Tour of four Central Asian countries

The tour includes:

Kirgizstan: Issyk – Kul

Kazakhstan: Almaty – Nursultan

Turkmenistan: Dashoguz – Darwaza –Turkmenabat – Farab

Uzbekistan: Tashkent – Nukus – Aral Sea – Bukhara

Tour program
Day 1: Bishkek
- Arrival in Bishkek
- Meeting at the airport
  - Visit Ala Archa Gorge
- Transfer to Issik Kul Lake. By the way visit Burana tower
- Lunch at the restaurant (at your own)
- Check-in the guesthouse
- Dinner at the restaurant (at your own)
- Overnight at the guesthouse
Day 2: Issik Kul
- Breakfast at the guesthouse
  - Boat trip by Issik Kul lake
- In the first half of the day, we will have free time to enjoy the beauty of the lake
- Lunch at the restaurant (at your own)
- Excursion around the Lake:
  - Stones with the petroglyphs
  - Panorama view
  - Cholpon Ata Museum
- Dinner (at your own)
- Overnight at the guest house
- Overnight at the hotel
Day 3: Issik Kul - Kolsai
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Transfer to Koilsai Lake through Kegen border (border formalities)
- Lunch on the way at you own
- Visit Kolsai Lake
- Arrival to guesthouse
- Dinner at the guesthouse
- Overnight in the guesthouse
Day 4: Kolsai – Almaty – Nur Sultan
- Early breakfast at the guesthouse
  - Drive to State National Natural Park Charyn
- Lunch (lunchbox on the way)
  - Visit “Castles Valley”
- Transfer to airport.
- Departure from Almaty.
- Arrival in Nur-Sultan
- Check-in at hotel
- Dinner at local restaurant on your own
- Overnight at the hotel
Day 5: Nur Sultan – Tashkent
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Check-out the hotel
- Boat trip by Ishim ricer
- Excursion around Nur Sultan
  - Khazret Sultan Mosque
  - The Sphere - museum of the future
- Lunch on your own
- Leisure time for shopping in Khan Shatyr entertainment center
- Transfer to the airport
- Departure from Nur Sultan
- Arrival to Tashkent
- Meeting at the airport
- Transfer to the hotel and check – in
- Overnight at the hotel
Day 6: Tashkent – Nukus – Aral Sea
- Breakfast tea with sandwiches and baking
- Transfer to the domestic airport
- Departure from Tashkent
- Arrival to Nukus
- Meeting at the airport
- Transfer to the guest house and leave big luggage
- Break with a cup of coffee
- Transfer to Aral Sea
  - On the way pass Khojeli and Kungrad districts
- Arrival in Muynak town and visit:
  - The cemetery of Ships
  - Local Museum
- Lunch at the guest house
- Continue way to Aral Sea
  - On the way stop at Nowards cemetery
  - Take pictures of Great Canyons
- Arrival to Aral Sea Yurt Camp
- Dinner at the Yurt Camp
- Overnight
Day 7: Aral Sea - Nukus
- Early wake up to take pictures of sunrise over the sea
- Breakfast at the Yurt Camp
- Tour around Aral Sea territory:
  - Kurgancha kala
  - Old caravan sarai, hidden among the hills of the Usturt Plateau
  - Abandoned airport of the Gas Compression Station
- Drive to Sudochie Lake and stop at the ancient Light House hill
  - Vitinng the ruins of the hospital, cane houses and old Fish Factory
- Drive back to Nukus with stops at:
  - Mizdakhan
  - Halifa Erejep mausoleum
  - Nazlumhan suluw, Shamun Nabi
  - Gaur kala fortress
- Arrive in Nukus and check – in the quest house
- Dinner at the restaurant (at your own)
- Overnight at the quest house
Day 8: Nukus – Dashoguz – Darwaza
- Breakfast at the guest house and check – out
- Transfer to the border with Turkmenistan – “Dashoguz”
- Meeting at the border
- Transfer to Darwaza with lunch on the way (at your own)
- Arrival and visit:
  - Burning Gas Crater named after “The Door to Hell”
- Dinner at the yurt camp
- Overnight at the yurt camp
Day 09: Darwaza – Ashgabat – Kowata - Ashgabat
- Breakfast at the yurt camp and check – out
- Drive to Ashgabat by car
  - On the way stop in small desert Erbent village
- Arrival in Ashgabat and lunch at the restaurant (at your own)
- Check – in the hotel
- Drive to Kowata underground lake
- Afternoon drive to Kowata underground lake. The Turkmen name Kow-Ata means "father of caves". This underground area seems like a magnificent auditorium: the overall length of the cave is 230 m, its height reaches 20 m, and its width is at some points 57 m. The bottom of the cave is covered with lumps of dissolved limestone (stalagmites), and its warm and gushing water is clear and emerald colored. The water has a constant temperature of 33-37°C. (You may swim in the
- lake). Back to Ashgabat.
- Dinner at the traditional restaurant (at your own)
- Overnight at the hotel
Day 10: Ashgabat –Turkmenabat – Farab – Bukhara
- Breakfast at the hotel and check – out
- Transfer to the airport
- Departure from Ashgabat
- Arrival to Turkmenabat
- Transfer to the border with Uzbekistan – “Farab”
- Meeting at the border in Uzbekistan
- Transfer to Bukhara and check – in the hotel
- Leisure time
- Walking tour around old part of Bukhara:
  - Sitora-i Mokhi Khosa - the palace of the last Bukhara emir
  - Lyabi House Ensemble
  - Minaret Kalyan
  - Kalyan Mosque
  - Visit medieval bath in Bukhara
- Dinner at the traditional restaurant (at your own)
- Overnight at the hotel
Day 11: Bukhara – Tashkent
- Check – out the hotel
- Transfer to the railway station
- Departure from Bukhara
- Arrival to Tashkent
- Meeting at the railway station
- Breakfast at the café with coffee and omelet
  - Visit Hazrati Imam Complex or Visit Center of Tashkent (Independent Square, Amir Temur Circle, Broadway)
- Lunch in Tashkent restaurant
- Transfer to the airport
Tour cost

The cost of the tour is available on request.