Soviet ministers which officially declared independence from the Soviet Union. Also, it was the site where the Tajik flag was chosen.

- Kairakkum water resersoir photo stop.

Transfer to the hotel.

Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.

Breakfast at the hotel.  

09:00 Meet the guide and start sightseeing in Khujand.

Khudjand was the furthest point Alexander the Great reached in Central Asia, the city was named Alexandria Eschate (Alexandria the Farthest), the city became one of the important entrepots on  the great Silk Road.

Start of the excursion program: 

 Pushkin square with Kamoli Khudjandi Square;

- Timur Malik’s fortress and Sugd museum or archeology and fortification; 

- Muslihiddin memorial complex;

- Panjshanbe bazaar (The name Panjshanbe comes from Persian language meaning “Thursday”) is one of the oldest markets in Tajikistan;

- Panjshanbe bazaar (Khujand’s central market that has many stores offering different kind of goods and services. The name Panjshanbe comes from Persian language meaning “Thursday”. Panjshanbe is considered as one of the oldest markets in Tajikistan. The Silk Road which passes Khujand city, had always made Panjshanbe to be crowded with traders and tourists).

14:00 Transfer to Tajik - Uzbek border Oybek ( 70 km, about 1 hr drive).

Arrival at the land border (ETA 15:00). Border crossing usually takes 30 min- 1 hr.

Meet the guide and driver at Uzbekistan part of the border.

Transfer to your hotel in Tashkent (appr. 100 km, 1,5 hr). Arrival in the hotel in Tashkent.

End of the tour.