An expeditionary overland journey across Tajikistan’s Pamir Highway and Wakhan Valley, combining cultural encounters, remote mountain landscapes and homestay hospitality.
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Drive the Pamir Highway through high passes and mountain plateaus.
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Peer across the Panj River into Afghanistan's villages and footpaths.
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Follow the Wakhan Corridor amid fortresses and Great Game history.
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Visit Yamchun's mountain fortress and soak at Bibi Fatima hot springs.
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Discover Buddhist heritage at Vrang's stupa and cliff caves.
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Search for Marco Polo sheep with a ranger on the eastern plateau.
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Explore Karakul's vast meteor-crater lake on the high plateau.
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Hike the Jizewdara Valley between remote Bartang villages and lakes.
Accommodation combines basic homestays and guesthouses with four hotel nights. Stay in traditional Pamiri chids, with occasional tapchan sleeping outside. In Dushanbe a four-star hotel; Khorog and Kalai Khumb offer hotels; Jarty Gumbez guesthouse has hot springs. Single supplement applies in Dushanbe, Khorog and second stay in Kalai Khumb.