Tours to Uzbekistan

Tours to Uzbekistan

Tashkent
Samarkand
Samarkand
Samarkand
Bukhara
Bukhara
Yurt Camp
Shakhrisabz
Kokand

The Flower of the desert

Tour summary:

This is a trip to discover beautiful oases of Kyzyl-Kum desert, you will follow the steps of caravans passed through this territory.

Tour itinerary:
Day 1: arrival to Uzbekistan

Arrival to Tashkent and transfer to hotel. Accommodation to the hotel.

Khast Imam complex, Chorsu bazar, Arts museum, Independence square , Timur`s square.

Overnight Tashkent.

Day 2: Tashkent - Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel. In the morning, drive to Samarkand (280 km). Accommodation to the hotel.

After lunch, half day city tour, including:

  • Ulugbeg Observatory (s.XV)
  • Shakhi-Zinda Mausoleum
  • Saint Daniel Mausoleum
  • Konigil paper factory where they make a paper from mulberry with ancient method.
  • Afrosiab Museum

Overnight in Samarkand.

Day 3: Samarkand

Breakfast at the hotel.

  • Reghistan square
  • Gur-Emir mausoleum
  • Bibikhanum mosque
  • Local bazaar
  • Gastronomy of uzbek kitchen you`ll learn how to cook a famous national dish - plov.

Overnight in Samarkand.

Day 4: Samarkand - Shakhrisabz - Bukhara

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Shakhrisabz native city of Great Timur.

  • Akaray palace a summer residence of Great Timur
  • Dorut – Tilovat complex
  • Dorus – Siadat complex with empty grave of Timur

Drive to Bukhara.

Accommodation to the hotel.

Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 5: Bukhara

Breakfast

The visit of sights around the city:

  • Ismail Samanid’s mausoleum the most ancient historical building of Bukhara X –century
  • Chashma Ayub mausoleum with the museum of water’s history of region.
  • Bolo khauz mosque famous as a mosque of emirs “ title of governors”
  • Ark fortress residence of emirs
  • Kalon mosque and minaret the highest in Bukhara 48 m.

Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 6: Bukhara

Breakfast at the hotel.

The excursion along old part of Bukhara.

  • Bakhavauddin Nakshbandi complex.
  • Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa palace the summer residence of Bukhara emirs
  • Labi – Khauz complex where you can see 2 medressahs, small lake surrounded with old trees, and Nodir Devonbegi’s Kanaga built in XVII century

Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 7: Bukhara - Khiva

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Khiva 450 km ( 7 hours). Lunch picnic on desert.

Free-time

Overnight in Khiva

Day 8: Khiva

Breakfast at the hotel.

The visit of sightseeings of the city considered as (Museum under the sky): Ichan-Kala internal city surrounded by walls rebuilt in XIX century.

Overnight in Khiva

Day 9: Khiva - Nukus - Khiva

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Nukus the capital of Karakalpakistan 200 km, 3 hours, the visit of Igor Savitskiy museum (Louvre of desert) , where you can see a big collection of Russian avant-garde painting school and a collection of Applied Art objects. Drive back to Khiva. Overnight in Khiva.

Day 10: Khiva - Urgench - Tashkent

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Urgench to take a flight to Tashkent. Free-time.

Overnight in Tashkent.

Day 11: Tashkent - Kokand - Ferghana

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Ferghana valley 360 km.

Sightseeing tour in Kokand

  • The palace of Khudayar Khan
  • Complex of Dakhmai Shokon
  • Juma mosque

Transfer to Ferghana (90 km) on the way the visit of Rishtan ceramic workshop.

Accommodation in the hotel.

Dinner. Overnight in Ferghana.

Day 12: Ferghana - Tashkent

Breakfast at the hotel.

Drive to Marghilan 11 km, the visit of Yodgorlik silk weaving factory and drive back to Tashkent.

Overnight in Tashkent.

Day 13: Tashkent - Departure

Transfer to airport for international departure. End of our services.