Backpacking Tajikistan: 8 best places to visit
The most rewarding stops for backpackers in Tajikistan, ranked and mapped — and real routes through them, written by travellers who went.
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Dushanbe
Dushanbe
Leafy Soviet-era capital.
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Pamir Highway
Gorno-Badakhshan
Legendary high-altitude road.
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Iskanderkul
Sughd
Alexander's turquoise lake.
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Khorog
Gorno-Badakhshan
Pamir gateway town.
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Khujand
Sughd
Ancient Silk Road city.
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Karakul
Gorno-Badakhshan
Lake in a meteor crater.
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Murghab
Gorno-Badakhshan
Highest town on the route.
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Hisor Fortress
Districts of Republican Subordination
Restored gate near Dushanbe.
Backpacking routes through Tajikistan
Real trips through Tajikistan, drawn on maps by the people who took them.
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