Seven Lakes Tour: Explore Fann Mountains in One Day

Explore Tajikistan’s Seven Lakes, Panjakent, and Ancient Sarazm in a day. Capture stunning photos, visit ancient ruins, and experience vibrant local culture.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Jartepa chegara bojxona posti - Meet at the Jartepa border around 8-9am (depending on your arrival time). Then, we drive to our first destination, the Ancient Sarazm ruins.
  • Proto-urban site of Sarazm - Sarazm: Just a short distance from the border crossing are the UNESCO-listed ruins of Sarazm. Over 5,500 years old, these ruins are the…
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Bottled water
  • Lunch in a traditional house or lunch - picnic at the lakes
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • All other expenses like buying souvenirs or snacks, visa if required, Tips/gratuities
  • Transfer from your hotel to the border/meeting point and back is organizeable for additional 50$.
Additional Information

This one-day tour from Samarkand will acquaint you with one of the most beautiful places in Tajikistan, the Seven Lakes of legendary Fann Mountains. This is a maximized (you will visit maximum number of places in just one day still with no rush) and perfect tour that includes visiting all the 7 lakes and a sidetour of Panjakent and Ancient Sarazm. You…

Location
Jartepa chegara bojxona posti
After you reach Tajikistan border, you will need to walk through a building about 10-15 minutes by foot. Here they check your passports and stamp on it. Our team will be waiting for you right after the building ends, at Tajikistan side. They will have a meeting sign written your name on it
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ketchuprequired
May 26, 2024
Excellent and well itganized day trip to Seven Lakes from Samarkand - We did the one day tour to the seven lakes with Said and his Marco Polo tour company. Said was very organized and helpful and responded immediately through WhatsApp to make arrangements. He does not lead the tour - there is a driver and a young guide who spoke decent English and was very nice. Said arranged a taxi to the border. It probably would have been cheaper to arrange this ourselves but this was easy. It cost $30 USD total for both directions together. The border crossing is done on foot and is easy enough. There are just quite a few checkpoints to go through but it was not busy when we were there. The whole process including walking time took maybe 25 minutes. After the border, they picked us up and we proceeded about 15 minutes into Panjakent where we went to the market. The guide showed us around. This was a fantastic market. The locals were very friendly too and wanted to show us their goods. While there, the river bought plov, oranges and bread for our lunch. From there we continued on to the seven lakes area. We stopped for lunch after the first lake. The lakes are very pretty and you can see village life along the way. The one lane, cliff side road was an experience itself!! The driver is very good and safe. We hiked to the seventh lake. We were told it would be two hours total but we did it on one hour including stopping at the top. It’s 3 km one way I think, and not too hard. I am always worried about bathrooms! Ha! We stopped after the market and then was offered again in a village just before heading up to the lakes. Otherwise, it’s just bushes or rocks. Bring your own toilet paper and a bag to carry it out. The lakes are different shades of turquoise and the mountain peaks are snow covered in May. Just a note - the lakes are at low volume in mid-May and I am sure they would be spectacular by June or July. The temperature is great in May. The road is very bumpy and dusty - just be warned if you have a bad back, but we didn’t mind. It is windy, but you are going slow so I was not carsick. Note: We DID NOT book this through viator - it is much, much less expensive booking it with Marco Polo or through Indy Guide (which is how I found it). All in all, a worthwhile and easy day trip from Samarkand. It’s a nice break from all the buildings and tiles too. We are very glad we did it.
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Barefoot
May 25, 2024
Fabulous - An absolutely stunning part of the world and the one day tour organized by Said was perfect. I highly recommend the one day tour if you only have time for just a taste of Tajikistan.
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Darraghmoloney
May 21, 2024
A great day trip to the stunning Seven Lakes - This was a great day trip, I really enjoyed my time in Tajikistan, I was met by the company at the border without any difficulty. Our driver and guide were very helpful and the guide spoke pretty good English. We first went into Panjakent city, visiting the mosque and nearby bazaar, I really liked the bazaar, it was a different experience to those in Uzbekistan. We then travelled to the Seven lakes, the road got bumpier and dustier along the way. After 1.5 hours, we reached the first lake, the lakes are all accessible by road, except the seventh. We had time at each lake on the way up, we had a picnic lunch (because we were there during Ramadan) at a small village near the sixth lake, after lunch we drove further up the valley and hiked the last 400 metres to the seventh lake, which was still partially frozen. The lakes were stunning azure shades of blue and each lake has its own charm. After returning to Panjakent we visited Sarazm Archaeological site before returning to the Uzbek border. Overall the day was very enjoyable and everyone was very helpful and friendly, Tajikistan is a beautiful country and the seven lakes were well worth visiting, the day was a little long but not strenuous at all. Said was very helpful beforehand with particulars, arrangements and questions, I would recommend using his company.
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Martabb9191lc
May 17, 2024
Amazing experience! - Amazing experience! We highly recommend the trip to the seven lakes! Our guide Anusha was very nice and helpful. The trip includes a stop in the city to visit the old mosque and the bazaar, where you can choose the food for your lunch later on. Then we drove to the seven lakes, we had a stop for a lunch picnic on the grass (amazing view!), and continued to the last lake. Throughout the trip, you drive through small local villages. Amazing experience to get to know the Tajik culture, our guide Anusha and the driver told us a lot of interesting things! Highly recommend!
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Jhadera2022
Apr 10, 2024
Excellent tour in Tajikistan! - Excellent tour in Tajikistan with Said and his team! Our guide Shahzod and all the drivers were extremely professional and very knowledgeable. We visited all Seven Lakes in one day, had a great picnic by the mountains, hiked, visited the local market and the local mosque, and had all the time we wanted to explore the beautiful nature. Smooth pick-up and drop-off at the border checkpoint in a very comfortable and spacious car, very well suited for the mountainous terrain. We experienced the best of Tajikistan’s warm hospitality. Cannot recommend this tour and Said’s company enough.
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From $130
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).