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Bookmark or Share- Band-e Amir National Park – Travel guide at WikivoyageBand-e Amir National Park (Persian: بند امیر) is the first national park of Afghanistan. It is a stunning group of turquoise lakes in the Eastern zone of the country, in Bamyan Province. It sits high in the Hindu Kush at an altitude of 2900m, and in 2013 about 6,000 local tourists visit the site each year.
- The Deep Blue Lakes of Band-e-Amir, AfghanistanBand-e Amir is a series of six incredibly deep blue lakes in the heart of the central Afghanistan. The lakes are situated in the foothills of the Hindu Kush, the second highest mountain range in the world, 80 kilometers from the ancient town of Bamiyan, where the Taliban destroyed the world’s tallest Buddha statues in 2001.
- Band-e Amir - WikitravelBand-e Amir are a stunning group of turquoise lakes in Eastern Afghanistan. They sit high in the Hindu Kush at an altitude of 2900m, and in 2008 were declared the country's first national park. Very remote and desolate, they are most easily visited from Bamiyan.
- Band-e Amir - Visit BamyanBand-e Amir National Park is a series of six deep blue lakes separated by natural dams made of travertine, a mineral deposit. It’s been called Afghanistan’s Grand Canyon; 370 square kilometers of soaring cliffs and cascading lakes on the edge of the Hindu Kush Mountains that sits high at an altitude of 2900 m.
- Band E Amir - Afghanistan's First National Park - Curious AtlasBand E Amir National Park is Afghanistan’s first, and only national park, gaining it’s status in 2009. Band e Amir covers 230 square miles and is known as Afghanistan’s Grand Canyon and is a popular holiday destination for domestic and international tourists alike.
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