The pleasant village of Langar lies in the upper part of the Wakhan corridor. It is a spot where Wakhan and Pamir rivers join to compose a Pyanj river. Langar marks as the end or beginning of the Tajik Wakhan, because exactly here concludes the huge exotic Wahan valley. The village stands at th altitude of 3000 m above the sea level and it is one of the highest village in the southeast of the Pamir mountains. The village is placed deep within the gorge, where steep, rocky slopes surround the verdant green valley and 6000m peaks of Pamir. Before moving forward, you can enjoy a soft mountain climate, since next will be only a harsh mountainous desert further towards Murghab. The scenery here is truly impressive, just a short walk out of the village will give visitors beautiful views over the canyon and the azure river.
There several Langar towns in Tajikistan as well as in Uzbekistan so don’t get confused. Langar” means origins from Persian which was earlier obtained from Greek and meant “anchor”. Greek anchor modified into angor, then to langor and eventually became langar. The significance of such name is related with the naval term “harbor” forming an expression that meant places on land where caravans stopped. Thus, places of frequent stops on trade routes were called “Langar” in Central Asia. Langar is the perfect stopover place which offers variety of guesthouses as well as the most significant about this place are the langar petroglyphs.