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!
Mountains of Deep Canyons
Itinerary title: Mountains of Deep Canyons
Days of tour: 5
Day 1: Ashgabat
Your guide will meet you at the airport and accompany you to Ashgabat city. To begin our sightseeing tour, we will to Gokdepe village to visit one of the biggest mosques of the Central Asia, Turkmenbashy Ruhy Mosque which can occupy more than 10,000 people. After the Mosque the next destination is Gokdepe horse farm where you can see the beautiful and famous Ahal-Teke horses. After it we will drive back to the city for dinner time. After it we will visit Independence Park and the Palace of Happiness where you can see the panoramic view of the Ashgabat city. After producrive day you will spent the night in the hotel.
Day 2: Ashgabat – Kow Ata – Nokhur
Today in the morning we will go to the Kow-Ata underground lake and the well-known Bakharden cave. The lake name is translated from Turkmen language as “father of the caves”. Its popularity is connected rather with the healing properties of water, than the beauty of this underground nature. There is a region settled by mountain tribes of Nokhur that have for centuries preserved their unique culture, traditional crafts and architecture in the Kopet Dag range. After productive day you will spend the night in a homestay.
Day 3: Nokhur – Ashgabat – Kerki
The third day of the tour starts with a delicious breakfast and then we will drive to Ashgabat and visit the memorial complex consisting of three memorials honoring those that died in the 1948 earthquake, soldiers who perished in WWII and those killed in other Turkmen battles. The Earthquake Memorial features a bombastic bronze rendering of a bull and child. After lunch we will transfer to the Russian Market. It was built in the period of 1972—1982 by the design of the Russian architect Vladimir Visotin among other buildings that were included in the "Ashgabat Reconstruction Program of 1970-1980. This building decorated by the Turkmen sculptor Klych Yarmamedov who adored the building with a magnificent abstract sculpture placed in one of the building's corners and the building was done in Soviet Modernism style. After it we will drive to the train station to go to next destination Kerki town. Today’s night will be spent on the train.
Day 4: Kerki – Koytendag
After arrival in the Kerki we will have breakfast. After it we will drive to the Koytendag mountain and nature place. The country’s most beautiful mountains are Kugitangtau, also called Koytendag, are located in the east of Turkmenistan. Their name is translated from Turkmen as “mountains of deep canyons”. Actually, this ridge is cut by many deep canyons with steep cliffs, which make the sky sometimes seen only in a form of narrow strip over the head. There are the deepest lakes, the longest caves and even the Dinosaur Plateau bearing traces of these prehistoric reptiles. It is this mountain system where the highest point of Turkmenistan – Mount Ayrybaba that is 3,139 meters high is located. In addition, Koytendag Mountains are home to the country’s deepest lake – Kattakol. Today you will stay in the camp Koytendag and relax on fresh air of the place.
Day 5: Koitendag – Farap border
In the morning you will have a transfer to the border. Your tour “Mountains of Deep Canyons” comes to the end.