Uzbekistan Tours
No doubts that Uzbekistan as a tourist destination is one of the most popular in Central Asia. It seems like obscure to visit it, but it is becoming more and more visited by lots of tourists each year. Well-preserved architecture from the Golden Age of Islam religion is what makes it so popular. The history of the country goes back to the 1 millennia BC when world-known dynasties of Sogdia, Bactria and Khorezm grew and flourished. The famous cities from the ancient times are Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Shakrisabz, Margilan, Karshi, Tashkent and many others.
During your tours in Uzbekistan today you can feel the atmosphere of dreamy medieval deserts, stretched with a row of camels loaded with precious goods, making over stops in busy cities. Mix of cultures and people resulted in a big variety of customs and traditions preserved nowadays that you can observe during our tours. You can learn crafts of how to make paper, silk carpets and pottery like many centuries ago by making visits workshops in towns. You can taste the most famous pilaf in Central Asian region prepared on fire with meat, rice, carrots and dried fruits. You can participate in different cultural events and enjoy different shows and master classes.
Thus, Uzbekistan is a country that must be visited if you come to Central Asia. Also, we are ready to extend your tour to Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan and build up a wonderful Silk Road Tour. Come and enjoy Central Asia with us!
Discover Tajikistan
Itinerary title: Discover Tajikistan
Days of tour: 4
Day 1: Dushabe – Hissor – Dushanbe
After arrival at the airport, our driver will meet you will take you to Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan. We will drive 35 kilometers to get to Hisor fortress established in the VII–XVII centuries. This historical place has fortified areas and citadel. The delegate of the Emir of Bukhara used the fortress as a residence. The fortress was located on a high hill and the building is interesting with 1meter thick walls and loopholes for guns and cannons. Moreover, a pool and a garden inside of it made the place very unique. Also, there was a busy market square with a caravanserai and number of shops. Not much things survived of the fortress expect the entrance gate with its two imposing towers. The monuments of “Madrasa I Kuhna”, mosque, the mausoleum of “Mahdumi Azam” are included in Hisar. After returning back to Dushanbe and having our lunch, we will transfer to Botanical garden and Victory Park. Here you can take pleasure in panoramic view of the city. At the end of the tour you will be transferred to the hotel where you will spend the night.
Day 2: Dushanbe – Ramit – Dushanbe
After breakfast we will start our way to the state natural reserve "Ramit" organized by the Government of the Tajik SSR in 1959. It is located more than 80 kilometers from Dushanbe city in the picturesque Ramit gorge, near the town of Vahdat. The territory of the reserve is at an altitude of 1176–3195 meters above the sea level, on the slopes of the Hissar Range. In the mountainous area there is a rich flora, where there are several names of medicinal herbs. There is the opportunity to see mountain goats, wild boars, and other species of animals and birds. One of the significant achievements of the reserve is the creation of an artificial population of Bukhara deer.
Day 3: Dushanbe – Iskanderkul Lake – Dushanbe
Today’s day is devoted to an excursion to high Mountain lake – Iskanderkul that is 2 255 meters above the sea level and in famous Fann Mountains. This beautiful place is considered as of one the best ones in whole Central Asia. The road to Iskanderkul will go over Anzob pass that is 3 372 meters high. We will have breaks where you will enjoy amazing panoramic view and take number of pictures. Upon arrival to the lake you will go for a walk along the beach. Also, we will hike 40 minutes to see a waterfall. Tajikistan takes the second place among the CIS countries for volume of water resources: it has the highest water reserves of all Central Asian countries with more than 1 000 rivers, 2 000 lakes and 8000 glaciers. After having the rest near the lake, we will go back to Dushanbe. There we will have dinner, then go the hotel.
Day 4: Airport
In the morning you will be transferred to the airport. This is the last day of your tour in amazing Tajikistan.