5 days Dushanbe

Our trip today is to high Mountain lake – Iskanderkul (2 255 m. a. s. l.). It is situated in the famous Fann Mountains. This fabulous area is one of the best places of Central Asia. The road to the lakes goes through Istiklol tunnel (2630m) with amazing panorama views. After arrival to the lake you will go for a walk along it beaches. This is an amazing place to have a rest. In addition, we will hike 40 minutes to see a waterfall. Tajikistan takes the second place among the CIS countries for volume of water resources: it has the highest water reserves of all Central Asian countries with more than 1 000 rivers, 2 000 lakes and 8000 glaciers.
|Night is in a cottage.

Breakfast, drive to –Khodjent.
PM. Lunch at local restaurant.
Mug Tepa-situeted in Ura-Tube is one of the ancient settlements in Tajikistan. It is said the city was found by Kir  in the north-east boundary of the empire.
Khazrati Shoh architectural complex- consists of Khazrati Shoh mausoleum-the grave of brother of Kusam ibn Abbas, Khudayar Valami mausoleum and mosque Namozgoh. There were city cemetery and Medresse too. All these buildings belong to 19th c.
Bazaar- an oriental market where you can find everything.
Sightseeing of Khodjent,
Museum of archeology and fortification – in the middle of northern part of the city there is fortress of 7-8th c. The territory of the fortress-300x200m. The city was surrounded with wall. It was destroyed several times during different conquers and last reconstruction was in 18th c. The museum was found inside the fortress.
Oriental Bazaar – the biggest bazaars of Central Asia is Payshanba bazaar, one of the interesting places in Khodjent attracting people with various sounds and tastes.
Shikh Muslihiddin mosque and mausoleum (XVII-XIX cc)
O/n at Hotel «Khujand Delux» or «Grand Hotel Khujand» 4*

Breakfast. Drive to Dushanbe, accommodation to the Hotel «Hilton Dushanbe»5*.
Return to Dushanbe and visit Museum of Musical Instruments. The Museum was founded in 1990 on the basis of the private collection of the Tajik artist Gurminj Zavqibekov. The talented actor started his collection in his early youth. Gurminj Museum currently has more than 200 items exhibited from all over Asia, boasting a wide range of mainly stringed and percussion instruments including “setars”, “dutars”, “rubabs”, “tanburs” and “banjos”. O/n at hotel «Hilton Dushanbe»5*.

Today is the last day of the tour. We’ll have breakfast at the hotel and arrange transfer to the airport for your flight home.  End of tour.  Thank you!