General information

Best months to travel are from June until October. In summer and autumn the weather is almost always nice and sunny.

You will find hotel accommodation only in Khorog and in Jelondy (about 120 km east of Khorog along the Pamir Highway). On your trip you will stay with host families and experience their genuine hospitality and get a view of the life and culture of the Pamiris.

Hygiene is not what you are used to. We make great efforts to ensure basic standards of cleanliness and have washing facilities. There are many hot springs but in remote locations it is maybe just a bucket of water.

Do not expect Western standards of travel. The roads are often in bad condition and very rough.

As you will see there are a variety of cars we can offer, according to size of group and desired comfort.

Small groups are easier to organize but we already had groups up to 14 tourists. 2 - 5 people are ideal. You have to take into account that you need a guide and drivers and that you have to take petrol storage containers with you. All groups are equipped with Satellite Phones.

Tajikistan, including the Pamirs, is politically calm since the late 1990s and is, for the time being, one of the safest places to travel in Central Asia.

You should be in good health and have a travel insurance so that in case of illness or accident you can be treated and if necessary evacuated. We do have excellent relationships with the Rescue Services and the Central Hospital in Khorog. Both organizations also collaborate, like us, on a medium term basis with Inter-Assist Foundation, our Swiss Partner Organization.

Travel Propositions

3 – 4 weeks Central Asia Tour

with an International Tour Operator
Tours usually start in Tashkent, visit Samarkand, Buchara and Dushanbe and continue to Khorog.
From here the groups enter into one or two valleys – Vanj, Bartang or Shakhdara – in the Western Part of the Pamirs with some hiking.
From Khorog and Ishkashim, the tours follow the Wakhan Corridor, the most spectacular itinerary in Gorno-Badakshan. Over the Khargush pass they reach the Pamir Highway and continue over the high altitude plateau to Murgab, arrive at lake Karakul and continue over the Alay Range to Sary-Tash and Osh in Kirgistan. From Osh flights to Bishkek and back to Europe.

2 weeks Individual Pamir Tour organized directly with us. Day 1 – 2 Flight to Dushanbe From where you live to Istanbul on a Thursday with connecting flight Turkish Airline at 20.40 directly to Dushanbe. Our guide will welcome you on Friday at 03.05 at the Airport. Night stay in a private house or small hotel During the day, visit of the market, the museum or the Hissar Fortress. You will get a first impression of this green Central Asia city of 560’000 inhabitants. Day 3 – 4 Dushanbe to Khorog by car You travel in an extraordinary landscape following the Panj River and the border to Afghanistan. Day 5 – 6 Khorog You can stay in a Guest House or in Serena Inn, a hotel with western standards. Khorog with its population of 28’000 is situated at 2’200m at the junction of Gunt River and Panj River. The climate is pleasant, allowing for lush vegetation of fruit trees and poplars. Sites to visit include the Market, University, Theatre and the Tomb of Sultani Vali. The Khorog Botanical Garden is one of the highest in the world. Day 7 – 13 Excursions You have 7 days to discover with our advice and support the valleys in the Western Pamirs and the High Plateau in the East: Valleys of Vanj, Bartang, Gunt, Shakdara Wakhan Corridor from Iskashim to Langar Lakes on the High Plateau: Yashil Kul, Sasyk Kul Murghab, Center of Eastern Pamirs Day 14- 15 Khorog to Dushanbe by car or plane On Wednesday and Thursday of your second week, you travel back to Dushanbe by car and if we are lucky, we can get you a sensational flight from Khorog to Dushanbe. You spend the short night in a private house or small hotel. Day 16 Flight back home On Friday early in the morning at 0505 your Turkish Airline flight leaves Dushanbe to Istanbul. Arrival in Istanbul at 0825, with good connections to most major cities in Europe. You will be back home Friday evening.

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This journey will give you a very good impression of the Pamir mountain region, its history and culture, the living conditions and the day to day life of the admirable Pamiris.
To keep the organizational flexibility, this tour proposition is for 2 to maximum 5 persons plus our guide with one or two jeeps with drivers.
Overall costs for 15 days vary according to quality of cars and accommodation from 2’500.- to 3’000.- Euro without the flights.
Before you start planning your trip, we strongly recommend to consult the travel guide and map 1:500’000 “THE PAMIRS” of Mr. Markus Hauser (see “Maps”).