Road
Approximate — may differ on site
~8 h
Road openFrom Tashkent → via Samarkand and Panjakent, with border
Asphalt ≈ 384 kmGravel 20 km
- Tashkent → Samarkand≈ 290 km paved, M39 highway
- Jartepa border → Penjikent≈ 60 km, 0.5–1.5 h at the border
- Penjikent → Shing≈ 36 km paved
- Along the lakesGravel~20 km dirt, from the 1st to the 6th lake
- Marguzor (6th lake)The good road ends; a narrow track to the 7th lake
By Marguzor Lake (6th lake)© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap
When to go
You can go until the end of October
Road closed from November. Best time: June – September.
Closes in ~5 days · until November 1
- NowOctoberPossible
- NextNovember – AprilRoad closed
- MayPossible
- June – SeptemberBest
Next 7 days · at the place itself
Good to know
Entry fee
Free, passport check on the way (2026)
Road
In summer the road may flood near Nofin and Marguzor
Winter
In winter only up to the 6th lake, by 4x4 (snow, ice)
About
Seven mountain lakes in the Shing River valley — the Marguzor Lakes. Each lake is a different color.
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