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Duration: 15 days, 14 nights
Kind of route: motor coach
Pax: 2 to 16+1 Pax
Season: all year around
Accommodation: double
Route: Tashkent – Samarkand – Shakhrisabz – Bukhara – Farab – Turkmenabat – Koytendag – Kuguitang – Merv – Mary – Gonur (Margush) – Ashgabat – Erbent – Dashoguz – Kunya Urgench – Khiva – Tashkent
- Accommodation based on DBL/TWN rooms
- Full board
- Entrance fees for Sightseeing spots mentioned.
- Overland transportation by AC coach
- All airport-hotel-airport transfers
- English speaking escort guide for the whole tour
- All sightseeing as specified in the itinerary
- Folklore show and dinner in Nadir Divanbegi Madrassah in Bukhara
- Visa support to Uzbekistan |
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- International airfares
- Domestic air fare Tashkent - Urgench 65 USD (to be changed)
- Camera and Video charges during sightseeings.
- Portrage fees in airports and hotels |
Itinerary.Day 1
Arrival to Tashkent. Meeting at the airport and transfer to hotel. Accommodation in hotel.
Dinner at hotel or local restaurant.
Day 2
Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing tour in Tashkent with visiting to Kukeldash Madrassah, Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, Barak Khan Madrassah, Mosque on Khasty Imam Street, Visit to Chor-Su (handicraft bazaar), Alisher Navoi Theater and square. Amir Temur Monument and Square, Independence Square, Halqlar Do’stligi Square.
Lunch time. Transfer to Samarkand. Accommodation in hotel. Dinner at local restaurant.
Day 3
Breakfast in hotel. Sightseeing tour in Samarkand with visiting medieval architectural monuments: Gur-Emir Mausoleum (15c), Registan Ensemble (including Ulugbek (15c), Shir Dor (17c), Tillya-Kari Madrassahs (17c)), Bibi Khanum Mosque.
Lunch time.
Shahi-Zinda necropolis (14-15c),
“Stars above Samarkand” - Ulugbek observatory (15c), “Ruines of Afrosiab” - the excavation and museum of the ancient town (6 BC-13 AD). Visit to Samarkand local bazaar.
Dinner at local restaurant.
Day 4
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Bukhara via Shakhrisabz with visiting Ak Saray Palace, Kuk Gumbaz, Gumbazi Saidon, Khazrati Imam mosque, Mausoleum of Jahangir(Temur’s son).
Lunch time. Transfer to Bukhara. Accommodation in hotel. Dinner at local restaurant.
Day 5
Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing tour in Bukhara with visiting Ismail Samani Mausoleum (9-10c), Chashma-Ayub Mausoleums (14 c), Abdullakhan Madrassah and Modarikhan Madrassah, Khodja Zaynuddin Complex (16c). Visit to old Bukhara: Poli-Kalon ensemble including Minaret (12c),
Mosque (15c), functioning Madrassah Miri-Arab (16 c), Amir-Alim-Khan Madrassah (14c), Toki Zargaron(trading domes), Kukeldash Madrassah (16c).
Lunch time.
Lyab-i-Hauz (17c), Nadir Divanbegi (17c), Magoki Attari (16c),
Ulugbek Madrassah (15c), Abdullaziz Khan(17c) Madrassahs. Visit to Registan Ensemble,
Ark Fortress (16c) and Bolo-Hauz complex (18 c).
Folklore show and dinner in Nadir Devan-Begi Madrassah (17c.).
Day 6
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to border point Farap- Turkmenabat- Koytendag, 400 km
Meeting at Farap border point. Formalities. Drive to Turkmenabat. Registration & immediate transfer to Koytendag. All day drive by asphalt road through Lebap region & entering into Kuguitang mountains. Arrive in Koytendag. Check in tourist lodge “Lebap”. O/N
Day 7
Koytendag-Kuguitang 4WD / & AFOOT
All day sight seeing in the Kuguitang mountains: Waterfall, Gorge, Kyrk Gyz cave, Dinosaur plateau (Some decades ago the inner layer of the mountain appeared due to the surface rock displacement & opening the picture left by dinosaur family on the not yet turned to stone soil. Four footprint paths can be seen clearly – three left by adults & one probably baby dinosaur)
Picnic lunch during the visits. Return to the tourist lodge. O/N
Day 8
Koytendag- Turkmenabat
Return in Turkmenabat. Visit on the route Kaynar Baba lake (having the hydrogen sulphide spring & by the existing legend – the holy fish which can be seen in the lake). Continue to Turkmenabat crossing again on the route the Amudarya river. Arrive & check in Turkmenabat hotel (new)**. O/N
Day 9
Turkmenabat- Merv-Mary 230 km
After breakfast drive to Merv, 200 km through Kara Kum desert & visit the heritage of Ancient Merv – Alexandria, Antiochia, Sultan Kala, Sultan Sanjar mausoleum, Mukhammed ibn Zaid mausoleum, remains 6th-7th cent castles “Keshk” having the goffered walls. Continue to Mary & visit History museum. Check in Margush*** htl. O/N
Day 10
Mary-Gonur (Margush)-Ashgabat 4 WD/ 200km+FLT
We leave Mary & drive through fields by asphalt road corresponding partly to the Old Caravan Route from Merv to Kunya Urgench. After 70 km drive the border line with the desert appears & changing the road on the desert track we continue inside, reaching the archeological camp after 30 km 4 WD march. Discover the excavations of the Margush country capital – Gonur (The Palace of the city, Fire & Water Temples, Royal Necropolis).Picnic lunch in the desert. Return in Mary. Flight to Ashgabat. Check in President *****hotel. O/N at hotel.
Day 11
Thursday/Saturday/Sunday Ashgabat
Visit Tolkuchka market. Full day sightseeing in the city with visiting the National museum, Carpet museum, archeological site “Old Nisa” dated to the Parthian period, from III cent. B.C.
O/N at hotel.
Day 12
Ashgabat- Erbent-Ashgabat, 350 km
Taking the north direction we drive to the desert. Visit the Erbent village.
Discover its everyday life. Return back in Ashgabat. O/N at htl
Day 13
Ashgabat-Dashoguz- Kunya Urgench – border Dashoguz 216 km
At 06:00 a.m flight to Dashoguz. Continue drive to Kunya Urgench. Visit Kunya Urgench historical site (Mausoleums of Turebek-Khanym, Sultan Tekesh, Sultan Il Arslan, Najmad-din-Kubra, Sultan Ali. Discover the Kutlug Timur minaret & Kyrk Molla. Transfer to the border check point Dashoguz. Crossing the border. Transfer to Khiva. Accommodation in hotel. Dinner at hotel.
Day 14
Breakfast at hotel. Sightseeing tour in Khiva with visiting the oldest part of the city: Kunya-Ark fortress, including Kurinish Khana (17c); Mohammed-Amin-Khan(19c) Madrassah, Islam Khodja Minaret; Palvan-Kari complex, Abd Al Bobo complex(18c), Rafanek Madrassah, Mohammed
Rakim Khan (19 c), Amir-Tur Madrassah, Sho-I-Kalandar Bobo Mausoleum.
Lunch time.
Flight from Urgench to Khiva HY after lunch.
Arrival to Tashkent. Accommodation in hotel. Dinner at local restaurant or caf?.
Day 15
Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to airport. Departure.
• Visa: In order to obtain an entrance visa to Uzbekistan, you need to apply visa support letter to any Uzbekistan consulate which is available in your area. We will arrange a visa support letter for you. For this, we need the passport copies and the certificates of employment.
• Guide: the main tour price includes the service of a professional English speaking escort guide-assistant
• Transport: we provide A/C vehicle for the whole tour for all group sizes.
• Cancellation fees:
Cancellation prior 30 days – no penalty is charged
Cancellation prior 15 days – 50 % penalty is charged
Cancellation prior 1 day – 100 % penalty is charged
