Visit Bamyan

Marathon of Afghanistan

The biggest international marathon race that take place in Afghanistan, each year since 2015, open to all women and men, foreign and Afghan from all ethnic groups and provinces.

My Bamyan dream or why i returned to Afghanistan

Would you believe me if i told you that i travelled to Afghanistan not once, but twice this year? Indeed, having paid my first visit to Afghanistan less than six months before, I travelled to Afghanistan for a repeat trip in October 2018.

Silk Road Festival

The most successful festival of cultural entertainment in Afghanistan is without doubt the Silk Road Festival inaugurated in 2009 by the Aga Khan Foundation’s Ecotourism Program and held every September.

Night with the Buddha

A memorial festival held each year on 11 March in commemoration of the destruction of the Buddha statues by militia Taliban.

Band-e Amir National Park

The Marathon of Afghanistan

The Afghan Ski Challenge

The Bamyan Cultural Centre

My Bamyan dream or why i returned to Afghanistan

Routes

Popular hiking paths & camping places among tourists

5.5 hours 6 km

Kakrak worth seeing

12 hours 14 km

Foladi lakes tough hiking

5.5 hours 6 km

A day in Yakawlang

6 hours 11.5 km

Band Amir Sightseeing

Festivals

Upcoming local cultural festivals and sport events

Marathon of Afghanistan

January or March

Afghan Ski Challenge

Yearly on March

Silk Road Festival

August & September

Four Season Fun

Bamyan is a great adventure at any time of year

Adventurous Spots

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Foladi Lakes
Its lofty peak lies at the end of Foladi valley where a series of high altitude lakes awaits the adventurous hiker.
Paymuri Hot Spring
It’s not very famous place but very beautiful for sure. It is a good place to be away from the city crowd for some time. There is also ruins of Zahak nearby where you can travel through walking in a few minutes.
Dragon Valley
Also known as Dara Ajdahar 5km west of Bamiyan. Legend has it that this spine of rock split in two is that of a dragon who terrorized the village beneath it.
Bamyan Plateau
Abu Hanifa Qazi Castle
Sayghan is a town close to Bamyan city with about 23000 population, There is a historical castle which has been built in the 9th century to guard the city.
Babur Valley
Yakawlang City
Yakawlang is one of the beautiful towns located in the Bamyan. There are many amazing nature and mountain landscapes here.
Chil Burj
Chil Burj (Forty Towers fortress) is a historical castle ruin has been built by Turks after Islam era.
Dara Ali Hot Spring
Bride Mount
Mikh Mount
Mikh mount stand between mountain of Baba in Waras district!
Band-e Amir
Band-e Amir National Park is a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, a mineral deposit. It’s been called Afghanistan’s Grand Canyon; 370 square kilometers of soaring cliffs and cascading lakes on the edge of the Hindu Kush Mountains that sits high at an altitude of 2900 m.
Cultural Centre
Bamiyan Cultural Centre project is one of few projects which attempts to address hopeful aspects of Afghanistan
The Red City
Guarding the gates of Bamyan Valley where the Bamyan and Kalu Rivers converge sits Shahr e Zohak in its striking crimson grandeur. Estimates put the red city’s origins into the 6th century, built by the Ghorids and home to 3000 people.
City of Screams
Gholghola City was existing for ages ago and then the city has been destroyed by Genghis Khan. The siege of the city has taken months and defended by one of old Turkish Khaganates but the city falls.
Ajar Valley
Buddha Statues
The Buddhas of Bamyan were two 6th-century monumental statues of Gautama Buddha carved into the side of a cliff, 230 kilometres northwest of Kabul at an elevation of 2,500 metres.
Hazarchishma
Hazarchishma Natural Bridge is located 100 km north of Band-e-Amir National Park at the northern edge of Bamyan Province, near the border with Samangan Province. The arch is a young meander natural bridge carved through limestone karst in Jawzari Canyon (Dara-i-Jawzari), which joins the Ajar valley as part of the Amu Darya watershed and the main Caspian basin.