Travel Guide Derbent

Derbent is the gateway to Sukhan Daria. The village is peaceful but gave its name to the post of Derbent, much less quiet and obligatory passage of any traveler who enters or leaves the region. Sourkhan Daria has an obvious strategic and geopolitical importance: stuck between rather complicated neighbors (Turkmenistan closed to the world, Afghanistan in perpetual war, Tajikistan through which transit drugs, Islamists and almost all possible traffics), the surveillance is increased in the region. You will be asked to get out of the car, to register your passport, to have your luggage scanned and to answer some questions.After the post, the road that leads to the village forks to the left. You will discover small houses lined up along the river Machay Darya. At the entrance of the village, turn on the left to follow the course of the water, you will go up in gorges and magnificent landscapes. The sheer cliffs all around are natural climbing walls. It is possible to organize climbing days in these incredible landscapes: for this, contact a local guide. Your best option will be Cholmurod Eshmuradov's agency based in Shahrisabz, whose contact details you will find in the tour of Shahrisabz above.The road goes up the river in an increasingly tight gorge until the village of Yitorgo Machai. There, the body of a child dating from the Neolithic period was found, attesting to the early settlement of man in this area.