Tashkent to Ashgabat

Meals

9 breakfasts and 2 dinners are included

Transport

Private vehicle, 4x4 vehicle, Metro, Taxi, Overnight Train

Accomodation

Hotel (7 nights), Yurt Camp (1 night), Overnight Train (1 night), Guest House (1 night)

Included Activities

• Tashkent - Chorsu Bazaar
• Tashkent - Khast Imom Complex & Moyie Mubarek Library Museum
• Tashkent - Amir Timur Square
• Tashkent - City tour
• Tashkent - Metro tour
• Khiva - Islom Hoja Minaret & Medressa
• Khiva - Juma Mosque
• Khiva - Tosh-Hovli Palace
• Khiva - Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum
• Khiva - Kuhna Ark
• Darvaza - "Door to Hell" Crater
• Yerbent - Village visit
• Nohur - Village walking tour
• Geokdepe - Horse breeder visit with bread & snack cooking demostration
• Ashgabat - Anau ruins
• Ashgabat - Neutrality Arch
• Ashgabat - Ertugrul Gazi Mosque
• Ashgabat - City tour
• Ashgabat - Nisa ruins
• Ashgabat - Russian Bazaar
• Merv - Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum
• Merv - Erk Kala & Gayur Kala
• Merv - Big & Small Kizkala
• Mary - City tour

• Explore the UNESCO-protected town of Khiva – steeped in Silk Road history and immortalised in many great tales, this town is as photogenic as it is legendary.
• Witness the eternal flames of the Darvaza Crater, aka the 'Gates to Hell' as you camp nearby – one of the strangest, most mesmerising geological oddities on earth.
• Stay at a local guesthouse in a rural village in Turkmenistan – a rare opportunity to get up close to local people’s life – and visit a local horse breeder who preserves the precious breed that is the national treasure of Turkmenistan – Akhal-Teke horses.
• See the sprawling ruins of Mary, Merv and other ancient kingdoms and contemplate the remnants of empires that once ruled these vast lands.
• Learn how Ashgabat rose from the devastation of an earthquake in 1948 and has enjoyed a surreal and futuristic makeover since. Witness its often bizarre, but certainly memorable architecture on a city tour with a local leader who has all the insights.