Overland Travel Across Borders: A Tale of Two Frontiers
Kulma 4362m Pamir Karakoram Commercial Pass
The border between China and Tajikistan is one of the highest, most remote, and least-traveled frontiers accessible to the public. It runs for 477 kilometers along the towering Pamir and Sarikol mountain ranges. This is not a route for the casual tourist; it is a serious undertaking into a region of extreme altitude and geopolitical sensitivity.
GBAO Xinjiang Permit Snow Closure Logistics
There is only one official crossing point between the two countries: the Kulma Pass. At an elevation of 4,362 meters, it connects the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) with the Karakoram Highway in China’s Xinjiang province.