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 Turkmenistan
Itinerary title: Discover Turkmenistan
Days of tour: 3
Day 1: Ashgabat
After arrival at the airport, your Turkmen driver will meet you. Then he will take you to Ashgabat city, the capital of Turkmenistan. On the day of arrival, you will get acquainted with the sights of our capital. At the beginning you will visit the Nisa fortress. The king Mitridate who lived during 171-138 BC ordered to build this city and Old Nisa was called as Mitridatkert after his name. It was in the period when Parthian Empire was a world power. After a while, it was decided to transfer the capital to Asia Minor. Despite this, s special attitude to Old Nisa was retained: tombs of the Arsacids dynasty members were located. After exploring this place, we will continue our tour to Turkmenbashy Ruhy Mosque. It can occupy more than 10, 000 people. Then we will drive to Gokdepe horse farm. There you can see the beautiful Ahal-Teke Horses. Farther we will return back to Ashgabat city where your dinner will wait for you. After dinner we will go to the Independence Park and the Palace of Happiness. There you will have a great chance to enjoy the panoramic view of the capital city. At the end of the tour you will be transferred to the hotel where you will spend the night.
Day 2: Ashgabat – Darwaza – Dashoguz
Today we will go to Darvaza gas crater “Door to hell”. Another name of the marvel is Gate to Hell or the Crater of Fire. It is located 266 kilometers from the north of Ashgabat city. Here it is possible to see fire erupting in the middle of the desert. The view of the flame burning in the desert is fascinating and intriguing. You will remember these moments during your whole life. It is interesting that not many people know how this wonder appeared. Then the tour route will take us to Dashoguz town. The night will be spent in a hotel.
Day 3: Dashoguz – Kune Urgench – Khojeili border
In the morning we will start our tour to the historical place Kone-Urgench. This architectural reserve located 480 kilometers to the north from Ashgabat city. It was considered as the capital of Northern Khorezm in the first century A.D. This place is full of history. For example, it was conquered by Arabs in the middle of the 8th century. After renaming to Gurgandzh in 995 it became the residence of Khorezm Shah and the was considered as the second-largest city after the capital of Samanid Empire Bukhara. After getting acquainted with this place, we will have lunch at the local restaurant. Then we will drive to the Khojeili border where your tour in Turkmenistan will come to the end.