Day 1 Kabul Arrival
Date: Apr. 10, 2025
Arrival and briefing at the hotel and Then you will have time to visit the bird Market known as the oldest part of Kabul where birds from all over the world is exhibited. It’s not only a bird market but a big portion of life like blacksmiths, sellers, old shops etc is out there. You will see various types people from different ethnicities and places of Afghanistan. Then visit an old turquoise-tiled mosque named Sakhi Shrine in the west of Kabul. This place is very sacred to Shia Muslims, who believe it to be the final resting-place of Hazrati Ali, the cousin of the Prophet Muhammad.

Overnight at Safi Landmark Hotel

Day 2 Kabul-Bamyan
Date: Apr. 11, 2025
Early in the morning we will leave hotel hiting the road towards Bamyan and while in Bamyan we will have time to visit Buddha Niches. The Buddha’s of Bamyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the peaceful Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan and were dynamited and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban

Overnight at Royal Hotel

Day 3 Lapis Lazuli Blue lakes of Band-e-Ameer
Date: Apr. 12, 2025
Visit the blue lakes of Band-e-Amir, a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, a mineral deposit. The name Band-e Amir literally means "Commander's Dam" which is believed by some to be reference to Ali, the first Imam of Muslims (Shias) and the fourth Caliph of Islam (to Sunnis) and The area is dominated by ethnic Hazaras, who make up around 23% of Afghanistan's population. Band-e Amir was to become Afghanistan's first national park in the 1960s but this was delayed due to political crises and the decades of wars. In 2004, Band-e Amir was submitted for recognition as a World Heritage site. In 2009, Band-e Amir was finally declared Afghanistan's first national park. As of 2013 tourists visit the Band-e Amir National Park every year. Journey back to Bamyan.

Overnight at RoyalHotel

Day 4 Bamyan to Ghur (Minaret of Jam)
Apr. 13, 2025
Hitting the road as the journey will continue to visit 63 meters Minaret of Jam, the second tallest ancient minaret in the world, coming behind only the Qutb Minar in Delhi.

Overnight at a Local GH in Ghur
Day 5 Visit to Minaret of Jam
Apr. 14, 2025
The tower is covered in elaborate designs: patterns of pentagons, hexagons, and diamonds, and a Kufic inscription in turquoise tiles. The minaret, a feature of Islamic architecture used to provide a vantage point for the call to prayer, is located in the Ghur province of central Afghanistan, at the confluence of the Jam Rud and Hari Rud rivers. It was built in 1194 by the Sultan Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad and is composed of four cylindrical shafts made of fired bricks. The result is an impressive structure, rearing out of an otherwise desolate valley, made all the more intriguing to archaeologists
by the fact that the city that must once have surrounded as it is now buried.
Overnight at a Local GH in Ghur
Day 6 Drive back to Bamyan
Apr. 15, 2025
Drive back to Bamyan.
Overnight at Noor-Band Qala Hotel
Day 7 Bamyan and around
Apr. 16, 2025
Shahr-e Gholghola also (City of Screams) is 13th century city in Bamyan, Afghanistan which was conquered by Gengis Khan after months of surrounding. The ruins still remain close to the Bamyan town and Shahr-e Zuhak also known as The Red City is an historic city ruins in Bamyan, Afghanistan which was once home to 3,000 people. This city used to be primary defence for the basin. Another bonus visit to Dragon valley in Bamyan.
Overnight in Royal Hotel

Day 8 Bamyan to Mazar-e-Sharif
Date: Apr. 17, 2025
Your journey will continue by drive towards north of Afghanistan passing through Hindukush ranges from Salang a set of Tunnels built by Soviets in mid 1960s once it was the 2nd longest tunnel in the world. You will reach to Mazar-e-Sharif in the evening passing through 5 provinces Bamyan, Parwan, Bghlan, Samangan and Balkh and you will see alot.

Overnight at Arsalan Hotel

Day 9 Mazar-e-Sharif –Balkh
Date: Apr. 18, 2025
Journey to Balkh, an ancient city and centre of Buddhism, Sufism and Zoroastrianism in what is now northern Afghanistan. While in Balkh, you visit Haji Piyada Mosque (the walking pilgrim) Tomb of Rabia Balkhi, a semi legendary figure of Persian literature and was possibly the first woman poet in the history of New Persian poetry, Khoja Parsa Mosque and Bala Hisar, the ancient citadel build by Alexander the Great when he destroyed the Kurush (Persian empire) and crossed Amu Darya (Auxus River) in early 330, then married Rukhshana (Ruxana) in Bacteria (Balkh) and Ummul - Bilad (Mother of the cities) to Arabs.
In the afternoon it is time to visit the Blue Tiled Mosque of Ali in Mazar-e-Sharif and the shrine of Hazrat Ali. This is one of the most famous, and most beautiful sacred sites in the Islamic world. The exquisitely-patterned decoration of the shrine, is set in an expansive white marble courtyard. Add the great flocks of white doves, and a dazzling blue sky, and you have one of the best photo locations in all of Central Asia.

Overnight at Arsalan Hotel

Day 10 Mazar-e-Sharif and Samangan
Date: Apr. 19, 2025
Journey to visit Takht-i Rustam (Haibak), literal meaning the throne of Rustam, named after Rustam, a king in Persian mythology, is a hilltop settlement, well-known archaeological site in Afghanistan, in the Takth i Rostam and the adjacent Buddhist caves and stupas on top of a hill, north of Hindu Kush passes. At this location, caves were hewn out of rocks and inhabited by Buddhists. The Buddhist stupa here is in the form of a mound. It represents the earliest link to the evolution of Buddhist architecture in Afghanistan.

Overnight at Arsalan Hotel

Day 11 Kabul and around
Date: Apr. 20, 2025
Flight to Kabul in the morning. Visit to Shah Do Shamshira (the king with two swords) Mosque at the heart of Kabul city built by the King Amanullah khan in the memory of the Arab King who forced Kabul people in to Islam in the early 683 with his two swords. In the Afternoon, The Gardens of Babur, locally called Bagh-e Babur is a historic park in Kabul and also the last resting-place of the first Mughal emperor Babur. The gardens are thought to have been developed around 1528 when Babur gave orders for the construction of an ‘avenue garden’ in Kabul, described in some detail in his memoirs, the Baburnama. Then we will take you for an overall view of Kabul city at Bibi Mahro Hills. Flight to Herat in the afternoon.

Overnight at Sadaf Hotel

Day 12 Herat and Around
Date: Apr. 21, 2025
First thing we do is to visit the Masjidi Jami or Friday Mosque, built by the Ghurid ruler Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori in 1200 (597 AH), and, after his death, the building was continued by his brother and successor Muhammad of Ghor and a short visit to the Tile factory of Herat. We will have time for Herat citadel, dates back to 330 BC, when Alexander the Great and his army arrived to what is now Afghanistan after the Battle of Gaugamela. Many empires have used it as a headquarters in the last 2,000 years, and was destroyed and rebuilt many times over the centuries. A look around Herat Bazaar in the afternoon.

Overnight at Sadaf Hotel

Day 13 Herat –Kabul
Date: Apr. 22, 2025
Tomb of Goharshad and Minarets of Herat, a much larger complex the Mosque and Madrassa of Gawharshad. However, those architectural monuments were dynamited by officers of the British Indian Army in 1885, to prevent its use as a fortress if a Russian army tried to invade India. But hopefully, the Tomb and minarets are still standing. In the afternoon we will guide you to Guzargah Mosque and Puli Malaan, the fine old 22-arched bridge, believed to have been constructed by the Seljuks in the early 12th century. Local believe it is built by two sisters named Bibi Hur and Bibi Noor. Flight to Kabul in the late afternoon.

Overnight at Safi Landmark Hotel


Day 14 Fly back (Good-bye)
Date: Apr. 23, 2025
We will make sure to drop you at the airport on-time in order to
make your flight back home.