Throughout Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan

Early morning transfer to the local airport in Tashkent at 04:00 a.m. Morning flight Tashkent – Urgench at 06:00 – 07:30 a.m.Arrival in Urgench and transfer to Khiva by transport (Urgench-Khiva 30km). After dropping off luggage at the hotel, we begin our journey through the ancient Khiva, known as the "open-air museum city" surrounded by a thick, high wall:

MADRASA OF MUHAMED AMINKHAN AND KALTA MINOR:

KOHNA ARK

AKSHEYKH BABA'S VIEWPOINT

MADRASAH OF MUHAMED RAHIMKHAN (FERUZ)

JUMA MOSQUE

TASH HOVLI PALACE

OLLAQULIKHAN CARAVASAR

ISLAM KHOJA'S MADRASA AND MINARET

PAHLAVAN MAJMUD COMPLEX

Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After having breakfast, check out the hotel, at 08:00 transfer to Turkmen/Uzbek border “Shavat” border which is about 30 minutes far from Khiva. Our representative will meet you at Turkmen/Uzbek border “Shavat”. Drive to Kunya Urgench (1.5h). Sightseeing tour in Kunya Urgench:

PORTAK OF CARAVANSARAY

MAMNUN MINARET

ARSLAN MUSEUM

SULTAN TEKESH MUSEUM

ACADEMY OF HOREZM KUTLUG

TIMUR MINARET

TURABEK HANUM MUSEUM

Afternoon drive to DARWAZA BURNING GAS CRATER (3.5 h) The Crater is also called as "The Door to Hell". Breakfast lunch and dinner included. After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After having breakfast at yurt camp. Transfer to Ashgabat, which takes about 3.5 hours. En-route we cross Karakum desert, will stop in a small desert village Erbent. Arrival in Ashgabat and free time. Breakfast lunch and dinner included Check in and stay overnight in the hotel in Ashgabat.

After having breakfast at the hotel, drive to visit Nissa fortress -the Sanctuary of Parthian Kings. UNESCO declared fortress a World Heritage Site in 2007. Nissa described as one of the first capitals of the Parthians. Later drive to visit Horse hippodrome to see a national proud of Turkmen people - Akhalteke horses, the nicest horses in the world. 5000 years ago, Turkmens begin breed Akhalteke horses.

After you will have Ashgabat city tour. In 2013 the Guinness Book of Records named Ashgabat “white marbled city” – here you can see the biggest number of structures in the world made out of the white marble.

You will see:

PRESIDENTIAL PALACE,

RUHYYET PALACE, WEDDING PALACE,

MODERN “YILDYZ” HOTEL,

FERRIES WHEEL,

CONSTITUTION MONUMENT,

ARCH OF NEUTRALITY,

MONUMENT AND PARK OF INDEPENDENCE

, ERTOGRUL GAZY MOSQUE,

ASHGABAT SPORTS AND HOUSING FACILITIES,

THE EARTHQUAKE AND VICTIMS OF WWII MONUMENTS.

Breakfast lunch and dinner included Stay overnight in the hotel in Ashgabat.

After having breakfast, check out the hotel. Morning transfer to domestic airport of Ashgabat for flight to Mary. Arrival in Mary and drive to Merv to explore ancient Merv – “Queen of the world”.

MERV INCLUDES GREATER KYZ GALA & LESSER KYZ GALA (VI-VII),

COMPLEX OF ASKHABS (VIII-XIV),

ERK GALA GYAUR GALA HOJA YUSUP HAMADANI COMPLEX,

SULTAN SANJAR MAUSOLEUM,

MUHAMED IBN ZEID MAUSOLEUM.

After sightseeing, drive to Turkmen-Uzbek border FARAP BORDER (3h). When you arrive to the Farap border of Bukhara, Uzbekistan, your local guide and driver who provide services in your language meet you with the name board. Breakfast lunch and dinner included. After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

This morning we will continue our excursion with the legendary city of Bukhara:

LYABI-KHAUZ ENSEMBLE (16th-17th centuries)

ANCIENT AND ORIENTAL DOMED MARKETS (16th-17th)

ULUGBEK AND ABDULAZIZ KHAN MADRASAHS (15th-17th centuries)

POI KALON ENSAMBLE (12th-16th centuries)

ARK OF BUKHARA (5th-20th centuries)

BOLO HAUZ MOSQUE (18th-20th centuries)

SAMANIDS MAUSOLEUM (9th-10th centuries)

Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After having breakfast, continue your tour. It is good to know Bukhara once recognized as the capital of Islam. There were many famous Islamic scholars and many madrassahs. Besides that it was trading centre at that time which included many trading domes, caravanserais and ancient baths.

CHAR MINAR (19th century)

MEMORIAL COMPLEX OF SHAYKH BAHA-UD-DIN NAQSHBAND (14th-19th centuries)

SITORAI MOKHI KHOSA PALACE (19th-20th centuries)

CHASHMAI AYUB MAUSOLEUM (12th-16th centuries)

BUKHARA BAZAAR

Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After having breakfast, check out the hotel and transfer to ancient Samarkand city “the pearl of the East”. On the way, we will visit:

GIJDUVAN POTTERY WORKSHOP

KHOJA ALAUD DAULA ABDUL KHALIK GIJDUVANI COMPLEX (THE FOUNDER OF “KHODJAGON” SUFI BRANCH)

After arrival to the hotel in Samarkand, check in and take the rest before dinner. Breakfast lunch and dinner included. After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

Today we continue our journey through the ancient and eternally old Samarkand city, which is almost three thousand years old:

GUR-E AMIR MAUSOLEUM (14th-15th centuries)

REGISTAN SQUARE (15th-17th Centuries)

BIBI KHANYM MOSQUE (14th-15th centuries)

SIAB BAZAAR

SHAH-I-ZINDA

ENSEMBLE THE OBSERVATORY OF ULUGBEK (15th century)

Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After having breakfast, check out the hotel. Then, let's get acquainted with ancient Samarkand with interesting things outside of Samarkand:

THE RUINS OF AFROSIAB

SAMARKAND PAPER MILL FACTORY

SAMARKAND SILK CARPET FACTORY

Transfer to Samarkand train station Journey to Tashkent on the Afrosiab ( Talgo250) high-speed train. Departure and arrival time: 17:37-19:47 pm. Transfer to hotel. Breakfast lunch and dinner included. After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After having breakfast, check out the hotel and continue today`s journey through the picturesque Tian Shan mountain range to the beautiful Fergana Valley. The valley has always been a very interesting place for foreign tourists to meet, communicate and observe the locals (because tourism is not yet strongly developed), and there is an opportunity to see real Uzbek lifestyle. We will arrive in the ancient city of Kokand, one of the main crossroads of the Great Silk Road:

KHUDOYAR KHAN PALACE – URDA (19th centuary)

JUMA MOSQUE (19th centuary)

"DAKHMA-I-SHAKHAN" ROYAL CEMETRY (19th centuary)

RISHTAN CERAMICS CENTRE

Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After having breakfast, check out the hotel and transfer to famous Margilan city in Fergana region:

“YODGORLIK” SILK FACTORY

MARGILAN BAZAR

After completing excursion transfer to “Dostlik” border of Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan (120km). After crossing Uzbek-Kyrgyz border, your guide and driver will meet you with the nameboard and take you to Airport in the direction of Osh-Bishkek at (10:40-11:20). After lunch, transfer to hotel for check in and take the rest.

Free time till dinner.

Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

When you arrive in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, your local guide and driver who provide services in your language meet you with name board at Bishkek (Manas) International Airport. We will start our excursion from the capital, Bishkek city, it is located at an altitude 750-m.above sea level. City tour will start from visiting:

VICTORY SQUARE, OAK PARK

CENTRAL ALA-TOO SQUARE

THE HISTORY MUSEUM NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC OTHER INTERESTING SIGHTSEEING’S

ASIAN BAZAR

Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After dinner, transfer to the hotel for check in and stay overnight at the hotel.

After breakfast, check out the hotel and we will start our drive to the second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan – Son Kul. This lake is surrounded by mountains and it is the highest alpine lake in Kyrgyzstan, situated at an altitude of 3013 meters above sea level. Since ancient times Kyrgyz nomads have come to this wonderful area with their families for rest and relaxation. On route you will visit Burana Tower (an 11th century minaret) and an open air museum of Balbans (stone warriors). We will have a break In Kochkor village, where a local family will show you how our national felt carpets are made. After completing excursion, we will transfer to the Yurts Breakfast lunch and dinner included.

After breakfast, we will drive to the capital of Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek city. The road to the city goes through the southern part of Kyrgyzstan. During your transfer be prepared for amazing views of impressive mountains and gorges. Today you will see panoramic views of Tue Ashuu pass which is more than 3000 meters high! This road is considered to be one of the most beautiful in Kyrgyzstan. You will have many photo stops so that you will remember this day. Fantastic roads, amazing views, nomads, high mountains; ensure your memories of Kyrgyzstan will last a lifetime. When we reach Bishkek, we will transfer to the hotel for check in and take the rest before dinner. Breakfast lunch and dinner included After dinner transfer to the hotel for staying overnight.

After having breakfast, check out the hotel and transfer to Manas International Airport in the morning. This is the end of our short journey to Central Asia.  Thank you for opening the door to “The Lost World” with us. See you again!!!