This is a 7-day gorup tour to Kabul, Herat, Bamyan and Band e Amir national park, which starts and ends at the Kabul airport. If this package does not match your interests, we are happy to design a custom itinerary tailored to your preferences, travel style, and schedule. Contact us for solo price.
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Pick up by the tour guide and driver. Hotel check-in and a short briefing of the tour by the guide
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
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Overnight: Kabul
Towards Herat by an early flight
Registration at the provincial Afghan Tour department
Visiting the Masjid-e-Jami or Friday Mosque, built in 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasuddin (died 1202). 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
Visiting the Musallah Complex, designed and built in 15th Century by Timurid
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Overnight: Herat
We start our day with a visit to the Citadel of Alexander the Great 330 B.C. and built in its present form by the Kart Malik Fakhruddin in 1305 A.D.
Walking around the old city of Herat. The four main bazaars of the old city come together at a center square called the Chahr Suq
Visiting the Caravanserais located on Silk Road
Visiting the Malan bridge 1100AD
A visit to the Shrine of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, built in 1425, the celebrated Sufi poet and philosopher who was born in Herat in 1006 and died in 1088.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Overnight: Herat
Back to Kabul by an early flight and drive to Bamyan. 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
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Overnight: Bamyan
Registration with the Provincial Afghan Tour department
Visiting the ruins of Buddha Statues (once tallest standing Buddhas in the world), UNISCO Heritage Site, 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). Build by Ghaznavids (977-1186) and demolished by Genghis Khan in 1221
Hiking and sightseeing around Band-e-Amir Blue Lakes. Altitude: 2916 m: 9567 ft
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Overnight: Bamyan
After breakfast, we will drive back to Kabul.
A visit to the ruins of Zuhak City (The Red City), on our way. The fortress is believed to have been founded between 500-600 A.D. by the Hephthalites, and demolished by Genghis Khan in 1221
After lunch in Kabul, a visit to the 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 visit to Ziarat-e-Sakhi or Sakhi Shrine, 18th Century
Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Overnight: Kabul
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.
Visiting more of Kabul depends on what time remains
Finally, after a 7-day trip to Afghanistan with lots of unique experiences and heart touching stories we will drop you at the Kabul airport for your flight back home.
Breakfast and lunch
End of the tour.
