Tajikistan small group holiday
Optional Single Supplement: from £540.
Please note some itineraries are reversed.
Description of Tajikistan small group holiday
Few journeys capture the imagination quite like the Pamir Highway. This Tajikistan small group holiday explores a world of high mountains, travelling from Dushanbe into the Pamirs along valleys, plateaus and remote settlements close to the Afghan border. Ancient Silk Road history, dramatic scenery and time spent with communities living in these isolated landscapes combine to create an absorbing Central Asian adventure.
Travelling by 4WD and on foot, you explore Dushanbe before following the Panj River through Khorog, Ishkashim, Yamg and Langar. Along the way are botanical gardens, fortresses, shrines, petroglyphs, high passes and lakes including Yashil Kul and Karakul. Days in Murgab and the Bartang Valley add insight into life on the Roof of the World.
What makes this holiday especially memorable is the opportunity to spend time with Pamiri, Wakhi and Kyrgyz communities. Village homestays offer a window into everyday life, while local hospitality, markets and pastoral traditions offer immersive takes on the region's history and culture. Short walks through valleys and between villages provide plenty of opportunities to appreciate the scale of the mountains.
Your accommodation ranges from hotels to homestays, directing income into remote settlements that greatly benefit from careful tourism. Group sizes are kept small, helping create more meaningful encounters with local people while minimising impact on fragile mountain environments.
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Optional Single Supplement: from £540.
Please note some itineraries are reversed.
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Planet
We have a strict environmental policy to make sure that the environments we visit are not damaged in any way. Our “Leave No Trace” ethic is applied to each one of our trips, and as a responsible tour operator, it is something we are careful and steadfast about promoting. Each one of our guides are trained to uphold, promote and put into practice such responsible behaviour, especially in wilderness areas or whilst traveling to UNESCO heritage sites, which many of our trips undoubtedly do.We attempt to reduce plastic bottle use wherever possible by promoting use of reusable and filtered water bottles. We understand this is not always possible in countries where tap water is not safe to drink. Our partnership with Water-To-Go provides a discount on filtered water bottles to our clients. We do not provide water from plastic bottles to our clients in country but always ensure there is regular access to drinking water on our tours.
By keeping the group size to a maximum of 12, we can also minimise the human impact on the fragile sites and ecosystems we visit.
People
On this tour we will be given the opportunity to stay in the homes of hospitable locals. This is a great way to meet and interact with the local people, understand their limited infrastructure, and be introduced to their culture and way of life. With the homestays we use the money goes straight into these remote communities, so benefiting the people directly.In Central Asia we have developed unique relationships with many people of the region and through our form of interactive, socially conscience tourism have helped them adapt to the modern, changing world by providing important income opportunities. On this tour we will be staying in a homestays for a unique glimpse into the traditions and customs of local life. The homestay market, helps them to provide good, clean and interesting accommodation which in term allows them to educate their children, improve their standard of living and look after their ill. The wonderful thing about this kind of interactive tourism is that everyone gains – the families financially and us with the wonderful welcome and experience they give us. Wherever possible we stay in locally owned accommodation, eat in locally owned establishments and purchase supplies from the local nomads.
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