Lakes of the Fann
Dushanbe → Iskanderkul → Seven Lakes → Penjikent
Dushanbe → Iskanderkul → Seven Lakes → Penjikent
Duration
7 days
Route
4 stops
Group
Small group / private
From
€1,290 pp
The journey
The Fanns are what the Alps were before the lifts: turquoise water, mulberry villages and passes you earn on foot. Moderate walking, huge reward — and the border at Penjikent drops you an hour from Samarkand.
The world's second-tallest flagpole, the National Museum and plov done the Tajik way.
⌂ Dushanbe Meals: D
Through the Anzob tunnel and up to Alexander's turquoise lake at 2,200 metres.
⌂ Lakeside lodge, Iskanderkul Meals: B, D
Shoreline walk to the Fann Niagara waterfall; tea with the meteorological station's keeper.
⌂ Lakeside lodge, Iskanderkul Meals: B, L
A chain of village-linked lakes, each a different blue; homestay dinner at Padrud.
⌂ Homestay, Padrud Meals: B, D
The day-hike to Hazorchashma at the valley's head and back for apricot-orchard tea.
⌂ Homestay, Padrud Meals: B, L, D
The Sogdian ruins and murals of ancient Panjakent — Samarkand's older cousin.
⌂ Penjikent Meals: B
Cross to Samarkand for onward flights — or return to Dushanbe.
Meals: B
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