DISCOVER TAJIKISTAN’S FANN MOUNTAINS: MULTI-ACTIVE HIKING, BIKING AND CULTURAL IMMERSION
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Breakfast. Drive to the border. Crossing the border.
Drive to Penjikent 60km. The city of Penjikent ("five villages") is located in Khujand area of Tajikistan in a picturesque Zeravshan river valley. Quite possibly the five villages started the history of this remarkable city which originated in the 5th-8th centuries AD. Penjikent of that time was one of the most important cultural and crafts centers of Sogd. It was even named "Central Asian Pompeii".
Explore this ancient city with your local guide, including visits to:
Sarazm settlement – 5500 years, UNESCO siteVirtual tour - Sarazm
Museum of Rudaki – Penjikent is the birthplace of Abu Abdallah Rudaki, considered by many to be the father of Persian Poetry.
Ancient Penjikent - ruins of old Sogdian town founded in 5th century and abandoned in the 8th century by arabs. Foundations of houses, a citadel with a couple of Zoroastrian fire temples and city bazaar are visible in the excavated ruins. http://panjakent-trip.com/VirtualTours/AncientCityPanjakent/
Enjoy lunch at the national teahouse ‘Sayohat’ where you will have a chance to participate in a cooking class, learning to make the national Tajik dish.
After lunch, drive to Gazza village which is 60kms away by road. Gazza is a remote village, located 1700m above sea level, on the foot by Hamid and Obshor mountains, population about 200 people. Gazza is located in the Fan mountains. Walking and meet local people in the village, explore how the Tajik people live in the mountain areas.
Enjoy dinner and overnight in a local guest house. Typical Tajik house with traditional style in remote village. You will experience living with local family, sleeping in the traditional room. Sleeping accommodation shared rooms, it is possible taking a shower, but shared bathroom. In this village there is no wifi but there is electricity for charging telephones.
Breakfast. Spend a full day exploring. Hike in the Fan mountains. The fabulous Fan Mountains are famous for their pristine beauty and the diversity of flora and fauna present there. Hundreds of startling peaks of the Turkestan and Hissar mountain ridges (southwest of Pamir-Alay) make the phenomenal beauty of Fan mountains. More than ten peaks reach the height of 5000 meters having their walls fluctuating at the height of up to 1800 meters. These peaks incorporate the Peak of Bodhona (5138m), Peak of Energiya (5105m.), Peak of Zamok (5070m.) and Chapdara (5050m.). The highest peak in the region is the Peak of Chimtarga (5487m.). 30 different azure lakes are located in Fan Mountains area which originate from the snowy fields of these miraculous peaks.
Rising hike to Murgobi lake (4 km, 2 hours). Resting and walking near the lake. Picnic. Continue hiking to Soya lake 1,5km and then to Bedak camping place (2300m). This area is surrounded by the mountains of Obshor, Kyrgon, Kantif, Ankyf, Sarpyshak. Explore and meet the families which live here for summer, sleeping in a traditional Tajik tent, looking after animals and making milk products.
Enjoy a camp dinner and overnight camping. Camping for one tent share two people, and possible offering single accommodation in the tent. Washing and toilet facilities in the nature. There is no access to electricity here.
Breakfast. Hiking via pass Bory (2800m the top of the pass), from the top very amazing panoramic view of Khushtarita valley and two lakes: Urdakon and Soya. Picnic on the way. Hiking to village Bory, village located in the 1900m above sea level, in the mountains area, population about 1000, 120 houses. Construction of building reminds you of 18-19 centuries time.
Drive with car about 5km to Gazza village. Dinner and overnight in the same guest house, which you stayed first day. Enjoying the traditional tajik food.
Breakfast. Today’s hike is exactly the kind we love. Hiking via Zurmich valley and Havra, the live place of Ancient Sogdian people,
and pass to Chukurak lake. Chukurak lake is one of the amazing lake in Fan mountains located in the altitude 2300m. Picnic on the way. Tonight you’ll be camping. Enjoy a camp dinner and overnight in two person tents, with single tents also an option. Note: washing and bathroom facilities are natural style.
Breakfast. Today you’ll trek via the Chukurak pass at 3200m to the Kuli Kalon lakes. Lake Kulikalon (the big lake) is situated at an altitude of 2,800m and is the second largest lake (after Iskandarkul) in this area. The lake actually consists of two lakes: the bolshoi (large) and the maly (smaller) kulikalon, which are connected by a channel. The northern shore of the lake is indented with large and small creeks separated by capes and crevices while the shore of the lake are wooded. The water from maly kulikalon disappears underground and emerges again 600m below as the Urech river. The water at the southern end of bolshoi lake is noticeably cooler than at the northern end where it is possible to swim, its color also changes near the shores, where there is the illusion of black bodies of dead animals lying motionless in the bluish-green water. There are marinka (schizothorax) fish in the lake.
Kuli kalon lake
You’ll enjoy a camp dinner and overnight in tents again as last night. There is no access to electricity here.
Breakfast. Hiking down to the Alpine Camp Artuch 9km.
At Camp Artuch prepare for your exciting bicycle descent via Artuch and Panjrud to Panjakent - a distance of 10km ascent/60km descent on 30kms of gravel road and of 40 kms asphalt/tarmac.
On route stop to explore the Rudaki mausoleum. The mausoleum was constructed in 1958 in honor of the founder of classic Tajik poetry, a famous poet Abu-Abdullo Rudaki. Ambiguous facts surround Rudaki’s biography and his tomb was left undiscovered. Some more well-known facts are that Rudaki lived at the end of the 9th / beginning of the 10th century under the reign of the Samanids’ Dynasty. It is also known that Rudaki passed away in 941 A.D. in his native village Panjrud spending the last days of his lifetime in poverty.
Arrival in Panjikent - enjoy a farewell dinner in your hotel. Hotel Ymariyon is located in the main street. Accommodation is in twin/double and single rooms. The rooms have ensuite showers and toilet and there is wifi in the hotel.
After breakfast you’ll have some free time for shopping or walk around in Panjikent before driving to the Samarkand or Dushanbe.