Let’s Go Afghanistan
Dec 24-28, 2025 January 14-18, 2026 February 5-9, 2026
One person: 1100 USD More than one person: 850 USD
This is a 5-day tour to KABUL and MAZAR E SHARIF which starts and ends at the Kabul airport. The date is open for someone who can not join this tour on these dates. The tour is suitable for both solo and group travelers.
Included/Excluded
- Invitation Letter
- Permit Costs and Taxes
- Pick up and Drop off
- English-Speaking Tour Guide
- All Road Transportation
- All Accommodation
- All Site Entries
- All Meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
- Bottled Water
- Sim Card and 10 GB Internet Package
- Visa Fee
- Flights
- Afghan Clothing
Tour Plan
Day 1 Arrival in Kabul
Kabul, capital of Afghanistan since 1776.
- Pick up by the tour guide and driver. Hotel check-in and a short briefing of the tour by the guide. Breakfast or lunch if needed
- Money exchange and going to a tailor shop for the local outfit/shirt
- Touring Kabul depending on what time remains: First of all, we will take you to BiBi Mahroo hill (the big flag) to have a bird’s eye view of Kabul city
- Visiting the oldest market, Mandawi bazaar and the Bird market. Walking around Pul-e-Khishti Mosque (1793-1800), Nadir Pushtun Wat, Chahar Chatta bazaar and Pul-e-Bagh-e-Omumi to catch the atmosphere of Kabul
- Visiting the Shah-Do-Shamshira Mosque (1544) relates to an early legend concerning the arrival of Islam in Kabul
- Kabuli Paluo, the best local meal in Afghanistan will be served
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Accommodation: Khyber Hotel
Day 2 Towards Mazar e Sharif overland
- We will leave Kabul for Mazar e Sharif. This is a 10-hour drive passing through Salang Tunnel (Hindu Kush mountains). Altitude of 3363 m: 11034 ft. and 2,7 km: 1,7 mi. long. Work began in August 1958 and was officially opened in November 1964.
Note: Sometimes in winter, due to heavy snowfall, the Salang pass is closed to traffic for 12 to 24 hours. This doesn’t happen often, but it can occur at any time. Driving in the Hindu Kush during the winter can be risky, exciting and adventurous but if you wish, we can change this drive to a flight.
- You will pass through Parwan and Baghlan (Pul-e-Khumri) and Samangan provinces
- Many stops on the way for photography and lunch
- Kabab, the most popular local meal will be served
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Accommodation: Arsalan Hotel- Mazar e Sharif
Day 3 City tour and Buzkashi
- Registration at the Afghan Tour department and city tour
- Visiting the Blue Mosque of Mazar-e-Sharif, built in 1136 by the great Seljuk Sultan, Sanjar. Genghis Khan destroyed it in 1221, The reign of the Timurid Sultan Husain Baiqara rebuilt it in 1481.
- Mantu and Ashak, the most popular local meals in Mazar-e-Sharif will be served
- After lunch, we will drive to the Buzkashi gymnasium to visit Buzkashi. Traditionally, buzkashi is played with the headless body of a goat. Today, more often a 30kg (66lb) leather sack stands in for the carcass that riders try to pull from a fray of horses and drop in a “circle of justice” traced on the ground after doing a lap of the arena at full gallop with competitors in hot pursuit.
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Accommodation: Arsalan Hotel
Day 4 Towards Kabul and Kabul around
- Back to Kabul by a flight
- You will be driven to meet Haji Mirzaman, the only box camera man in Afghanistan. He will take a photo of you with his old wooden camera. He charges you 30 USD for each photo
- Visiting some of Kabul’s touristic sites
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Accommodation: Khyber Hotel
Day 5 Back Home
- We will visit 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.
- Finally, after a 5-day tour to Afghanistan with lots of unique experiences and heart touching stories we will drop you at the Kabul airport for your flight back home.
Brdakfast and lunch
End of the tour
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