Silk Route Tour (Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Kyrgyzstan) 10N-11D

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11d
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Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

In the past, Silk Route trade passed through many of the Central Asian cities including Almaty, Bishkek, Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Merv. As Caravans stopped in these cities on their way from China to Europe, they exchanged not only goods and ethnic groups, but also knowledge and experience. This made Central Asia a center of master-craftsmen, world-class scholars, and a diverse culture.
Follow in the footsteps of the Silk Route Trade you will have chance to explore the most famous sights of Kazakhstan,Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Activity location

Almaty
- Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Meeting/Redemption Point

Hotel Kazzhol Almaty
- 127/1 Gogol Street
- 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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Silk Route Tour (Uzbekistan-Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Kyrgyzstan) 10N-11D

11d
English

Pickup included

Travelers

Languages available

Starting time: 16:00

Price details

P 196,407.30 x 2 AdultsP 392,814.60

Total

Until Sun, May 5

What's included, what's not

All Taxes
LOI for Turkmenistan
All fees to monuments as per the itinerary
Ashgabat-Mary airfare
Bukhara-Samarkand, Samarkand-Tashkent “Afrosiyob” high speed train economy class tickets
All trips & transfers in comfortable car as per the itinerary
Acc. on Twin basis in hotels Breakfast InTashkent, Khiva, Samarkand,Bukhara,Almaty,Bishkek,Ashgabat
International Air tickets;
Late Check out and early check in
Tashkent-Urgench airfare
Almaty-Tashkent airfare
Tashkent-Bishkek airfare
Charges in hotels for additional services
Photography and video making fees at the sites;
Visa fees for Turkmenistan
Migration fees for Turkmenistan -12$
Personal insurance
Tips and gratuities
Any services not included in the above itinerary

Know before you book

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Specialized infant seats are available
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Arrival Almaty

1 stop
Meals: snacks
Accommodation: Rahat Palace hotel or similar

Almaty

After arrival meet and transfer to hotel. Dinner at local restaurant. Check in Hotel. Overnight in Almaty.

Day 2: Almaty

4 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Rahat Palace Hotel

Park Named After Panfilov’s 28 Guardsmen

20m
Admission ticket included

After breakfast visit named after the 28 Panfilov guards from Almaty, who died heroically defending Moscow against the Nazi invasion in 1941

Ascension Cathedral

20m
Admission ticket included

the world’s most elevated wooden church

Central State Museum of Kazakhstan

40m
Admission ticket included

The largest museum in Kazakhstan, and one of the largest museums in Central Asia. The museum houses the most significant collection of Kazakh historical, archaeological, and modern cultural and political artifacts

Medeu Cable Car , Shymbulak Ski Resort

2h
Admission ticket included

Where you will have a brief stop on the huge Medeo dam, which protects the city from destructive mudflows formed on the tops of the western Tien Shan. Medeo - Shymbulak cable car (gondola, way up) - mountain ski resort Shymbulak- - amazing views of the snow peaks and the Tien-Shan mountains .

Day 3: Almaty-Tashkent

6 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: City Palace hotel or similar category hotels

Ensemble Hazrati Imam

1h
Admission ticket included

After breakfast take flight to Tashkent. 12:15 Departure from Almaty and 12:50 Arrival in Tashkent. Meet by our guide and driver. Lunch at local restaurant and visit Ensemble Hazrati Imam- cultic architectural complex and the religious heart of Tashkent, is located in the old part of the city. Here you will visit Barak Khan madrasah was built in the 16th century, Kaffal Shashi mausoleum was built in the 16th century, The Namazgah mosque built in 1965, Muyi Muborak madrasah was built in the 16th century. Currently, the madrasah houses the library of the Administration of the Muslims of Uzbekistan, which contains rare manuscripts and the Koran of Caliph Osman (7th century) – the world’s oldest manuscript consisting of 353 unusually large parchments with the earliest version of the Koran.

Kokaldash Madrasah

30m
Admission ticket included

Kukeldash Madrasah is the largest of the 23 madrasahs of old Tashkent, built in 1569 by the Minister of Tashkent Sheibanid Sultans Barak Khan and Dervish Khan, nicknamed "Kukeldash."

Chorsu Bazaar

1h
Admission ticket included

Chorsu Bazaar is one of the largest bazaars in Uzbekistan and Central Asia, located in the old part of Tashkent called Eski Shahar. Bazaar "Chorsu" was known in the Middle Ages and was of great importance on the road of the Great Silk Road.

Uzbekistan State Museum of Applied Art

1h
Admission ticket included

It was founded in 1937 on the basis of a temporary exhibition of handicrafts. The museum’s exhibition funds contain over 4 thousand exhibits that reveal the history of decorative art of Uzbekistan: wood carving, ceramics, embossing, art of jewelers, gold seamstresses, embroiderers, samples of mass production of local industry.

Mustaqillik Maydoni

Located in the center of Tashkent. The major state events and parades are held here on national holidays.

Amir Temur Square

Amir Temur Square is one of the most favorite places not only for local residents but also for visitors of the capital, located in the center of Tashkent. Overnight in Tashkent.

Day 4: Tashkent-Urgench-Khiva

1 stop
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Bek Khiva hotel or similar category hotel

Itchan Kala

5h
Admission ticket included

After breakfast take flight to Urgench. 09:00 Arrival in Urgench. Drive to Khiva city (35 km). Arrival in Khiva, leave luggages in hotel and tour in The historical complex Ichan-Kala is an almost intact medieval old town area in Khiva. It was the first site in Central Asia to be included in UNESCO World Heritage List. Overnight in Khiva

Day 5: Khiva-Dashowuz-Gaz Crater

4 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Tent in Karakum Desert, near by Gas Crater, Darwaza.

Sultan Tekesh Mausoleum

20m
Admission ticket included

After breakfast, drive to UZB-TURKM border (100 km) Cross border after formalities and meet our guide and driver. Later drive to Kunyeurgench to visit SultanTekesh Mausoleum- was the 12th century Khorezm Shah who made Khorezm great. The first major tomb in central Asia with raised turquoise ceramic ornament.

Nedjmeddin Kubra Mausoleum

20m
Admission ticket included

The Najm ad-Din al-Kubra Mausoleum honors Najmuddin-e Kubra (1145-1221), a Sufi mystic and founder of the Kubrawiya, a branch of Sufiism.

Sultan Ali Mausoleum

20m
Admission ticket included

The Mausoleum of Sultan Ali, who ruled in the 16th century, is located across. It is a hexagonal monument, with a dome measuring 9.5 meters

Darvaza Gas Crater

1h
Admission ticket included

Drive to The Darvaza gas crater , also known as the Door to Hell or Gates of Hell, is a natural gas field collapsed into a cavern located in Derweze. Arrival in point . check in tent. Visit gas crater . dinner at tent.

Day 6: Gas Crater-Ashgabat

4 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Archabil Hotel or similar category hotel

Ashgabat

Ashgabat is the capital of Turkmenistan, famous for its white marble buildings and grandiose monuments.

Bokurdak

Bokurdak village with sightseeing yurta and modern style Turkmen house.

Parthian Fortresses of Nisa - UNESCO World Heritage Site

1h
Admission ticket included

Nisa – capital of Parthian Kingdom .Old Parthian Ruins.

Russian Bazaar

Local Bazaar

Day 7: Ashgabat-Merw-Mary-Bukhara

5 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Asia Bukhara hotel or similar category hotel

Ancient Merv - UNESCO World Heritage Site

Mary formerly named Merv, Meru and Margiana, is a city on an oasis in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, located on the Murgab River. It is the capital city of Mary Region

Soltan Sanjar Mausoleum

20m
Admission ticket included

Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar - the mausoleum of one of the most famous Seljuk soltans of Ahmad Sanjar, located in Merv. Sanjar himself ordered to build a mausoleum and called it “Dar al ahira” (“House of the Afterlife”). In 1157 he was buried. The mausoleum was destroyed by the Mongols during the invasion of Khorezm in 1221 and was rebuilt later.

Erk Kala

30m
Admission ticket included

Erk Kala, was founded in the 6th century BCE; in the 3rd century BCE it became the citadel for the larger Hellenistic city of Antiochia Mar- ginana (today known as Gyaur Kala).

Turkmenabat

Turkmenabad - a city in Turkmenistan, the administrative center of the Lebap province

Bukhara

Bukhara is a province in Uzbekistan

Day 8: Bukhara-Samarkand

6 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Emir Han hotel or Similar category hotel

Lyabi House Hotel

Lyab-i Hauz Ensemble is probably the most popular Bukhara tourist attraction, often used as a rest stop, thanks to its grandness, tranquility and old age. Lyab-i Hauz is located in the southeast shakhristan (the part of the city within the city walls but outside the citadel) near the main Bukhara trade street.

Bukhara Synagogue

The synagogue was built in 16 century.

Magoki Attori Mosque and carpet meusium

20m
Admission ticket included

Magoki Attari Mosque - a monument of medieval architecture; column-domed mosque of the 12th-16th centuries in the historical center of Bukhara. Located more than 4.5 meters below ground level, it is interesting for its carved decor. The oldest surviving monuments of Bukhara.

Kalon Minaret

40m
Admission ticket included

Poi Kalyan is an architectural ensemble located at the foot of the Kalyan minaret. The complex consists of three buildings built in the XII - XVI centuries: the Kalyan minaret, the Kalyan mosque and the Miri Arab madrasah. Poi Kalyan is located on the Registan Square, and is the central architectural ensemble of Bukhara.

Ark of Bukhara

40m
Admission ticket included

Ark is an ancient citadel in Bukhara in modern Uzbekistan; a monumental fortress, rising almost 20 meters above the level of the surrounding area and covering an area of about 4 hectares.

Samarkand

15:50 take high speed train "Afrasiyab" to depart to Samarkand. 17:15 Arrival in Samarkand - the 3rd largest city in Uzbekistan, the administrative center of Samarkand region. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight in Samarkand

Day 9: Samarkand-Tashkent

6 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: City Palace hotel or similar category

Amir Temur Mausoleum Gur-i Amir Сomplex

1h
Admission ticket included

Gur Emir - the mausoleum of Tamerlane, his mentor Mir Sayyid Barak, and some members of the Timur family - in Samarkand.

Registan

1h
Admission ticket included

Registan square with 3 huge madrasahs: Ulughbek (XVc.), Shirdar (XVIIc.) & Tillakori (XVIIc.)

Ulugh Beg Observatory

40m
Admission ticket included

Ulugbek Observatory is one of the most significant observatories of the Middle Ages, built by Ulugbek on Kuhak Hill in the vicinity of Samarkand in 1424-1428

Shah-i-Zinda

40m
Admission ticket included

Shahi Zinda - a monument of medieval architecture in Samarkand, an ensemble of mausoleums of the Karakhanid and Timurid nobility. The complex that has reached us consists of eleven mausoleums that were sequentially attached to each other during the XIV-XV centuries

Bibi-Khanym Mausoleum

The Bibi Khanum Mosque is an architectural monument from 1399-1404 in Samarkand, the grandiose cathedral mosque of Tamerlane, richly decorated with tiles, carved marble and murals.

Tashkent

at 17:30 Take Afrasiyab high speed train to Tashkent. (2 h 10 min). Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan, which is famous for its numerous museums and a combination of modern and Soviet architecture. 19:40 Arrival in Tashkent. Check in hotel. Overnight in Tashkent

Day 10: Tashkent-Bishkek

5 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
Accommodation: Sheraton hotel or similar category hotel

Bishkek

After breakfast take flight to Bishkek- is the capital of Kyrgyzstan, located at the foot of the Tien Shan mountains in Central Asia.

Ala-Too Square

30m
Admission ticket included

Ala-Too Square is the central square of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. Along its perimeter are the State Historical Museum, the Friendship of Peoples Monument, Oak Park with an open-air sculpture museum and St. Nicholas Church, the oldest building in the city

Oak Park

20m
Admission ticket included

Oak Park or Chingiz Aitmatov Park is the oldest park in Bishkek. Here is the Open Air Sculpture Museum

Mikhail Frunze Museum

30m
Admission ticket included

Frunze Museum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Dedicated to a Bolshevik revolutionary, this museum is a true time capsule of the Soviet era.

Ala-Archa Gorge

1h
Admission ticket included

Ala-Archa National Park

Day 11: Bishkek-Burana Tower-Almaty

2 stops
Meals: breakfast, lunch
Accommodation: Not included

Burana Tower

2h
Admission ticket included

The Burana Tower is a minaret of the X-XI centuries of the Karakhanid empire in the Chuy valley in the north of Kyrgyzstan. Located 80 km from the capital of Bishkek,

Almaty

After tour in Burana tower take flight or car to drive to Almaty. End of the tour.

Location

Activity location

Almaty
- Almaty, Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan

Meeting/Redemption Point

Hotel Kazzhol Almaty
- 127/1 Gogol Street
- 050000, Almaty, Kazakhstan

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