Optional

Concert in Bukhara with folk show and dance. Opera or Ballet show in Tashkent Opera house. (if available)

Transport

Sedan car or SUV car is included for 2 people and if more VAN is included

Accommodation

Twin or Double bedroom is included.

Guide

Escort guide is included during the tour from Day 1 till Day 16

Meals

Breakfast is included only

Flights

Local flight Mary to Ashgabat, Urgench to Tashkent are included.

Others

Entrance fee for all sites, museums.

Not included:

Others

Lunch, Dinner.

Insurance

Insurance is not included, please arrange your insurance with your local agenices

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrival In Bishkek
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrival In Bishkek

Pick up at the airport of Bishkek. Time for relaxing after jetlag.

Today you will enjoy a sightseeing tour in Bishkek. It’s a gateway to the Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountains and Ala Archa National Park, with glaciers and wildlife trails. The city’s arts scene encompasses the monumental State Museum of Fine Arts and the colonnaded Opera and Ballet Theater. The vast, central Ala-Too Square features the Manas monument, honoring the hero of the Kyrgyz Epic of Manas. Overnight Bishkek.
Day 2 Bishkek To Issykul Lake 240 Km
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Bishkek To Issykul Lake 240 Km

Breakfast in the hotel and we drive to Issykul lake via Burana tower. We will see the minaret of Burana and enjoy nature driving to Issykul lake.
Day 3 Issykul Lake To Bishkek
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Issykul Lake To Bishkek

Issyk Kul - Bishkek (240 km)

Return to Bishkek visiting Burana Tower en route. The Burana Tower is a large minaret in the Chuy Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan. It is located about 80 km east of the country’s capital Bishkek, near the town of Tokmok. The tower, along with grave markers, some earthworks, and the remnants of a castle and three mausoleums, is all that remains of the ancient city of Balasagun, which was established by the Karakhanids at the end of the 9th century. Arrival in Bishkek and overnight.
Day 4 Bishkek To Almaty Drive 240 Km
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Bishkek To Almaty Drive 240 Km

After breakfast, you will drive to Almaty, the former capital city of Kazakhstan. 4 hrs drive. Afternoon visits Panfilov Park, Zenkov wooden cathedral, St.Nicholas Cathedral, the National Musical Instruments Museum, Almaty’s Green Bazaar, panoramic view at the observatory. Overnight Almaty.
Day 5 Almaty To Tashkent Flight
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Almaty To Tashkent Flight

After breakfast in the hotel, you will be transferred to the airport for the flight to Tashkent.

upon arrival in Tashkent relax in the hotel and the afternoon visit will take you to Hasti Imam complex with Madrasah and Mosques of 15-16th Centuries, Uthman Koran of 7th century, Applied Arts museum and the biggest market in Central Asia which is called Chorsu, the crossroad. Evening free time. Overnight.
Day 6 Tashkent To Samarkand
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Tashkent To Samarkand

Early breakfast in the hotel and transfer to the railway station for a fast Train to Samarkand. Upon arrival start your city tour in Samarkand. Visit Gur Emir mausoleum, Registan square, and Siab Bazar, Bibi Hanum mosque. Day 8: Full-day city tour of Samarkand. You will visit Shahi Zinda complex, the Afrosiab museum with wall paintings of 7 C and other ancient artifacts found at the site dating back to 6 century BC up to the 20th Century AD. Also, visit the Ulughbek observatory and your visit to the Konigil Silk paper workshop will finish your sightseeing. Enjoy the Sound and Light Laser show at Registan after 2100 (if available). Overnight Samarkand.
Day 7 Samarkand City Tour And Free Time
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Samarkand City Tour And Free Time

Full day free or visit more outside of the city. We can offer to visit Konigil village where you will see the process of making Silk Paper or visit to Urgut market.
Day 8 Samarkand To Bukhara
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Samarkand To Bukhara

Take the morning train to Bukhara at 0950-1120 or another option is to drive to Bukhara via Shahrisabz, another UNESCO world heritage site. Short city tour of Shahrisabz, visit Ak Saray ruins, Kok Gumbaz mosque, Juma mosque, Jahangir’s mausoleum. Shahrisabz is also famous for its embroidery Suzane which is different than other regions of Uzbekistan and you will be able to purchase local craftworks from local masters on site. After lunch, continue driving to Bukhara and you will arrive in Bukhara later evening and have free time for a little walk and exploration of the city. Your hotel is located in the old town. Overnight Bukhara.
Day 9 Bukhara City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Bukhara City Tour

Bukhara: Full day walking or sightseeing by car in the city.

Bukhara is the pearl of Asia and it was the center of Education and Islamic culture in the medieval ages. Still, in the city, there are many mosques, madrasa, and mausoleums. Visit Ismael Samaniy mausoleum, Chashmai Ayub, Bolo Hauz mosque. Ark Fortress, dating back to the 1st century AD and 20 century, it was the royal residence of Bukhara Emir. Kalyan mosque and minaret, Mir Arab Madrasa, Taki Zargaron, Ulughbek, and Abdulazizkhan madrasa, Tim Abdullakhan, Taki Telpakfurushon, Magaki Attari mosque, Nadir Divan Begi Hanaka and Madrasa, and Chor Minor. Overnight Bukhara.
Day 10 Bukhara To Mary Transfer Via The Land Border
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Bukhara To Mary Transfer Via The Land Border

Leave early to drive to the Turkmenistan border.

You will be transferred to the border and pass through both customs, visa formalities and meet your Turkmenistan guide and driver at Turkmenistan customs. Between the two countries, there is a neutral zone and you can use a Shuttle bus from one side to the other. Continue driving to Mary, an oasis in the Karakum desert. Overnight Mary.
Day 11 Mary To Ashgabat Flight
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Mary To Ashgabat Flight

AM city tour to Bayramali, old Merw and museum of Ethnograohy of Turkmenistan and evening flight to Ashgbat.

Mary – Merv - Ashgabat: Drive to Bairamaly (25 kms).

Sightseeing in ancient Merv, founded in the 6th century BC and one of the most important cities along the Silk Road. You will see the ruins of the ancient city, excavation sites , Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum. Return to new Mary and visit the ethnography museum. Evening flight to Ashgabat.
Day 12 Ashgabat City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ashgabat City Tour

It’s known for its white marble buildings and grandiose national monuments. To the northwest, the sprawling Ruhy Mosque has a vast gilt dome. The central Artogrul Gazi Mosque is modeled on Istanbul’s Blue Mosque. Examples of traditional weaving are displayed at Turkmen Carpet Museum. The Wedding Palace is a series of star-shaped tiers topped by a giant golden globe. Sightseeing in Ashgabat including the National Museum of History and Ethnography of Turkmenistan, old Nisa, the ancient Parthian settlement, and the Anau ruins. Overnight Ashgabat.
Day 13 Ashgabat To Dashauz And Kunya Urgench, Khiva
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ashgabat To Dashauz And Kunya Urgench, Khiva

Morning transfer to the airport for flight to Dashoguz (50 minutes by Boeing-717 or 737). Drive to Kunya-Urgench (100 km/1.5 hrs) to visit the monuments of medieval Kunya-Urgench (UNESCO World Heritage Site), the former capital of the medieval Khorezmshah Empire. We will visit the 14-century mausoleum of Turabek Hanum, one of the best living examples of the architecture of its period; minaret of Kutlug Timur, a former highest minaret of Central Asia that used to form a part of the main cathedral mosque of the city; the mausoleum of Sultan Tekesh, a beautiful 12-century mausoleum with one of the earliest portals of the east and a unique cone of a dome; Kyrk-Mollah mound, the fabled al-Mamun’s Academy of Sciences; and the mausoleum of Il-Arslan, a tiny precursor of unique Khorezmian mausoleums with a pyramidal cone of a dome. Sightseeing over, transfer to Dashoguz/Shavat border (110 km/2 hrs).
Day 14 Khiva City Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Khiva City Tour

Full day visit of Khiva. Your hotel is located inside of Ichan Kala or just outside of it. So today you will be having a walking tour in a small town. Ark Fortress, Ichan Kala, Madrasah Muhammad Aminkhan, Madrasa Muhammad Rahimkhan, Kalta Minor, wood workshop, carpet Workshop, Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, Shergazikhan madrasa, Juma mosque and Minaret, Tash Hauli Palace, Caravanserai and bazaar.
Day 15 Khiva To Tashkent
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Khiva To Tashkent

Your flight to Tashkent today can be in the morning or in the evening depending on where you would like to have some free time before your departure. Overnight in Tashkent.
Day 16 Departure
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Departure

Pick up from your hotel and transfer to the airport for your return flight home.

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Central Asia 16 Days Start In Bishkek

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Itinerary of your trip Central Asia 16 Days Start In Bishkek

Day 1: Arrival In Bishkek

Bishkek To Issykul Lake 240 Km

Issykul Lake To Bishkek

Bishkek To Almaty Drive 240 Km

Almaty To Tashkent Flight

Tashkent To Samarkand

Samarkand City Tour And Free Time

Samarkand To Bukhara

Bukhara City Tour

Bukhara To Mary Transfer Via The Land Border

Mary To Ashgabat Flight

Ashgabat City Tour

Ashgabat To Dashauz And Kunya Urgench, Khiva

Khiva City Tour

Khiva To Tashkent

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