Wakhan Corridor Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region in Badakhshan province in northeastern Afghanistan
About Wakhan Corridor
The latitude is about 37°N (roughly that of Washington DC, Lisbon, or Seoul) but the whole area is at high altitude—Lake Zorkul is above 4,000m or 13,000feet—and there are no large bodies of water anywhere nearby, so winters are quite severe. 26km long Lake Zorkul, the source of the Pamir river which is a tributary of the Amu Darya (known in ancient times as the Oxus) is the only significant body of water and provides fantasticice skatingin winter if you can survive the altitude and cold. You may be able to shelter in the minute settlement ofQarabolaqat the eastern end of the lake. The lake's northern half lies inTajikistanwhere it is protected as part of the Zorkul Nature Reserve.
Wakhan Corridor Travel Guide Sections
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