Ski Afghanistan

We do not arrange Afghanistan visas directly. We will provide visa support in the form of Letters of Invitation to assist in your Afghanistan visa application in Peshawar on the first day.

We can provide visa support for the Pakistan e-visa which is requirement for travel to Pakistan.

Please note, visas for Afghanistan are currently not easily obtained via most embassies. However, with the return of international travel the visa process may suddenly change.
At the moment, the easiest and most reliable place to get Afghans visas is at the consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan. All our trips include a night in Pakistan, allowing our guests to obtain their visa just before entering Afghanistan.
It is also possible to obtain the visa in Dubai ahead of travel.

Please contact us for further information.

With the exception of breakfast, meals are not included as part of the trip. In our experience people sometimes want to eat different things, in different places, at different times. We know some great places and will happily show you some of our favourite restaurants and tea houses. Some are luxurious, some are earthier, but all have character. However, we do not pretend to be the arbiters of good taste and are equally happy for you to go off and find your own favourites.

For safety reasons, when in Afghanistan we take at least 2 vehicles when driving between towns if there is a big group. If there is a breakdown, we will not be left stranded. When we choose our vehicles and drivers we take into consideration the road conditions, the length of journey and the competence of the man behind the wheel (not a laughing matter in a country that should be the setting for a live action version of the Wacky Races). Your comfort and enjoyment of the journey is our top priority.

You will be accompanied by an experienced English speaking Afghan guide for the duration of the trip.

Sometimes we also provide an extra local guide. If we are a large group, we may wish to split into smaller groups for city tours to allow greater flexibility and keep a lower profile. An extra local guide allows us to do that.

In Bamian, the guiding on the slopes will be carried out by a western qualified ski guide and the local Afghan guides.

Trips to Afghanistan do create certain risks all on their own, and whilst we want you to have as much freedom as possible we must state that the tour leader has the final word with regards to changes in the itinerary for safety reasons. Whilst the route we have chosen passes through areas that we consider to be stable things can change and we may have to alter the route or cancel sections of the trip at short notice.

If there is an extra expense incurred due to the change of itinerary, you may be asked to bear part of that cost. For example, if we must fly between cities rather than drive this may incur an additional charge.

In Afghanistan, areas away from the roads do have a risk of landmines although the areas we will be taking you to ski have been cleared and the runs have been tested by the few people that ski in the country.

As with off-piste skiing in the rest of the world there is a small but serious avalanche risk.

We advise that guests bring their own equipment.

A full list of recommended equipment will be given nearer the time.

We are committed to developing responsible tourism within Afghanistan. With that in mind we ask that if guests have any old equipment that is no longer used, that they bring it to help with the rebirth of Afghanistan’s ski culture.

If you do want to extend your trip in Afghanistan either before or after this one, please contact us for arrangements, advice or suggestions.