![]() ![]() Chicken Street is still here, selling souvenirs to aid workers, although the chickens have gone. Chicken Street was the home of cheap hotels and souvenir shops. Please contact us for further information and to find out what we do, to ensure you have a memorable time for all the right reasons.Īfghanistan’s capital first received an influx of foreign tourists in the late 1960’s when it became an essential stop-off on the hippy trail towards enlightenment. ![]() Of course, as well as offering some incredible experiences for the intrepid traveller, Afghanistan has some equally unique risks and dangers. Whether you’re interested in Afghanistan’s ancient history or its current circumstances, we think that the experience of seeing such a striking and hospitable country will stay with you for a long time. But most visitors’ lasting memories of Afghanistan are on a more human scale: flying kites with kids, drinking tea with ex-mujahedin or walking with catapult-wielding Hazara children.Ī trip to Afghanistan offers the opportunity to see a country that has been off the tourist map for 40 years, to visit a place that is starkly beautiful and to interact with people and places that you probably know best from news reports. The remains of the giant Buddhas of Bamian, the unreal blue of the lakes at Band e Amir or the first sight of the almost-unreachable Minaret of Jam are incredible. It has always been, and still is, a place of world interest – whether from politicians or tourists.Īfghanistan is a place of legendary hospitality to guests and legendary hostility to invaders. From Darius the Great to Alexander the Great, Marco Polo to George Bush, the world’s shapers and invaders have all been here and left their mark. Afghanistan has been at the crossroads of civilisations for millennia. ![]()
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