Day trip to Nurak Dam

The trip was arranged by Ms Maryam , Reservations Manager of Atlas Hotel, Dushanbe. Our guide was Firuz Amonkulov. A 27 years young erudite guide: highly knowledgeable about his country and its peoples. From 9.15 am when we started till late afternoon, he was a fountain of knowledge. The subjects covered archaeology, history, religion, politics, economy, general lifestyle and cost of living etc. etc. With a little help from me, as no Tajik likes to speak with Police or Army, and i believe that there is no such thing as “its not possible”, he arranged for us to get to the high point of the dam from where we got a wonderful view.

He took us to Merve, a restaurant, and insisted he pay for his own lunch, until we stopped him forcefully!

If in Dushanbe, go with him and you will have a great tour. He speaks English and French and has studied abroad so has a wider world view.

Great Trip

May 2017 i went on a 3 week tour to Tajikistan. Until today this was one of my best and most memorable trips. Everything was very well arranged. We were a group of 7 and came from Uzbek border. After entering Tajikistan we were welcomed by our guide Firuz. He guided u’s throughout our entire trip. Must say he is very knowledgeable about his country and all the sites we visited. We experienced and felt his love for the country and the beautiful sites and nature we passed. We traveled with 3 Toyota land-cruises together with there very safe and experienced drivers. There has not been a single moment i did not feel safe, great Guy,s. The accommodations we were using along the way were carefully picked,from very nice hotels to traditional homestay’s. The best part of the trip was of course the Pamir highway, something i dreamt of for a long time. After returning to my country i promised the team i would be a good ambassador for Tajikistan,. Thanks to everybody, guide, drivers and all the people whom i met along the way.

We come back 

I have so many good memories when I think back to the days we were traveling from Dushanbe, through the Wakhan corridor and via the Pamir Highway to the Kyrgyz border. Traveling with a guide and drivers from Tajikistan gave us a different insight in a wonderful country and a very interesting culture. We met so many open and warm people, thanks to our multilingual guide Firuz it was also possible to communicate with them and to get a lot of background information. Also the beautiful landscapes and colors will remain in my memory for a long time. Within these eleven days we were not only travel companions but became friends. Already by crossing the border to Kyrgyzstan, it was clear that we would come back to Tajikistan one day… Now I’m looking forward to visit the northern part of Tajikistan already this summer and to travel again with our Tajik friend and guide Firuz.