Merzbacher Lake - a place where there is no life
Life could never have been born in Merzbacher Lake: every summer it disappears, and in spring it reappears. Scientists are still puzzling over the riddles of this lake.
Scientists still puzzle over the phenomenon of Merzbacher ...
North of Dushanbe lies the area of Sughd. Fixated on clamoring Khujand and secluded whatever is left of Tajikistan by the Zerafshan go, it has an unmistakable identity. The Sughd area represents 66% of the nation's GDP and has nearer binds to Samarkand, Kokand, and Bukhara than t ...
As one of the major online Travel Shops of tours in Central Asia and Caucasus, every year Silk Road Explore offers many interesting guaranteed tours in different countries and offering various activities, including trekking, horse riding, climbing, cycling etc. In Kyrgyzstan – on ...
Pamir is a mountain range that most of its part is located in the northeastern part of Tajikistan. In case you fly over Pamir Tajikistan, it will appear as though you are in a movie because you see snow white tops, green valley, rows of mountain ridges, suspended glaciers and cra ...
The Pamir highway is one of the biggest and greatest roads in the world. It begins in Afghanistan at Mazar-e-Sharif and ends in Kyrgyzstan at a place know Osh. Weaving between the scorching desert and the high mountains, the highway that currently forms the biggest percentage of ...
Mountains: strong, majestic, dominant, and mysterious. These titans of landscape have been the joy and frustration of climbers and trekkers everywhere for centuries. Mountains stand tall in their mystery and power and they defy anyone who would try to ascend their rocky heights. ...
Legends and stories are part of what makes culture, tradition, and people so interesting. Oral tradition was the method of passing information and keeping historical occurrences alive from generation to generation. Some stories have changed so much over the years that they have t ...
Another beautiful and exceptional destination on the Silk Road route is the country of Tajikistan, the country of Pamir Mountains and Ferghana Valley.
Let’s get an inside in this mysterious country with and Persian past and tourist lack.
Tajikistan tourism is not something you ...
Hikers and climbers scoping out vacation spots in Central Asia should check out Tajikistan’s Fann Mountains. Never heard of them? The Fann Mountains are part of the famed Pamir-Alai System that everyone who visits Tajikistan raves about. The Pamirs are the Goliaths of Central ...
What is there to do in Tajikistan? For adventure 4x4, motorcycle, and bicycle travelers the answer is simple and absolute: the Pamir Highway. Never heard of the Pamir Highway as one of the go-to Tajikistan tourist attractions? In case you have not, the Pamir Highway (otherwise kn ...
There are lots of mountains that draw climbers to Kyrgyzstan like Korona Peak (4,860 m) that sits atop Ak Sai Glacier, Oguz Bashi Peak (5,170 m) that resembles a pair of bull horns, and Manas Peak (4,488 m) named after Kyrgyzstan’s legendary hero that contains several challenging ...
There are tons and tons of mountains in the world, but I think what makes mountains spectacular or not is whether or not the people that live amongst them still enjoy them. Speaking as someone who lives in Kyrgyzstan, I can honestly say that the mountains have never lost their ...
Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. Kyrgyz people have taken to calling it “the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan” because the country is split in the middle by a large mountain range and Osh dominates the south as the largest ...
There are many beautiful places in the world to trek through, but Kyrgyzstan has a one-of-a-kind atmosphere that is drawing trekkers into Central Asia from all over the world. It’s a country set in the clouds. Saturated with high elevation mountains and alpine lakes in the hear ...
People have always wanted to conquer nature. Some take to the sky, others traverse oceans, and others summit its highest peaks. For those adventurers that tackle the ground beneath their feet, Kyrgyzstan is a veritable playground. Kyrgyzstan is 90% mountainous, with 85% of the ...