The Road to Oxiana

‘The Road to Oxiana’ is a 14-night journey through the ancient sites of the fabled  Kingdom of the Turqouise Mountain.

We’ll be visiting some of the country’s most important historic sites including Balkh, otherwise  known as Bactria and an off the track visit to the

Our route will follow in the footsteps of famous explorers and travellers, including  Marco Polo, Alexander the Great and the English traveller Robert Byron whose book first published in 1937 has inspired our trip.

As with any Safarāt journey, our route through the ancient often serves as a conduit to explore and understand the present. As usual we will be using our decades of collective experience in Afghanistan  to curate special access for our travellers.

“The Road to Oxiana” will take us across the country’s Tajik and Uzbek ethnic heartlands, before following the Hari Rud river back through the central mountains to the old kingdom of the Hazrat Ali and its capital Bamyan.

$1125 USD is a 25% deposit for the full price of $4500 USD