• This is a 4-hour beautiful drive, traveling through the fascinating Hajigak Pass (3700 m: 12,140 ft.), with stops at picturesque rest areas to refresh and take unforgettable photos
• Registration with the Provincial Afghan Tour Department
• Visiting the ruins of Buddha Statues (once tallest standing Buddhas in the world), the Large Buddha, 55 m: 180 ft high (late 5th to the early 7th centuries A.D.). The Small Buddha, 38 m: 125 feet high (the 3rd or very early 4th centuries A.D.). Both were demolished by the Taliban in 2001
• Visiting the ruins of Gholghula City (The City of Screams), one of the eight UNISCO Heritage Sites in Bamyan. Build by Ghaznavids (977-1186) and demolished by Genghis Khan in 1221
• A visit to the ruins of Zuhak City (The Red City). The fortress is believed  to have been founded between 500-600 A.D. by the Hephthalites, around the same time as the Buddhas of Bamyan were created and demolished by Genghis Khan in 1221
• Lamb Roosh, one of the best local meals will be served
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: Royal Hotel

• A full day hiking and sightseeing around Band-e-Amir Blue Lakes. Altitude: 2916 m: 9567 ft. There are five lakes in all. The largest lake, Band-e-Zulfiqar is four miles long and…
• Visiting the people who live in caves in Bamyan
• You can be hosted by a local family for lunch if you tip them
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: Royal Hotel

• his is a 10-hour drive passing Bazaar of Yakawlang and Lal-0-Sar Jangal district. This is not an easy drive
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: Sharwali Hotel

Minaret of Jam: the 213 foot: 65 meter ‘minaret’ stands alone on the south bank of the Hari Rud (Hari river) in a lonely, remote valley closely surrounded o all sides by towering barren mountains. Only the Qutb Minar in Delhi, directly inspired by the Jam minaret, stands higher, at 238 feet. The Minaret of Jam is, therefore, the second highest minaret in the world. More importantly, it is the only well-preserved architectural monument from the Ghorid period. The slender, tapering tower rises from an octagonal base 47 feet in diameter. It is constructed of fired brick. Winding around the designs of the first tier, passing from one panel to another, there is an epigraphic band containing the entire text of the 19th Sura of the Holi Qura’an, a long Sura entitled Maryam (Mary) which speaks of Mary and the Virgin Birth, of Prophets Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Ishmael and Enoch, and, of Adam and Noah.

• We will leave Chikhcheran early for a 6-hour drive to the minaret
• Hiking and sightseeing around the minaret
• We will continue our drive to Chisht e Sharif district for another 6 hours
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: a local guest house in Chist e Sharif

• We will continue our drive to Herat
• Registration at the Provincial Afghan Tour department and lunch
• Visiting the Musallah Complex, designed and built (1417) under Queen Gawhar Shad, wife of Shah Rukh, son of Amir Taimur (Taimur Lang), artistic director. Most of these great works of art were irretrievably demolished under the direction of Amir Abdurahman and British troops in 1885 and some of them were subsequently downed by earthquakes. Only three examples remain:  1- Queen Gawhar Shad’s mausoleum, (inside are the tombstones of the Queen 1457, her son Baisunghur and various grandsons and great-grandsons), 2- the mausoleum of Mir Ali Sher Nawai (died in 1501), the prime minister of Sultan Husain Baiqara (1468-1506), last of the Timurid rulers in Herat. 3- The 5 minarets out of a total of 20 minarets, (4 of them stood at the four corners of a Madrassa built by Sultan Husain Baiqara).
• Visiting the Masjid-e-Jami or Friday Mosque. The form in which it stands today was originally laid out on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasuddin (died 1202). His unadorned tomb lies under a dome situated behind the north iwan (portal). Today’s restoration of the mosque continues a tradition of architectural decoration of Timurid (15th century).
• There is a Madrasa (Islamic school) inside the mosque where students continue a tradition active in the mosque since the 10th century.
• Pushti Kabab, one of the best local meals will be served
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: Sadaf Hotel

• Visiting the Citadel of Alexander the Great 330 B.C. and built in its present form by the Kart Malik Fakhruddin in 1305 A.D. Genghis Khan and Amir Timur (Timuri Lang) fought beneath its walls and it was the heart of the Timurid Empire for a hundred years (1405-1506) after that fighting.
• Walking around the old city of Herat. The four main bazaars of the old city come together at a center square called the Chahrsuq or Four Bazaar. In addition to the old shops lining the streets there are several covered bazaars in the vicinity. covered bazaars are now rarely to be seen outside of Herat and visitors are encouraged to include a visit to a a few of these bazaars.
• You will visit the neighborhood of Jewish Afghans who were forced to leave their country years ago and their Synagogues and bath.
• Visiting the Caravanserais located on Silk Road around Chahrsuq.
• Visiting the Malan bridge 1100AD.
• A visit to the Shrine of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, the celebrated Sufi poet and philosopher who was born in Herat in 1006 and died here in 1088. Here Shah Rukh built many buildings which were lavishly decorated with brilliant tilework. Work began in 1425. Inside the shrine there is a most remarkable and must see sarcophagus, called the Haft Qalam Stone (Seven Pens) which is fashioned of black marble and dates from the reign of Sultan Husain Baiqara (1468-1506)
• Dizzi, a local meal will be served
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: Sadaf Hotel

• We will come back to Kabul by a flight
• After lunch in Kabul, a visit to the UNISCO Heritage Site,  iconic Babur Garden built by the Mughal Emperor Babur Shah (1528 CE). There are a beautiful marble mosque build by the Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan (1646) and the modest tomb of Babur, founder of the Moghul dynasty of India. A son, Mirza Hindal, and a a grandson, Mohammad Hakim Mirza, lie beside him. A daughter, Nawab Gawhar Nisa Begum, lies to the west of the emperor: a grand-daughter, Roqia Sultan Begum, daughter of Mirza Hindal, lies on the upper terrace.
• A visit to Ziarat-e-Sakhi or Sakhi Shrine. This is a beautiful and important shrine of Kabul where the Cloak of the Prophet was kept for a few days as it was conveyed from Badakhshan to Kandahar during the reign of Ahmad Shah Durrani (1747-1772
• Breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Accommodation: Khyber Hotel

• Visiting more of Kabul depends on what time remains.
• We will take you to Chicken Street (antique market). You will find all kinds of handicrafts, Afghan handmade Rugs, gemstones, calligraphy, glass miniatures and oil paintings, antique and ornamental works in Chicken Street.
• Breakfast and lunch

Finally, after an 9-day tour to Minaret of Jam, Kabul, Bamyan and Herat with lots of unique experiences and heart touching stories we will drop you at the Kabul airport for your flight back home.
End of the tour.