M39 Samarkand Termez

[LisaB]

Anyone know how long that takes and can you get transport for the full journey in one day
Thank YOU

[Milad]

As your question suggests that you don't have your own transport, I'd recommend to ditch the road and take the train, leaving Samarkand daily 23:43, arriving 09:32 the next day.

[LisaB]

Thank you .. got any idea for the Termez Danau sariasiya route.. going to dushanbe from termez..

[Christian77]

For Termez to Dushanbe you have two choices. The Denau route is straightforward, fast and more of the same. The other route is more interesting and far less travelled: https://caravanistan.com/border-crossin ... /#gulbahor

But it will take longer to cross by GUlbahor (you have a choice of a shared car or the train). Cars leave all the time, but trains not so much. And getting train tickets into Tajikistan is not so easy: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11013

If you have lots of time, taking the southern Tajikistan slow local train to Dushanbe is fun (if you like slow local trains): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWiWlReozI0

[LisaB]

Thank YOU Christian77. The links were very interesting. I had asked about train termez dushanbe but was told not available. I can look in Samarkand when I am there a few days before..

[jacoblab1]

I took a shared car from Termez to Samarkand last year, it took about 6-7 hours if I remember correctly. The cost was 130,000 Uzbek som.

It's a pretty smooth ride the entire way - there's one checkpoint before you enter the Termez area, but it's nothing big.