Day trip to Khujand - I am happy and delighted to have Farhodbek as my guide in Khujand. He speak English fluently and it‘s nice to hear him talking about his own hometown. Learnt many things from this tour. He is also extremely helpful as I don‘t have any tajik som with me. Totally recommend this tour. The Uzbek driver Daniel & Tajik driver Tahir were also polite.

Great experience in Tajikistan - Great experience in Tajikistan. Guide Jahongir from Tajikistan part was much experienceed, gave us a lot of informations about Khujand and Tajikistan and showed us great plavesin Khujand.

Silk Road magic in Tajikistan! - If you’re fascinated about the old world and Silk Road like I am, a trip to Khujand, Tajikistan is a must! Tajikistan has a rich Persian history, and an affinity to Alexander the Great, which is a whole new flavor to the other stops on the Silk Road in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan… It’s such an easy day trip from Tashkent and I had a great time! It’s exotic to cross the border, and then a short drive away see the town that has the ancient fortress and a cool city that enjoys seeing tourists. Houmoun my guide couldn’t have been better with the ability to explain all the sites and guide me to some tasty treats along the way. Major thumbs up!

Excellent experience - to be recommended - We had a very interesting day visiting Khujand. We were picked up by taxi from our Tashkent hotel and taken to the border. Crossed the border on foot (an interesting experience in itself!) and our wonderful guide Hummoyun met is us with another driver on the Tajik side. We couldn’t have hoped for a better guide: already during our one-hour drive to Khujand, Hummoyun told us a lot about Tajikistan, the history and the context/role Khujand played in the past and today. He spoke excellent English and was very kind and competent. Even though it was only a day trip my son and I got a feeling for Khujand and its sights, and we learnt a lot. In short: an excellent experience!

An excellent day trip - Husein, my guide, was excellent and very knowledgeable. Transport was superb, and the food was wonderful!

Daytrip Khujand - The guy that picked me up at the hotel did not speak english, but we managed. Had to cross the border alone, english speaking guide had a sign with my name on, so it was easy to find him on the other side. Good and friendly guide, interesting history, good lunch (was not included in the price). It is a long drive.

welcome to the middle ages - at 7.30 am the driver picked me up from the hotel. first surprise: he doesn't speak English. he takes me to the border with Tajikistan, tells me where he will pick me up in the afternoon. passport control between the 2 borders takes 40 minutes! the guide is waiting for me in Tajikistan. very professional, excellent English, welcomes me with a beautiful smile, aware of what it means to go through passport control. then we return to the Middle Ages. the history of the country is explained to me and after 1 hour we arrive in Khujand, I visit the central market, the madrassas, the fort etc. we eat in a typical restaurant and then visit a palace similar to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. we then return to the border and this time I cross both borders in 20 minutes. the surprise comes when I am in Uzbekistan and there is no driver.at that point I was literally attacked by locals who wanted to take me to Tashkent, paying of course. none of them speak English and being in that situation was not pleasant. I had to call the tour operator, raise my voice and ask for explanations! I had to wait 30 minutes in that situation for the driver to arrive. the assistance is absolutely inadequate. for this reason I wouldn't recommend the excursion, but what it gave me makes me say yes. Web results

Get to know Tajik hospitality - The tour itinerary itself was rather simple: market place, museum, mosque visit, Lenin statue. Considering the price, maybe a little too simple. The best part of the tour was definately the very knowledgeable local guide. Khujand town itself seemed interesting but was left a little aside. Maybe adding a short town-walk or some nature visit would make the tour perfect? The duration of the time spent in Khujand could be also an hour or two longer because the Tashkent-Khujand drive with border procedures takes around 2 hours one way. All in all, a good option, three strong stars - and nothing to complain, just constructive criticism.

Not bad - We’re glad we did this trip instead of staying in Tashkent as Khujand was a really nice city, but logistics and communication could’ve been better. Our driver in Uzbekistan didn’t speak English, so he had to call someone to explain to us what would be happening for the day. Might’ve been easier if that info were emailed to us in advance. The guide in Tajikistan spoke English pretty well but didn’t really understand it when we spoke, so he couldn’t answer any of our questions. 3 sites in Khujand ended up being closed the day we were there (it was a Monday), which I feel like a tour company should’ve known. But to the guide’s credit, he found other places in the city to show us instead - appreciate his resourcefulness. There was time for lunch but we weren’t hungry…he still took us to a restaurant and we sat there while he ate a huge meal. We hadn’t been given the opportunity to change money, so we wouldn’t have been able to eat even if we’d wanted to. He felt like he was very knowledgeable about the city but not about tourists’ wants and needs.

Bad experience - When we asked for an English speaking guide we expected an English speaking driver/guide to take us to the border, advise us on what to expect and do at the border checkpoints and ensure that we reach Tajikistan safely . Instead, the driver who drove us from hotel to border spoke not a word of English and gave no explanation whatsoever. As a result , we were herded by the crowd through what seemed to be endless immigration and customs check points. At one point we were held up for half an hour as the immigration officials there didn’t know that Malaysians don’t require visas to enter Tajikistan. It was nerve wrecking. No guide or anyone from your tour company called to find out what was causing the delay. We tried calling the tour company, Silk Road Travellers and no one answered! We didn’t even know where the end of the checkpoints were and looked in vain for our Tajikistan guide at the second last checkpoint as we assumed it was the last one when we saw several taxi drivers there. The only small saving grace in this traumatic trip was the Tajikistan guide ( when we finally found him) who spoke English and tried hard to make up for our bad experience.