Central Asia: Five Stans Express

Meals

23 breakfasts and 7 dinners are included

Transport

Private Vehicle, Flight, Metro, High Speed Train

Accomodation

Hotel (17 nights), Guest House (1 night), Tourist Yurt Camp (3 nights), Home Stay (2 nights)

Included Activities

• Ashgabat – Complimentary Arrival Transfer
• Ashgabat - Ertugrul Gazi Mosque
• Ashgabat - Anau ruins
• Ashgabat - Independence Monument
• Ashgabat - Turkmenbashy Ruhi Mosque & Family Mausoleum of the First President of Turkmenistan
• Ashgabat - Neutrality Arch
• Darvaza - "Door to Hell" Crater
• Konye-Urgench - City tour
• Khiva - Juma Mosque
• Khiva - Islom Hoja Minaret & Medressa
• Khiva - Tosh-Hovli Palace
• Khiva - Kunya Ark
• Khiva - Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum
• Bukhara - Lyabi-Hauz Plaza
• Bukhara - Taki Zargaron Trading Dome
• Bukhara - Ark Fortress
• Bukhara - Ismail Samani Mausoleum
• Bukhara - Sitorai Mohi Hosa Palace
• Samarkand - Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum
• Samarkand - Shakh-I-Zinda
• Samarkand - Bibi-Khanym Mosque
• Samarkand - Registan Square
• Samarkand - Plov cooking demonstration & family visit
• Tashkent - Chorsu Bazaar
• Tashkent - City tour
• Tashkent - Metro tour
• Khujand - Jami Mosque
• Sary Tag - Iskanderkul Lake
• Dushanbe – Hissor Fort
• Dushanbe – National Museum of Antiquities of Tajikistan
• Dushanbe - Rudaki Square and Somoni Mausoleum
• Dushanbe - Navruz palace
• Almaty - Zenkov Cathedral
• Almaty - Museum of Kazakh Musical Instruments
• Almaty - Panfilov Park
• Charyn Canyon - National Park
• Kolsay Lakes National Park - Hiking
• Karakol - Dungan Mosque
• Karakol - Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral
• Issyk-Kul Lake - Fairy Tale Canyon picnic lunch
• Issyk-Kul Lake - Home-cooked meal
• Issyk-kul Lake - Kyrgyz carpet making demonstration
• Issyk-Kul Lake - Yurt workshop
• Shamsy Valley - Burana tower
• Don Aryk - Kyrgyz family visit and home-cooked lunch
• Bishkek - City walking tour

• Explore all the essential highlights of Central Asia, uncovering fascinating culture, natural landscapes and diverse history alongside unforgettable local interaction.
• See the incredible Darvaza Crater (the Gates of Hell – an eternally burning flame), Kolsai Lakes and Issyk-Kul Lake, soaking up the natural landmarks far off the common tourist trail.
• Take a step back in time as you explore the history of the Silk Road, with visits to Khiva’s ancient town, Registan, in Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khujand.
• Get to know the locals with a carpet-making workshop, through the streets of the bustling bazaars and with a homecooked dinner of plov (Uzbekistan's national dish) during an immersive homestay.
• Camp in yurts near Lake Issyk-Kul, stay in local villages and make yourself at home in a boutique hotel that used to be an old Jewish house in Bukhara.