Day 1 Dushanbe

After an initial greeting in Dushanbe’s international airport, you will be taken to your city hotel 4* where you will spend the next two nights. Once you have checked in, you can recuperate over breakfast and have the rest of the day to yourself. Choose whether to explore the culture-rich city or rest in the comfort of this well-appointed hotel. Lunch and dinner are authentic-Tajik style, served at a local restaurant.

Day 2 Dushanbe

An early breakfast in the hotel is followed by a city tour, where you can visit the Buddha in Nirvana at the Museum of Antiquity. At over 39 feet high, it is the largest Buddha in Central Asia and is believed to be 1,600 years old. There is also a stop at the famous Gurminj Museum of Musical Instruments, the huge Somoni statue from where the currency got its name and 13th century Fort Hissar for a journey into Tajikistan’s local history. There will be a stop for lunch between visits and dinner can be enjoyed in a traditional Tajik restaurant before heading back to the hotel 4* for a night’s rest.

Day 3 Dushanbe city – Khujand

Breakfast. Arrival in the city of Khujand. Accommodation in the hotel “Grand Khujand” or “Khujand Deluxe” 4 *. Lunch at the restaurant. After lunch, a tour of the city of Khujand:

1. Fortress Timurmalik
2. Regional Museum
3. Sheikh Muslihiddin madrasah.
4. The central mosque.
5. Bazaar.

Dinner at the restaurant.

Day 4. Khujand – Istaravshan – Penjikent. (310 km, time 5-6 hours)

Breakfast. Departure in Istaravshan. City tour of Istaravshan:

1. The old city of Muktepp.
2. Madrasah Kuk-Gumbaz.
3. Madrasah Hazrati Shokh, Sarimazar.
4. Ensemble Chorgumbaz
5. Visiting artisans and bazaar.

Lunch at the restaurant. After lunch, transfer to Penjikent.
Accommodation at the hotel Sogd 3 *.
Dinner at the restaurant.

Day 5 Penjikent – border Dzhartepa – Samarkand.

Breakfast. City tour: visit the Rudaki Museum and visit the excavations of ancient Sogd. Dinner. Departure to the border Dzhartepa. Seeing off in Samarqand.

Price for 2025:
2 – pax – $ 770.
3-4 pax – $ 690
5-6 pax – $ 630
7-8 pax – $ 580
9-10 pax – $ 530
11-12 pax – $ 490
13-15 pax – $ 460

The tariff includes:
1. Meeting and seeing off.
2. Transportation.
3. Full boarding meals.
4. Accommodation
5. Entry tickets
6. Guide

Tariff does not include:
1. E-visa – 50 $ (www.evisa.tj)
2. Admission fee for single occupancy program- 120 $.