Hyatt Regency Dushanbe

This is a difficult hike near Dushanbe. You can take a mashtruka from Tsementzavod to the turnoff to Gusgarf and walk a couple miles through the village up the road until you reach the turnoff for the trail. You can also hire a driver to take you through those couple miles to the trailhead--most taxis know the spot. The hike leads through houses/dachas for the first mile or so, then winds through a beautiful forest stream, then heads STRAIGHT up Pioneersky Pass for a beautiful view. It's a...

A pretty loop that can be done Zimchurud-Begar or Begar-Zimchurud. Starting from Zimchurud, follow the main road until you get to a sizeable bridge going over the river. Go down and start following the river up. There's a little bit of scrambling and hopping back and forth across the river before you get to a clear trail that goes up and curves along the hills high above the river for a couple miles. You'll turn right off this trail and go straight up a hill around mile 4, and eventually...

This is a long popular easy to access trail leading out of Varzob. It crosses seven bridges back and forth over the river -- the final bridge is now just a clump of rocks. You can catch a mashrutka to Varzob and in the center of town, go right and follow the road for about a mile until it turns into a trail. The first bridge will lead you left over the river. Many beautiful views and very peaceful. Child friendly.

A lovely hike through one of the valleys near the hostels. This trail is perfect especially in the spring time when the grass is green. This is a route that takes you out on the donkey trails for the first half and then brings you down along the river and through the canyon (you may get wet along the way ) to reach the main trail again.

Stunning out and back trail that goes along the river with picturesque views starting from Saratog Village. As you hike towards the end, there is a lookout point. This trail will go pass a camping village, some hostels and a bunch of campgrounds such as Camp Archa: The Wood, The Tree, The Rock, and The Gorge.