About this trip
Seventeen days across five Central Asian countries — Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan — following a route that traces the old Silk Road from desert capitals to mountain lakes.
You'll move between very different landscapes and cities: the marble architecture of Ashgabat, the burning Darvaza gas crater, the blue-tiled monuments of Samarkand, and further east the lakes of Kyrgyzstan and canyons of Kazakhstan. Along the way there's ancient Silk Road history, local food and the chance to see how hospitality and daily life differ across the five countries.
This is a group trip with a partially guided structure, rated easy, and you get your own private room throughout.
What you'll do
- Walk the white-marble boulevards of Ashgabat
- See the Darvaza gas crater burning in the desert at night
- Explore the blue-domed monuments of Samarkand
- Visit mountain lakes in Kyrgyzstan
- Take in the canyon landscapes of Kazakhstan
- Stop at UNESCO World Heritage sites and ancient Silk Road cities along the route
- Covers five countries in 17 days, so expect a fair amount of border crossing and travel between stops
- Rated easy and partially guided, with private rooms throughout
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Where to stay
A night before your tour in Ashgabat · 13 Aug – 14 Aug
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