The Khujand walk is fixed and bookable online. Everything else is put together for the people taking it — tell me your dates and I will adapt.
🕌 Khujand City Walking Tour
Three hours through one of the oldest cities in Central Asia.
3 hours · English · Free tour, pay what you want
We start at Kamoli Khujandi Park and walk the old city: the fortress and its museum, the Kamoli Khujandi complex where history and poetry meet, the mausoleum of Sheikh Muslihiddin, and the Panjshanbe bazaar — one of the biggest traditional markets in the region.
On the way we stop at the Oshi Palov centre so you can eat real Tajik osh rather than read about it. This is not only sightseeing: it is the traditions, the daily life and the stories of Khujand that most visitors never hear.
- 📍 Meeting point: Kamoli Khujandi Park.
- 🏛️ Museum entry is not included (about 3 $).
- ✅ Booking and cancellation are free.
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🇹🇯 Dushanbe City Tour
The capital in a day, transport included.
36 $ per person · transport included · meal and museum fees not included
A day in Dushanbe with an English-speaking local guide: Rudaki Park, the Ismail Somoni monument, Independence Square and the Istiklol complex, National Flag Square, the Parliament from outside, and the National Museum of Tajikistan. Lunch is a traditional Tajik meal at the Osh Center, and getting between the sites is included.
The museum ticket (about 7 $) and lunch (about 7–10 $) are not included — you pay those on the day.
- 🚕 Transport around Dushanbe
- 🏛️ Parliament Building — from outside
- 🌳 Rudaki Park
- 👑 Ismail Somoni Monument
- 🏛️ Independence Square & Istiklol Complex
- 🇹🇯 National Flag Square
- 🏛️ National Museum of Tajikistan — entrance not included (about 7 $)
- 🍛 Traditional Tajik lunch at the Osh Center — not included (about 7–10 $)
- 📸 Photo stops at the main landmarks
- 🗣️ English-speaking local guide
🏰 Dushanbe City Tour & Hissar Fortress
The capital and the old fortress, in one full day.
58 $ per person · full day · transport included · meal and museum fees not included
A full day with an English-speaking local guide: Rudaki Park, the Ismail Somoni monument, Independence Square and the Istiklol complex, National Flag Square, the Parliament from outside, and the National Museum of Tajikistan. We stop for a traditional Tajik lunch at the Osh Center.
Then we drive out to the Hissar fortress and back: the gateway, the madrasas beside it and the view over the valley. Transport is included all day, with photo stops at the main landmarks.
The museum ticket (about 7 $) and lunch (about 7–10 $) are not included — you pay those on the day.
- 🚕 Transport around Dushanbe
- 🏛️ Parliament Building — from outside
- 🌳 Rudaki Park
- 👑 Ismail Somoni Monument
- 🏛️ Independence Square & Istiklol Complex
- 🇹🇯 National Flag Square
- 🏛️ National Museum of Tajikistan — entrance not included (about 7 $)
- 🍛 Traditional Tajik lunch at the Osh Center — not included (about 7–10 $)
- 📸 Photo stops at the main landmarks
- 🗣️ English-speaking local guide
- 🏰 Hissar fortress — drive there and back included
🚗 Panjakent → Iskanderkul → Dushanbe & Hissar
Three days across the country, with a car and driver just for you.
3 days · 185 $ for the car and driver · accommodation and meals not included
A three-day route right across the country: from Panjakent up to Iskanderkul and the village of Saritag, then down to Dushanbe, out to the Hissar fortress and back to the capital.
The car is a comfortable BMW (2015) with air conditioning and heated seats, and the driver is with us for the whole three days — no one else. We stop wherever you want along the way, for photos, for the view, or simply for a break.
- 🛣️ Panjakent → Iskanderkul
- 🛣️ Iskanderkul → Saritag
- 🛣️ Saritag → Dushanbe
- 🛣️ Dushanbe → Hissar
- 🛣️ Hissar → Dushanbe
- 🚗 Comfortable BMW (2015), air conditioning and heated seats
- 👨✈️ The driver is ours alone for the three days
- 📸 We stop anywhere you like for photos or a break
- 🏨 Accommodation of your choice — not included
- 🍛 Meals — not included
💧 The Seven Lakes — Haft Kul
Seven lakes, one valley, seven different colours.
One long day, or two with a night in the valley · Price on request
The Haft Kul valley climbs from Shing up to the seventh lake, and every lake on the way has its own colour and its own name. We drive as far as the track allows and walk the rest.
It can be done in a long day from Dushanbe or Panjakent, or stretched over two days with a night in a village house by the water — which is what I would tell you to do.
- 🚕 Transport by car for the whole day
- 🍛 A traditional meal is part of the day
- 🗣️ English-speaking local guide
⛰️ Fann Mountains & Iskanderkul
The mountains that made me want to film this country.
Two days and up · late May to early October · Price on request
Iskanderkul, the lake Alexander the Great is supposed to have given his name to, the waterfall below it, and the valleys around. For walkers we can go further and higher, sleeping in villages rather than hotels.
Outside that season the high passes close, and I will tell you so rather than sell you a trip that will not work.
🛣️ Istaravshan, Mastchoh & the Sughd valleys
Where I am from, and what is behind the city.
One to two days · Price on request
Istaravshan and its old town of craftsmen, and the villages of the Mastchoh district up the Zarafshan valley where I grew up. This is the part of Tajikistan that almost no visitor sees, and the easiest thing to add on either end of a mountain route.
🗺️ A route built around you
Your dates, your pace, your budget.
As long as you have · Price on request
Most people who write to me do not want a fixed package. Tell me how many days you have, whether you want to walk or mostly drive, and what you care about — mountains, food, people, photography — and I will send you a plan and what it costs.
I can also just meet you for a day if you are passing through and want a local with you.
🎥 Filming, interviews & content
What the channel is actually made of.
Price on request
Alongside guiding I film: interviews with travellers, with people in the villages, short pieces about places in Tajikistan. If you are a creator coming here and you need someone who knows the ground, speaks to people and can carry a camera, that is something I do.
