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The Pamir Highway is a road with a length of over 1,500 km, which begins in Dushanbe and ends in Osh. The peculiarity of this road is that it passes at altitudes from 900 to 4655 meters, and the route runs through the picturesque mountainous regions of the Pamirs.
Due to the harsh mountain climate, the quality of the road can be described as extreme in many sections. For this reason, we recommend alternative routes from Dushanbe to Kalai-Khumba and from Khorog to Murghab. While the longer route takes less time on the first section, the second section from Khorog to Murghab offers a lot of mountainous natural beauty and ancient monuments of the Wakhan corridor.
The distance from Langar to Murghab is 255 km. The roads here are of poor quality and it takes 7-8 hours to cover this distance.
The first 100km of the route is on a bad unpaved road and then there is asphalt, but it has many bumps and undulations that make it difficult to drive at a steady high speed. In addition, during the day there will be an obstacle climb from 2800 m to 3600 m above sea level as well as overcoming two passes – Khargush (4344 m) and Nayzatash (4137 m).
If you see many mud houses on the background of a stone plateau and the highest mountains in the distance then you have arrived in Murghab.
The town has hospitals, military bases, a bazaar, a bank, and several guesthouses. The few cafes that work here are clustered around the bazaar. The Murghab River flows along the lower part of the town, where cattle graze.
On the way there will be many interesting landscapes for photo stops such as high mountain lakes and green grasslands near Murghab. The whole picture looks great.
Murghab is a mountain village in the Eastern part of Tajikistan, located at an altitude of 3600 meters above sea level. At this altitude, there is almost no vegetation and the trees are looked after like small children.
Langar is a high mountain village of Wakhan valley in South Pamir, located at an altitude of 3000 m and surrounded on all sides by six thousand peaks of Pamir and Hindu Kush. Langar is inhabited by Wakhan people and is famous for its rock paintings.
The city was built during the Soviet era and is an important transport hub as well as the largest city in eastern GBAR. Most of its residents are ethnic Kyrgyz, but they live in dwellings more typical of Tajiks.
On the way to Murghab, you can see the Panj River, which is one of the main rivers of Tajikistan. The upper reaches of the Amu Darya are called Pianj, it is the border river, on the other side of which stretches Afghanistan and the snowy peaks of the Hindu Kush rise into the clouds. Panj means “five” in Tajik, because it is formed by five rivers.
The river channel is wide, often divides into branches, and its current is calm. Below the village of Ishkashim, the Panj takes a sharp turn in the north and the river valley narrows, turning in places into dark canyons several tens of metres wide. The Ishkashim and Langar bridges, as well as the highway bridge between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in the Lower Panj region, have been built on the river.
Also, visitors to Murghab may feel the signs of mountain sickness, due to a lack of oxygen. The climate is also harsh, with very dry air, strong cold winds, high ultraviolet light, and sometimes +40° heat in summer and -40° cold in winter.
Murgab is the best place to use as a base for traveling to remote areas in the mountains, close to the Kyrgyz-Chinese border.
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Recently, Murghab has become an important tourist base and is one of the few places in Tajikistan that has tourist facilities, including community-based tourism.
There is also a shop for handmade goods, among which you can find national woolen blankets, carpets, Kyrgyz hats and bags.
The only local attractions include a monument to Lenin, a remnant from Soviet times, a local bazaar of containers where you can buy food and expensive fruits, and a football pitch where local kids sometimes play and locals come to watch the match. All this gives a special flavour to the rugged image of Murghab, and without this village, the overall picture of the Pamir Road would be incomplete.
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