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. After measuring the cloths we will walk inside The Mandavi 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 drive through the beautiful landscapes and villages then we do 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.

• Accommodation
• 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 the driver and your guide will prepare the lunch because there is no restaurant there. 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 back in Bamiyan

• Accommodation
• 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. When we arrive (Samangan) Aibak city, 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 up to Mazar-e-Sharif.

• Accommodations
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

 

Day Five- Balkh and Mazar-e-Sharif(this shall be Friday for Buzkashi and Car Drifting show)

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 this afternoon, This popular game is played throughout 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 during the period of Ahmad-Shah 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- Drive Ghazni

After breakfast we will drive 143KM about 3 hours to Ghazni province. We will have our lunch in Ghazni, we will stop in some spots for taking photos as well. Ghazni has been recognized as The Cultural Capital Of The Islamic World in 2013. The first spot to visit is The Citadel of Ghazni Province “Bala Hisar”  which is one of the most impressive fortresses in Afghanistan, unfortunately most part of it destroyed during the First Anglo-Afghan War between 1838-1842. Then we will drive further to visit The Minarets Of Ghazni which are the most famous monuments of Ghazni province, both were built in 12^th century. Henceforth we will visit the Tomb or Mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud(998-1030) The Great King of The Ghaznavid Empire.

• Accommodations
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day Eight- Drive To Kandahar

After breakfast we will drive 345KM about seven to Kandahar. We will have lunch in Zabul Province and have some stops in the path to take some photos as well. When we arrive we will do the registation as well.

• Accommodations
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day Nine- Khandahar and Helmand

We will continue our tour with visiting The Kherqa Sherif Ziarat which is The Shrine Of The Cloak Of The Prophet Mohammad which colligate with the Mausoleum of Ahmad Shah Durrani who was the founder of The Durrani Kingdom in 18^th century, after that we are having a look at The Old Bazaar Of Kandahar. Then we will visit Chihlzina (The Forty Steps) which is a rock-cut chamber high above the plain at the end of the rugged chain of mountains forming the western defence of Kandahar’s Old City. The last spot to visit is The Mausoleum Of Mir Wais Hotak the Ghilzai chieftain who declared Kandahar’s independence from the Persians in 1709. Then we will drive to Helmand Province, and after registration we will have a look at The Bost Qala which was a citadel conquered by Early Arab Conquerors around 661 A.D.

• Accommodations
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

 

Day Ten- Drive Herat

After breakfast we will drive 429KM about 8 hours to arrive Herat city. We will have lunch in  Dill-Aram Town. We will have some stops for taking photos of the mud houses.

• Accommodations
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day Eleven- Herat Around

After registration we will have a visit to The Jami Mosque Of Herat that the form it has today originally laid out on the site of an earlier 10th century mosque in the year 1200 by the Ghorid Sultan Ghiyasuddin. Then we will walk through the bazaar to arrive The Citadel Of Herat. We will visit The Musalla Complex, designed and built (1417) under Queen Gawhar Shad’s artistic direction. Henceforth we will visit Gazargah or The Shrine of Khwaja Abdulla Ansari, the celebrated Sufi poet and philosopher(1006-1088). Afterward we will have a visit to The Mokhtar-Zadah Caravansary with its old decoration still stand in the Heart of Herat city.

• Accommodation
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day Twelve- Fly Back To Kabul

After breakfast we will drive 10KM in the the south of the old city to arrive The Pul-e-Mallan “Mallan Bridge”, there is a fictional story about it that two sisters Bibi Nur and Bibi Hur devoted their money to build the bridge by mixing egg shells with clay. Then we will fly back to Kabul. After arrival we will have the lunch and 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 Thirteen- Farewell Day

Though it is going to be hard for us after thirteen 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.