Trekking and tours

Adventures in the mountains

Lonely Planet: "As the operator of Pamir Trails (http://bit.ly/pamirtrails), Alam Jan Dario runs cultural and adventurous treks on foot or horseback into the valleys and over the passes of his spectacular homeland".

Lonely Planet: "Zood Khun, accommodation, trekking information, yak and jeep transport and more can be found at Pamir Serai guesthouse run by the redoutable Alam Jan Dario, horseman, musician and ambassador of Wakhi Tajik culture.

Pakistan is famous for having the most exciting and amazing tourist places in the world. The most famous region for traveling in Pakistan is the fascinating regions of northern Pakistan, which offer limitless destinations to visit and observe the colors of nature. Travelers from and out of the country visit the incredible north of Pakistan at an increasing rate, every year, to capture the beautiful view of Pakistan.

The Wakhan corridor was determined for separating Russian and English expansionism at the end of the 19th century. This a large altitude valley. The Amu-Darya, called locally Panj-River, is the antique Oxus. It is the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, delimited on the south by the Hindu Kush mountain range (some peaks exceed 7,000 m) and on the north by the southeast summits of the Pamirs. It is the heart of Wakhi culture from where came the Wakhi of Gojal, Upper Hunza. Wakhi Chapursan people connect with Afghan Wakhis crossing the Irshad Pass, at the end of their valley.

In Tajikistan, a country part of the former Russian Turkestan, the Pamir Plateau and the central mountain range, where the highest peaks exceed 7,000 m, are very remote. The eastern part, populated by the Kirgiz nomads, is an altitude desert, crossed only by the Pamir Highway, a rugged track, the western part is more alpine in style, cut by deep and narrow valleys inhabited by Pamiri people. The south is the Wakhan Corridor populated by Wakhis, from the same ethnicity and the same Ismailian sect than the Chapursan Valley people. They also speak the same Persian language.