Detour Tadjikistan

4 days / 4 nights

Itineraire : Samarkand – Pendjikent - Iskandar Kul – Dushanbe - Khodjand – Tashkent

1 Day: Samarkand – Penjikent - Iskandarkul (70 km + 130km) Tourist camping

A.M. Breakfast.
Drive to Penjikent. Croos Uzbek-Tadjik border.
Attention, the clients must walk on foot about 100 m with their luggage. The guide will take care about all Visa formalities.

Pendjikent (Tajikistan) is a town located 70 km East of Samarkand. One of the interesting places in the city is RudakiMuseum. Pendjikent is the birthplace of Abu Abdallah Rudaki, the Samanid court poet considered by many to be the father of Persian poetry. 2 km from the modern town Pendjikent there are ruines of ancient Pendjikent (Bunjikath) a major Sogdian town founded in 5th century and abandoned in 8th century when Arabs came. Foundations of houses, a citadel with a Zoroastrian temples, city bazaar.

Sightseeing incl:
• Ancient Penjikent - ruines of old Sogdian town founded in 5th century and abandoned in th 8th century by arabs. Foundations of houses, a citadel with a couple of Zoroastrian fire temples and city bazaar are visible in the excavated ruines.
• Museum of Rudaki – As Penjikent is a birthplace of Abu Abdallah Rudaki, considered by many to be the father of Persian Poetry.

P.M. Lunch at the waterfall.
Drive to Iskandarkul lake.
Upon arrival accommodation at Tourist camping.
• Enjoy the beauty of the lake which located in the mountains in the altitude of 2255 metres, depth of the lake is 72 m.
Dinner at the bank of the lake.

2 day: Iskandarkul – Dushanbe (230 km) Tadjikiston ***

A.M. Breakfast.
Free time at the lake.
Drive to Dushanbe via Anzob pass (3372 m). Collectively known as Fan mountains these are favoured place for trekking and climbing.

P.M. Lunch in local tea house en route.
Upon arrival to Dushanbe accommodation at hotel.
Dinner & o/n hotel.

 3 day : Dushanbe Tadjikiston ***

A.M. Breakfast. Sightseeing of Dushanbe incl :
• Museum of ethnography – professional showcase of 20th century Tajik art. The collection includes pottery, carpets, cloaks, embroidery, jewellery, musical instruments, woodwork and more.
• TadjikistanUnifiedMuseum includes the exhibits on history, natural history and art. Among the more interesting items are exhibits on Islamic samarkand and Bukhara.

P.M. Lunch in the city. Afternoon visits incl :
• Hissar fortress the remains of an 18th century fortress, occupied until 1924 is located in 30 km west of Dushanbe. Beside the fortress are two plain madrassahs, one dating from the 18th century and the other 19th, and beyond them is the mausoleum of 16th century.

Dinner & o/n hotel.

 4 day : Dushanbe – Khodjand (Air) – Tashkent (310 km)

A.M. Breakfast.
Transfer to airport for flight Dushanbe-Khodjand.
PM. Lunch in local restaurant.
Cross Tadjik-Uzbek border.
Continue drive to Tashkent.