Tours to Uzbekistan

Tours to Uzbekistan

Tashkent
Tashkent
Khiva
Khiva
Turkmenistan
Bukhara
Bukhara
Bukhara
Bukhara
Samarkand
Samarkand
Shakhrisabz
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan

The mystery of Sufism

Tour summary:

Central Asia is a native land for 3 Sufi orders. Kubraviya in Turkmenistan, Naqshbandiya in Uzbekistan and Yassaviya in Kazakhstan. We organize tours to visit the mausoleums of representatives of this mythical philosophy. This tour is combined with Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

Tour itinerary:
Day 1: Tashkent

Arrival to Tashkent. Meeting at the airport by English speaking guide. Accommodation to the hotel. Breakfast.

The visit of sightseeing of the city:

  • Khasti Imom complex (Khazrati Imom is second name of Islamic scientist Abu Bakr Kaffol Shoshiy lived in X century) – Kaffol Shoshiy mausoleum (XVI century) and Barokhan madrasah (XVI century). Muyi Muborak mosque (you can see here big manuscript of «Koran» which was manuscript by order of khalifa Usman in the VII century).
  • Kukeldosh madrasah,
  • Independence square
  • Timur`s square

Overnight in Tashkent.

Day 2: Tashkent - Urgench - Beruni - Khiva

Breakfast. Departure to Urgench by flight. Accommodation to the hotel. The visit of Said Alauddins and Pahlawan Mahmud`s shrine.

Drive to Beruni to visit the tomb of Sultan Uvays Korani.

Drive back to Khiva.

Overnight in Khiva.

Day 3: Khiva - Dashoguz - Kunya Urgench

Breakfast (at the hotel). Drive to the border with Turkmenistan, crossing formalities.

Accommodation to the hotel. Drive to Kunya Urgench to visit the maqam of Najmiddin Kubra who founded Kubraviya brotherhood.

Overnight in Dashoguz.

Day 4: Dashoguz - Ashgabat - Mary

Breakfast (at the hotel).Flight to Ashgabat. Ashgabat city tour, at the evening a flight to Mary. Accommodation to the hotel.

Overnight in Mary.

Day 5: Mary - Merv - Farab - Bukhara

Breakfast (at the hotel). Drive to Merv to visit Yusuf Khamadani and Khazret ibn Ziyad mausoleums. Drive to Farab border of Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan. Complete border formalities.

Accommodation to the hotel.

Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 6: Bukhara

Breakfast.

The beginning of ziyara tour of Seven pirs ( saints) of Bukhara:

  • Khodja Mukhammad Orif Rigvari
  • Khodja Makhmud Anjir Fagnavi
  • Khodja Azizan Ali ar Romitani
  • Khodja Mukhammad Baba as-Sammasi
  • Amir Kulal
  • Bakhavuddin Nakshbandi complex

Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 7: Bukhara city tour

Breakfast (at the hotel).

The visit of sightseeing of the city:

  • Madrassah of Mir Arab – is still in use (XVI c.).
  • Chashmai Ayub mausoleum
  • Khazreti Imam complex
  • Chor-Bakr mausoleum
  • Khodja Zaynuddin (RA) ruled ―Nakshbandiya‖ in 16th century.
  • Khodja Porso

Overnight in Bukhara.

Day 8: Bukhara - Samarkand 290 km

Breakfast. (at the hotel) at 07:00. Drive to Samarkand historical capital which is 2750 years old. On the way the visit Abdulkhalik Gijduvaniy mausoleum - the founder of the order Khodjagan and Imam al Bukhari complex near Samarkand.

His work (Al Jome as-Sahih is in the second place by importance in muslim world after Koran.

Accommodation to the hotel.

Overnight in Samarkand.

Day 9: Samarkand

Breakfast. (at the hotel).

The visit of sightseeing of the city:

  • Ubaydullah Akhrar Vali complex
  • Gur-Emir mausoleum
  • Registan square
  • Shakhi Zinda complex famous by mausoleum of Kussam ibn Abbas a cousin of prophet Mokhammed who brought Islam to Central Asia
  • Imam al-Moturudiy mausoleum
  • The mausoleum of Saint Daniel

Overnight in Samarkand.

Day 10: Samarkand - Shakhrisabz - Kitab 120 km

Breakfast. (at the hotel).

Pilgrimage to Kitab.

Ziyara of tombs:

  • Khazrat Dervish Mukhammad as Samarqandi
  • Khodja Makhmud al-Amkanaki. (Amkani, Ilmkoni)

The visit of Dorut Tilovat complex in Shakhrisabz. Drive back to Samarkand.

Overnight in Samarkand.

Day 11: Samarkand - Tashkent

Breakfast. (at the hotel). Drive to Tashkent 290 km on the way the visit of Zangi-Ota complex. Accommodation to the hotel. Free-time.

Overnight in Tashkent.

Day 12: Tashkent - Turkestan

Breakfast. (at the hotel). Drive to the border with Kazakhstan. Arrival to Turkestan. The visit of Historical-architectural complex «Khazret-Sultan»; the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi – the founder of Yassawiya brotherhood.

Overnight in Turkestan.

Day 13: Turkestan - Shymkent

Breakfast. (at the hotel). Road to Shymkent.The mausoleums of «Ibragim-ATA (father of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi); «Karashash-Ana» (mother of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi)

Overnight in Shymkent.

Day 14: Shymkent - Almaty

Breakfast. (at the hotel). Drive to Almaty half day city tour.

Overnight in Almaty.

Day 15: Almaty - Homeland

Breakfast. (at the hotel).

Transfer to the airport and flight to homeland.