Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - 14 Days
New York - Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara - Mary - Turkmenabad - Koytendag - Kuguitang - Turkmenabad - Merv - Mary - Ashgabat - Kunya - Urgench - Khiva - Tashkent - New York
Duration: 14 days, 13 nights.
Season: Year round.
Description: Trip of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Tour package consists of combination of historical, architectural and cultural components.
What is included in this tour program?
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14
Day 1 - Tashkent
Arrival to Tashkent, transfer to the hotel. Free time.
Dinner.
Overnight in Tashkent.
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Day 3 - Samarkand
Breakfast.
Guided sightseeing tour in Samarkand, sightseeing tour will
include visit to the famous Registan Square, Shakhi-Zinda Complex, remains
of Bibi-Khanum Mosque.
Lunch.
Continue sightseeing tour of Shakhi-Zinda necropolis,
Gur-Emir mausoleum, Ulugbek observatory, central bazaar in Samarkand.
Dinner.
Overnight in Samarkand.
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Day 5 - Bukhara
Breakfast.
Continue sightseeing Bukhara. Visit Samani dynasty mausoleum,
Arc Fortress. Day trip to summer palace of Bukhara Emirs Sitorai-Mokhikhosa.
Lunch.
Free time in the afternoon.
Dinner.
Overnight in Bukhara.
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Day 6 - Bukhara - Mary - Turkmenabad - Koytendag
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Day 7 - Koytendag - Kuguitang
Breakfast.
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.
Dinner.
Overnight in Kuguitang.
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Day 8 - Koytendag - Turkmenabat
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Day 9 - Turkmenabat - Merv - Mary
Breakfast.
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”.
Lunch.
Continue to Mary & visit History museum. Check in hotel.
Dinner.
Overnight in Mary.
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Day 10 - Mary - Ashgabat
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Day 11 - Ashgabat - Gas crater
Breakfast.
In the morning depart Ashgabat and drive to the north through
the desert. On the way visit Erbent village. Arriving in Darvaza area & changing
the asphalt road on the desert track, continue 5 km deep inside
till the gas crater. Camping. Discover the burning gas crater at night.
Dinner.
Overnight in tents.
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Day 12 - Gas crater - Kunya- Urgench - Khiva
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Day 13 - Khiva - Urgench - Tashkent
Breakfast.
In the morning guided sightseeing of Khiva: Ichan Qala fortress
- a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where monuments Allakulikhan
Madrassah, Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, Islom Khoja Minaret, Juma Mosque,
Toshhovli and other monuments are located.
Lunch.
In the evening transfer to Urgench airport, flight to Tashkent.
Arrival to Tashkent, check in to the hotel.
Dinner.
Overnight in Tashkent.
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Day 14 - Tashkent departure
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