Month: April 2011

I have been a great fan of the Central Asia and silk road history, wanted to see the Kashgar old city before it disappear due to redevelopment. Search for quite a while a reliable company to bring me around Kashgar plus a short adventure trip to the Karakul Lake and Muztagh Ata, I finally found Mr Imam from Kasharguide.com to arrange for a 5-day adventure trip between 18-22 Apr 2011. The company received positive feedback from travelers who have engaged Imam’s service before so I found it assuring enough for me to wire my 20% deposit over to Mr Imam, paying the remaining sum when I got there.

I traveled alone and airport pick-up and departure is well taken care off and timely. I must say that although in the end the trek to the Muztagh Ata base camp did not really pull through in view of the foul weather for the initial days both my driver and my guide Mr Alim made my stay a very pleasant and enrich one, offering alternative plans to visit a Tajik family at Tashkurgan, overnight stay at a Kyrgyz family along the Karakorum Highway, visit to the Sino-Pakistan border at 4600m altitude and even a short trek (on foot and motorbike)to the foot of Muztagh Ata finally when the weather subsequently turned well. All these filled my short span of 5 days was just right and I could not ask for more in such difficult but exotic places of the world.

I highly recommend this company for a guided tour to anywhere in Xinjiang and I look forward to engaging them again the next time I return to for another adventure trip. (Boon from Singapore)

Mon premier contact avec KASHGAR, sur le parcours de la Route de la Soie, depuis SAMARKAND, s est deroule dans les meilleures conditions. Par l intermediaire d un ami commun, je suis entre en contact avec IMAM, et je suis enchante de cette rencontre. En plus de sa competence professionnelle, il apporte une approche tres amicale et attentive a notre attente de voyageurs ne connaissant pas encore la CHINE et le XINJIANG.
Sa premiere organisation fut de me faire participer, avec un couple de jeunes Italiens, a la decouverte de TASHKORGAN, CARAKULE LAKE and Tadjik Villages. Tres beau sejour, quoique un peut froid, surtout a 4.000 m, la neige etant au rendezvous…!
C est une merveilleuse decouverte que je continue en allant vers YORKEND ,HOTAN, et ensuite la traverse du desert du TAKLAMAKAN.
Mais aussi que j espere renouveler, car ce n est qu une premiere…!
Merci a toi IMAM et a bientot.
Maurice, le 12/04/2011,
de VENCE (near NICE, en FRANCE)

이 곳에서 3일간 이맘 그리고 핫산과 함께 즐거운 여행을 하였습니다. 카라쿨리 호수- 타슈쿠르간-쿤자랍패스(이틀 소요), 타클라마칸 사막(하루) 투어를 하였고 모든 것이 만족스러웠습니다. 특히 신장 위구르 현지에 와서 위구르인들과 함께 여행을 할 수 있었고 이들의 도움을 받을 수 있어서 매우 좋았습니다. 이 곳 직원 이맘과 영어 가이드 핫산의 친절함과 능통한 영어 실력 덕분에 편안한 여행이 될 수 있었습니다. 카슈가르 여행 계획이 있으시다면 에덴호텔 1층 바로 이 곳을 강력 추천합니다!!!!