Gardesh

Go see The turquoise lakes of Band-e Amir under red cliffsAfghanistan

A free guide to where to go, how to get there, what it costs and when. In English, Dari and Pashto, and it works with no signal.

Find a place for your month

When are you going?

Every place, four answers

Getting thereFrom the nearest big city: the road, the hours and a rough fare.
Best timeWhich months, and which hour of the day.
What it costsEntry, food and a night's stay, in afghanis.
Where to stayGuesthouses and places to eat, with what people say in Aabroo.

34 provinces
one guide

The Bamyan valley, its cliffs and green fields Istalif village in autumn, trees turning gold under snowy peaks Tiled courtyard wall of the Friday Mosque in Herat, photographed in 1933

Bamyan, Istalif and Herat. Version one starts with thirty places and grows every season.

Works with no signal

Save a place once and read it on the road, offline.

Reads in English, Dari or Pashto

Switch at any time. Afghans and visitors read the same page.

Shows the day each page was checked

Roads, permits and rules change. Old pages are flagged.

Makes a card to share

Sized for WhatsApp, Instagram and Telegram, with the link inside.

Before you go

Free, alwaysNo accountWorks offline

Mud-brick village under the red cliffs near Band-e AmirGardesh will never tell you a place is safe. It tells you how to get there, what it costs and when to go, and every page shows the day it was last checked. Before you travel, read your own government’s travel advice and the current local rules, and go with a licensed local guide.

Gardesh is one of the Watan apps. It is free for everyone inside Afghanistan, and it is built first for Afghans exploring their own country.

See it
for yourself

The full guide is being built now: thirty places first, in three languages. Start by choosing your month.

Choose your month