Get the most of Uzbekistan
- Tour countries:
- Uzbekistan
- Type of tour:
- Adventure, Historical, General
TASHKENT-WESTERN TYAN-SHAN MOUNTAINS - NUKUS - KHIVA - BUKHARA - NURATA - BASE CAMP (KIZILKUM DESERT) - SAMARKAND -SHAKHRISABZ- SAMARKAND- TASHKENT- FERGANA VALLEY -TASHKENT
Day 1: Tashkent
Arrive Tashkent, welcome at the airport and transfer to the hotel for check-in. Sightseeing tour of Tashkent: a visit to the Amir Timur Square, Theatre Square with the Opera House, Applied Art Museum, Earthquake Memorial, People's Friendship Palace with Abdul Kasim Madrassah and Alisher Navoi National Park, Independence Square. Night in Tashkent.
Day 2: Tashkent
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day for sightseeing of Tashkent. Night in Tashkent.
Day 3: Tashkent - Tyan Shan Mountains (Charvak, Chimgan)
Breakfast in the hotel. Morning meeting you at your hotel's reception desk, drive to Chimgan mountains (approximately 1.5 hours), arrival Beldersay Mountain. Chair lift to reach on top for (30 min). Enjoy the mountain scenery and horse riding at your own cost. Also take breathtaking photo opportunity overlooking the mountains. Chair lift for reach down for (30 min). Drive to Charvak Lake (water resister on the top of mountains). Outdoor excursion. Free time to explore outdoor activities (for your own cost): Swimming pool, Beach activities, Bowling, Paintball shouting, Caters & scooters use. Departure from the resort at 17.00 hrs. At 19:00 Arrival Tashkent and transfer to your hotel. Dinner in Tashkent in some nice local restaurants. Night in Tashkent.
Day 4: Tashkent-Nukus-Khiva
Breakfast in the hotel. Flight to Nukus. Visit museum of Igor Savitsky. Drive to Khiva. Arrive Khiva and hotel check-in. Night in Khiva
Day 5: Khiva
Full day for sightseeing of Khiva - including visits to the inner town of Ichan Kala (XIV-XX CC) with Muhamad Amin khan Madrassah, Kalta Minor Minaret, Kunya Ark, Muhamad Rahim khan Madrassah, Djuma Mosque and Minaret, Tash Hauli Palace, Islam Khodja Minaret and Madrassah, Shirgazi khan Madrassah, Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum. Night in Khiva.
Day 6: Khiva
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day for sightseeing of Khiva. Night in Khiva.
Day 7: Khiva - Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Bukhara via the Kizilkum desert (460 km, 7 hrs). Stop en route near the Amu Darya River. Arrive Bukhara and hotel check-in, free time. Night in Bukhara.
Day 8: Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day for sightseeing of Bukhara. Night in Bukhara.
Day 9: Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day sightseeing tour in Bukhara. Visits to the Ark Fortress (I-XX CC), Bolo Hauz Mosque (XVIII C), Samanids Mausoleum (IX-X CC), Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum (XII-XVI CC). Lunch. PM portion of s/s tour on foot along the old town of Bukhara from Poi-Kalyan complex with Kalyan Minaret (XII C) through orient bazaars with three trade domes of Toki Zargaron (XV C), Toki Sarrafon (XVI C), Toki Telpak Furushon (XVI C), Ulugbek Madrassah (XV C), Abdulazizkhan Madrassah (XVII C) to the Lyabi Hauz complex (XVI -XVII CC). Night in Bukhara.
Day 10: Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day for sightseeing of Bukhara. Night in Bukhara.
Day 11: Bukhara
Breakfast in the hotel. Today we drive outside Bukhara for sightseeing: Bagautdin Nakhshbandi Complex - a center of Sufism (XIV-XVI CC, 14 km outside the town), Sitorai Mokhi Khosa - summer residence of the last Emir of Bukhara (XIX-XX, 4 km outside the town). Afternoon visit to the Chor Bakr Necropolis (XVI-XX CC, 10 km outside the town), back to Bukhara and a visit to the Chor - Minor (Four Minarets, XIX C). Night in Bukhara.
Day 12: Bukhara - Nurata - Base Camp (Kizilkum Desert)
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Nurata (185km, 3hrs.) Enjoy guided tour around Nurata town for 2 hrs. en route: ruins and fortifications remained after Alexander the Great, saint spring and medieval mosque Namazgokh. Transfer to the base camp (65 km, 1.5 hrs). Camel riding instructions and then camel riding. Overnight in yurts (huts).
Day 13: Base Camp (Kizilkum Desert)
Full sightseeing day at Base Camp. Overnight in yurts (huts).
Day 14: Base Camp (Kizilkum Desert) - Samarkand
After breakfast camel riding to the Aydarkul Lake for fishing and swimming. PM transfer to Samarkand (290km, 4hrs.) Arrive Samarkand and hotel check-in. Night in Samarkand.
Day 15: Samarqand
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day sightseeing tour in Samarkand: Gur-Emir Mausoleum - Grave of Timur (XV C), Rukhabad Mausoleum (XIV C), Shakhi Zinda Necropolis (XIV-XV CC), Registan Square (XV-XVII CC), Bibi Khanum Mosque (XIV-XV CC) and Samarkand local bazaar. Night in Samarkand.
Day 16: Samarqand
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day for sightseeing of Samarqand. Night in Samarqand.
Day 17: Samarkand - Shakhrisabz - Samarkand
Breakfast in the hotel. One day trip to Shakhrisabz (150 km, 2,5 hours). Shakhrisabz is a home - town of Tamerlane and during our 2 hour sightseeing tour we can enjoy the bright example of Central Asian architecture of XIV-XV centuries by visiting: The Ak Saray Palace, Ulugbek's Blue Domed Mosque, Jakhangir's Mausoleum. PM drive back to Samarkand (150 km, 2,5 hours). Arrive Samarkand. Night in Samarkand.
Day 18: Samarqand
Breakfast in the hotel. Full day for sightseeing of Samarqand. Night in Samarqand.
Day 19: Samarqand
Breakfast in the hotel. Sightseeing tour in Samarqand: Ulugbek Observatory (XV C), Excavation of an ancient city and museum of Afrosiyab, Tombstone of Saint Danyar, Night in Samarkand. PM visit to the "Samarkand-Bukhara Silk Carpets" factory for 2 hours where you can observe the whole process of weaving silk carpets based on "hand made" technology. Night in Samarqand.
Day 20: Samarkand - Tashkent
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Tashkent (320 km, 5 hours). Arrive Tashkent and hotel check-in. Night in Tashkent.
Day 21: Tashkent-Fergana Valley
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Fergana Valley. Sightseeing tour to Qoqon and Fergana cities. Night in Fergana.
Day 22: Fergana Valley
Breakfast in the hotel. Full sightseeing day. Night in Fergana.
Day 23: Fergana Valley-Tashkent
Breakfast in the hotel. Sightseeing tour to Margilan and Rishtan. Drive to Tashkent. Night in Tashkent.
Day 24: Tashkent
Breakfast in the hotel. Free day in Tashkent. Night in Tashkent.
Day 25: Depart Tashkent
Transfer to the airport and depart Tashkent. End of the tour.
