Bartang Valley Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Minibuses run between Savnob and Khorog but only every few days (35TJS), so the only practical way to visit the Bartang Valley is by hired car. A trip from Khorog to Savnob and back, via Bardara, eats up about 420km. Make sure your driver has a spare jerry can of fuel, as there is little, if any petrol available en route. High river flows often wash away sections of the road in early summer.

Past Savnob, a road of sorts continues on to Kök Jar and Murgab but the road is in very bad condition and only worth contemplating at the end of summer and with a reliable 4WD. Check beforehand whether the road is open. As one local told us, ‘The road to Kök Jar is fine but at the end of the trip both the car and driver will be destroyed.’