This page comprises information received from the agencies concerned during 2012
- for more up-to-date information please check the links given or contact the
service providers concerned.
WESTERN TOUR OPERATORS
The following tour operators are offering Tajikistan in their programme for 2012
(most include the Pamirs in their planned itinerary):
Australia
Snow Leopard Tours - Melbourne/Dushanbe/Khorog -
see
here.
Peregrine - Victoria (and Ipswich, U.K.) -
see
here.
Austria
Clearskies - Innsbruck -
see
here.
Canada
Bestway Tours & Safaris - Burnaby B.C. -
see
here.
Tour d'Afrique Ltd. - Toronto -
see
here.
France
Explorator - Paris -
see
here.
Taila Root - Grenoble -
see
here.
La Balaguère - Arrens Marsous -
see
here.
Allibert Trekking - Chapareillan, Chamonix, Toulouse, Paris -
see
here.
Les Ateliers du Voyage - Paris -
see
here.
Germany
Nomad-Reisen - Gerolstein -
see
here.
DIAMIR Erlebnisreisen - Dresden -
see
here,
here and
here.
Hauser exkursionen - Munich -
see
here and
here.
biss-Reisen - Berlin -
see
here.
Ikarus Tours - Königstein / Ts. -
see
here.
a&e erlebnis:reisen - Hamburg -
see
here.
Trekking Welten - Dresden -
see
here.
Ararat-Tours - Dresden -
see
here.
Deutscher Alpen Verein - Summit Club - Munich -
see
here.
Italy
Viaggi Avventure nel Mondo - Rome -
see
here.
Netherlands
DimSum Reizen - Utrecht (catering also for Belgian and German markets) -
see
here,
here and (for German clients)
here.
Topo Travel - Neuenhaus (in Germany but catering to Dutch market) -
see
here.
Battuta Reizen - Amsterdam -
see
here.
New Zealand
Zavkhan Trekking - Christchurch -
see
here.
Russia
K2 Adventures - Omsk -
see
here and
here.
Switzerland
PamirLink - "more than just holidays" - Bern -
see
here.
Indo Orient Tours - Zurich -
see
here.
Motorrad Reisen - Zurich -
see
here.
ARABICA Orient-Reisen - Heimberg -
see
here.
Geopard Reisen - Sool -
see
here.
United Kingdom
Wild Frontiers - London -
see
here.
Steppes Travel - Cirencester -
see
here.
KE Adventure - Keswick -
see
here.
Regent Holidays - Bristol -
see
here.
Secret Compass - Forsbrook, Staffordshire -
see
here.
Untamed Borders - Sandwich, Kent -
see
here.
World Expeditions - Wimbledon, London -
see
here.
Undiscovered Destinations - North Tyneside -
see
here.
USA
Mir Corporation - Seattle (and Tashkent) -
see
here.
TOUR OPERATORS IN THE PAMIRS
Pamir Mount Tour - Khorog -
see
here.
Pamir Silk Tour - Khorog -
see
here.
Mountain Adventure - Dushanbe -
see
here.
Pamir Highway Adventure (successor to Murghab Ecotourism Association) - Murghab -
see
here.
Sarez - Khorog -
see
here.
Tour de Pamir - Khorog -
see
here.
Pamir Gates - Khorog -
see
here.
Ajam Tour - Dushanbe -
see
here.
Pamir Guides - Murghab -
see
here.
A list of all the members of the Pamirs Eco-Cultural Tourism Association (PECTA), including the above,
can be found
here.
TOUR OPERATORS IN ZERAFSHAN
Zerafshan Tourism Board - Penjikent -
See
here.
Zerafshan Tourism Development Association - Penjikent -
See
here.
Zurmich - Penjikent -
See
here.
Pamir Travel - Dushanbe/Penjikent -
See
here.
Durakhshi Sughd - Dushanbe/Penjikent -
See
here.
Kuhandiz - Dushanbe -
See
here.
Orient Adventure - Dushanbe -
See
here.
OTHER CENTRAL ASIAN TOUR OPERATORS
Hamsafar Travel - Dushanbe -
See
here.
Tajikaviatour - Dushanbe -
See
here.
Central Asia Expeditions/Kasachstanreisen - Bishkek -
see
here.
Pamir Trek - Bishkek -
see
here.
Pamir Peaks - Dushanbe -
See
here.
STANtours - Almaty / Ashgabat -
See
here.
Travel to Tajikistan - Dushanbe -
See
here.
Sayoh - Dushanbe/Penjikent -
See
here.
Travel Tajikistan / Fantastic Asia - Bishkek -
See
here.
Central Asia Travel / Pamir Expeditions - Tashkent, Osh, Moscow -
See
here.
Shéhérazade Voyages - Samarqand -
See
here.
ClimberCA - Tashkent, Dushanbe, Moscow -
see
here and
here.
Asia-Travel - Tashkent -
see
here and
here.
TOUR GUIDES
For a list of guides with certificate from the University of Central Asia (UCA),
see
here.
This list comprises graduates of two separate courses offered on the
Khorog campus of UCA:
The UCA certificate programme ”Mountain Tour Operator - MTO” is directed at developing practical
skills in organizing and developing operational business activity with specific focus on
mountain tourism as well as business theory. The students are expected to
gain skills in the following areas: Essence of mountain tourism, Development of
tourism routes and related services, Marketing and promotion of tourism services,
Safety, Legislation matters, Business and Finance management, Information technology
in Tourism, Business English in tourism, Final project on developing a business plan
on initiating and operating tourism service.
UCA Guides training is a short program and consists of two modules:
1. Natural, cultural and historical heritage of the Pamirs, and
2. Guides training: (mountain excursion tourism guides; horse tourism; auto tourism; educational tourism; eco-tourism; ethnographic tourism).
HOME STAYS
A list of villages where there are PECTA-sponsored home-stays can be obtained from PECTA - email
here.
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
For a list of tourism services in Khorog prepared by the Pamirs Eco-Cultural Tourism Association,
including hotels and restaurants, see
here.
For additional information on hotels, see also
here and
here.
Other information resources:
Tajikistan Gateway:
http://www.tajik-gateway.org/
Lonely Planet:
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/tajikistan
A new website (run by Sophie Willingale) gives very useful and up-to-date information
about travel to and in Tajikistan. See
http://tajiktourism.com/0.
Another new website gives information on small private hotels in Khorog and plans to add information on restaurants, sight-seeing etc. See
http://www.khorog.com/.
All text and
photographs (c) Robert Middleton 2002
Web master Romanyuk
Mikhail
