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From Samarkand to Tajikistan: One or Two Day Tours

By Fayoziddin
Free cancellation available
Price is £81 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Marvel at the beauty of the Seven Lakes in Tajikistan
  • Enjoy a scenic drive from Samarkand to the Tajikistan border
  • Cross the border and explore the lakes with a local guide
  • Learn about the history and culture of the region from your guide
  • Travel in comfort with a transfer in a comfortable car

Activity location

    • Samarkand
    • Samarkand, Samarqand viloyati, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • MX28+849, Самарканд, Самаркандская область, Узбекистан | We pick guests up from any place of Samarkand City.
    • Samarqand, Samarqand viloyati, Uzbekistan

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Samarkand to Tajikistan, 7 Lakes: One Day Group Tour in Multilingual
  • Opening hours: Fri 06:00-16:00
  • English

The tour will take place if minimum 2 attenders.
If not enough travellers, the trip will be either as a private or you need to cancel your booking.

Included:
A guide in Uzbekistan ;
A transport services.

Excluded:
Lunch;
A guide in Tadjikistan;
Tickets.

Price details
£81.29 x 1 Adult£81.29
Total
Price is £81.29
Samarkand to Tajikistan: One Days Tour with Transfers in Multilingual
  • Opening hours: Fri 06:00-16:00
  • English

In this option will be included:
A guide consulting in Uzbekistan ;
A transport services in Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan.

Excluded:
Lunch;
A guide service in Tadjikistan;
Entrance frees to Museums.

Price details
£192.14 x 1 Adult£192.14
Total
Price is £192.14
Two Days Tour in Tadjikistan: Seven and Iskandarkul. in Multilingual
  • Opening hours: Fri 06:00-16:00
  • English

On a two-day excursion we will see Tajikistan: Seven lakes and Iskanderkul.
This price includes:
A good transport;
Foods and drinks;
Accommodation;
A guide service in Uzbekistan and Tadjikistan.

Price details
£406.45 x 1 Adult£406.45
Total
Price is £406.45

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Transfer in a comfortable car
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Accommodation for two-day tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A guide consulting in Uzbekistan
  • What's includedWhat's included
    If you book Two Days Tour will be also included:
  • What's includedWhat's included
    A guide in Tadjikistan
  • What's includedWhat's included
    An accommodation
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Food

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Electric wheelchairs, Pets
  • Not suitable for: Babies under 1 year, People with altitude sickness, People with heart problems, Wheelchair users
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Embark on a one- or two-day tour from Samarkand to Tajikistan.
If you choose the one-day tour, you’ll visit the Seven Lakes and Pandjikent city.
In option of two days tour you will see additional Iskandarkul.

Begin with a morning departure from Samarkand, travelling to the border via the village of Jar-Tepa. Cross into Tajikistan and start your lake tour. Each lake has its own name, but they are often referred to by numbers, starting with the lowest:

  • The first is Mezhigon (“eyelash”), 1,640 m high
  • The second is Soya (“shadow”), 1,740 m high
  • The third is Gushor (Khushor), 1,770 m high
  • The fourth is Nofin (Nevel), 1,820 m high
  • The fifth is Khurdak (“baby”), 1,870 m high
  • The sixth is Marguzor (“Greenland”), the largest in the entire chain of lakes, 2,140 m high
  • The seventh is Khazorchashma (“thousand springs”), 2,332 m high.

The distance between the lakes is 15 km. The sixth lake can be reached by any car, but Khazorchashma is only accessible by jeep, if the road is open and safe. That’s why, up to the last lake or not belong to condition of the road.

If you choose the two-day tour, spend the night in a guesthouse and visit Iskanderkul the next day.
Our guide and driver will meet you at the lobby of your guesthouse in Panjikent. Transfer to Iskanderkul Lake, known as a lake of Alexander the Great. The area of the lake is 340 ha. According to the legend, the Iskanderkul Lake was named after Alexander the Great, known as Iskander in the East. People say that Alexander the Great's path to India passed by this lake.
Lunch at traditional homestay “Dilovar”. Exploration the surroundings of the lake: five springs, Zmeinoe lake (Snake lake), walking to 38m high waterfall which is called “Fan Niagara“. Return to border of Uzbekistan in the afternoon.
After crossing border our driver from Uzbekistan pick you up from border and transfer to your hotel in Samarkand.

Location

Activity location

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    • Samarkand
    • Samarkand, Samarqand viloyati, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • MX28+849, Самарканд, Самаркандская область, Узбекистан | We pick guests up from any place of Samarkand City.
    • Samarqand, Samarqand viloyati, Uzbekistan