Arrival in Kabul
Your guide meets you at Kabul airport and takes you to your hotel for a welcome briefing.
- Airport pickup
- Hotel check-in
- Trip briefing

Kabul, the Buddha niches of Bamiyan and the blue lakes of Band-e Amir National Park in one week.
TOUR OVERVIEW
This is our most popular first tour of Afghanistan. After a day in Kabul you cross the Hindu Kush to Bamiyan, home of the famous Buddha niches and ancient cities. Then spend a full day at Band-e Amir, the deep-blue lakes of Afghanistan’s first national park.
A clear plan for every day. Final timings are agreed with you before you travel.
Your guide meets you at Kabul airport and takes you to your hotel for a welcome briefing.
Kabul’s history and markets.
Across the Hindu Kush mountains to Bamiyan.
Explore the UNESCO World Heritage landscape of Bamiyan.
A full day at the deep-blue lakes of Band-e Amir.
Travel back to Kabul for your airport transfer.
Afghanistan’s capital: Mughal gardens, the National Museum, Darul Aman Palace and busy old-city bazaars.
The giant Buddha niches carved into the cliffs, the ruined cities of Shahr-e Gholghola and Shahr-e Zuhak, and wide mountain valleys.
Afghanistan’s first national park: a chain of deep-blue lakes held back by natural walls of travertine.
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
The giant cliff niches and painted caves of Bamiyan.
Six deep-blue lakes in the mountains.
Shahr-e Gholghola and the Red City of Zuhak.
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