Aqtash Qarokul Junction
The Aqtash-Karakul junction is located at 95 km of the Murghob-Karakul highway and connects the Bartang valley with the Murghob foothills. At this intersection, tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the southern shore of Lake Qarakul (Black Lake in Turkish). The junction is located 25 km from the village of Qarakul. The lake is […]
Garm Chashma
The first destination located on the highroad between Khorog and Ishkoshim is Garm Chashma (literally meaning hot spring). The spring is located at the elevation of 2529 meter of the sea in the same village. The spring water contains sulphate-carbonate, chloride-hydrocarbonate and sodium-siliceous elements. The average annual temperature of the site is 6.70 ° C […]
The Pamir Highway
The Pamir Highway is one of the most picturesque roads in the world and the highest mountain road in the territory of the former USSR. It appeared in the 19th century. It is a high-altitude asphalt road in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) with a length of more than 700 km. The highway runs along […]
Fedchenko Glacier
Fedchenko Glacier is the largest valley and mountain glacier not only in Tajikistan, but in the whole world. The length of the glacier is 77 km, its area is 650 square km, its thickness is 700 -1000 meters, and its width is up to 3-5 square km (an average of 1800m). Its total volume is […]
Lake Sarez
Known as a sleeping dragon or a piece of blue jewellery -the famous Sarez Lake is located in between Eastern and Western Pamirs, the Rushon district of the GBAO. The length of the lake is 55.8 km. It is an absolute surface height of 3,263 m: maximum width of 3.3 km, and a maximum depth […]
Chiluchor-Chashma
Chiluchor Chashma is one of the remarkable freshwater springs in the Khatlon province. It is located on the right bank of the Kofarnihon river and is 12 kilometers to the west of Shahritus district. This is a well-known spring, and mausoleum in Nosiri Khusrav district of Khatlon region. The site is located at 230 km […]
Tigrovaia Balka Nature Reserve
The Reserve is located in southwestern Tajikistan, in the desert between the Wakhsh, Panj and Kofarnihon rivers on the Afghan border. It currently covers an area of 49,786 hectares. The reserve is located mainly on the border o Dusti, Qubodiyon and Jaihun districts of Khatlon region. Its administrative center is located in the territory of […]
Ajinateppa Historical Monument in Vakhsh district
Ajina Teppa is included in the State register of objects of historical and cultural heritage of the Republic of Tajikistan by the Order of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan of July 31, 2018, №356. Ajinateppa Monastery is located in the rural community of Kirov in the south-western part of Kyzylsoy village (180m). Ajinateppa […]
Qayraqqum
One of the natural attractions of the Sughd region begins 20 km from Khujand – the Kayrakkum reservoir. This artificial lake was created in the 1950s to install a hydroelectric power station and regulate the flow of the Syr Darya. Residents of a country that does not have access to the world ocean often call […]
Arbob Cultural Palace in Bobojon Gafurov district
The Arbob Cultural Palace was built in 1957 at the initiative of Saidkhoja Urunkhojaev. The Arbob Cultural Palace is a replica of Peter the Great’s Peterhof Palace in Leningrad. The Palace was included in the list of historical monuments as monuments of state importance in 2012 by the Order of the Chairman of the district […]
