Blue Mosque & Buddha Stupa Afghanistan Tour

Breathtaking view of a river cutting through a lush valley in the Himalayas, ideal for trekking.
Kite Runners Afghanistan Tours

8 Days Tour Plan

Trip’s All-Inclusive

  • Transportation
  • Accommoditions
  • Professional Guides
  • One Domestic Flight
  • Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
  • Permits Concluded
  • All Site Entries 
  • Invitation

Day One- Arrival to Kabul

On your arrival day to Kabul our guide will come to the airport to take you to the hotel for check in, then we will go for preparing the Afghan cloth for you, we will visit four spots in the first day. After measuring for the cloth we will walk inside The Madavi Market the most busy business market in Afghanistan. Then we will walk through The Birds Market one can hear the singing of any kind of birds around there.  Near the sunset we will be in Bibi Mahro Hill so called The Big Flag Hill, to see the greatest flag of Afghanistan.

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

 

Day two- Drive to Bamiyan City

After breakfast we will leave for Bamiyan which is going to be 5 hours of drive through the beautiful landscapes and villages, we will  pass through the city of Maidan Wardak and Onay Pass (10670 ft) and Hajigak Pass (11400 ft) to arrive the city. We do the registration in Afghan Tour branch in Bamiyan we will visit The City of Scream which is so called Shahr-e-Gholghola dates back to 5th up to 7th century CE that entire the city was destroyed by Genghis Khan in 13th century CE. After that we will drive out of the city to visit The Red City  which is so called Shahr-e-Zohak and its earliest architecture dates back to the 5th up to 7th century CE when the region was under Buddhism’s influence. When we go back to the city of Bamiyan we will visit the The Buddha’s of Bamiyan that were sculptured during the 4th century.

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

 

Day three- Toward Band-e-Amir

After the breakfast we will be prepared for a two hours drive about 75KM to the west, to see the most beautiful lake of Afghanistan so called Band-e-Amir Lake, the first National Park of Afghanistan. This is a very beautiful lake somewhere you can not imagine it. We will have our lunch there and we will cook it together to have more fun. After lunch as coming back to the city we will have time to visit The Dragon Valley which is a natural phenomenon seems much like a dragon split in two. We will be back in Bamiyan near to the night

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

 

Day Four- Toward Samangan and Mazar-e-Sharif

In day four we have to leave the hotel early morning to get ready for a long drive about 10 hours toward Samangan and Mazar-e-Sharif. We will stop for taking some fruits, cakes and milk for the breakfast and as well for taking photos of the nature and the river aside the street. We will see the Salang Pass as well and feel the cold weather that it carries on its mountains. We will pass through several bazaars of different provinces such as Pol-e-Khomri , Aybak and small towns. we will visit The Stupa and Monastery of Takht-I-Rustam that was a thriving Buddhist community during the 4th and 5th centuries A.D. then we will drive back to Mazar-e-Sharif.

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

 

Day Five- Balkh and Mazar-e-Sharif (this shall be Friday)

After breakfast we will go to the Afghan Tour branch in Mazar-e-Sharif than we will drive to the Balkh Province. This is going to be a very busy day. We will visit Masjid-i-Haji Piyada or Masjid-I- No Gumbad which is one of the earliest Islamic monuments remained and yet identified in the country dates bake to the 9th century A.D. and then we will visit the Shrine Of Khwaja Abu Nasr Parsa a distinguished theologian who lived in 15th century and the Tomb Of Rabi’a Balkhi an Afghan poetess who had a tragic death for she loved a slave, we will visit the Bala Hissar or the ruins of the ancient Balkh. Further more we will have a visit to The Khanqah of Baha al-Din Walad who was Rumi’s father the great Afghan poet. Afterward we will go for watching The Buzkashi(Goat-Grabbing) in the afternoon, This popular game is played in the northern provinces where horse riding is a heritage of the steppe and fleet horses are raised with pride and care. Then if we get sometime we can go for watching The Car Drifting Event which is so popular in Mazar-e-Sharif between young generation.

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

 

Day Six- visit Mazar-e-Sharif city and fly back  to Kabul

After breakfast we will do the check out and have a visit to the most iconic mosque of Afghanistan, The Blue Mosque of Mazar-e-Shrif dated back to the 15th century. Then the driver will take us to the airport for the flight to Kabul. After landing to the Kabul Airport and doing the check in to the hotel, we will go to have lunch and then we will visit The Sakhi Shrine in the heart of mountains that has been for sometime a place to preserve the cloak of The Prophet Muhammad Peace Be Up On Him during the time of AhmadShah Durrani. Then we will go to be taken a black and white photo of you with a 50 years old camera taken by Haji MirZaman.

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

 

Day Seven- Kabul Around

After breakfast we will visit The DarulAman Palace, that carries the history of first days of Afghanistan’s Freedom acquiring from England, After visiting The Palace we will have a look at The National Museum Of Afghanistan. Then we will visit the UNISCO Heritage Cite, Babur Garden founded around 1528 by Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, the funder of Mughal Empire. We will drink Saffron tea in the garden as well. before the sunset we will visit the Chicken Street Antic Shops for taking some souvenirs that will always preserve the memory of Afghanistan alive in your heart and mind.

  • Accommodations
  • Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

 

Day Eight- Farewell Day

Though it is going to be hard for us after eight days of adventure, but we have to do the farewell to you, we would be happy for that all these days have made you to experience the real life of Afghan people rather than watching it inside the media.

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