If you’re looking to take full advantage of your time abroad and would like to experience the full range of all that Central Asia has to offer, why not consider visiting multiple countries at once? Our Central Asia Immersion Group Tour will help you make the most of your time in the region by providing an expansive introduction to the best of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Join us for 22 days as we explore the major historical, scenic, and cultural highlights of Central Asia, taking advantage of excellent weather in May and September in order to experience places at their best.
Participants need to be in good health, be able to walk 4-6 hours every day at moderate speed, climb stairs and hills, and be able to carry their own luggage for up to 1km across borders.
Tour itinerary:
Duration of sightseeing tour: 4-5 hours
Meals: lunch
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours
Meals: picnic lunch, dinner
Meals: lunch, dinner
Meals: lunch, dinner
Meals: lunch, dinner
Duration of sightseeing tour: 3 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours
Start guided walking sightseeing tour. Spend a day in UNESCO World Heritage site Ichan-Kala Fortress (a UNESCO World Heritage site), Mukhammad Amin Khan Madrassah, Mukhammad Rahimkhan Madrassah, Kalta Minor, Juma Mosque, Toshkhovli Palace, Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum, and the Minaret of Islom Khodja. Free time in the afternoon. Overnight at the hotel.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 2 hours
Meals: camp style dinner
Note: At Darvaza camp you will be provided with sleeping bags, pillows, and 1- or 2-person tents. There is also an option to share a yurt with 3-5 other group members. In both cases, toilets and basic washing facilities are outside.
Duration of sightseeing tour: 6 hours
Meals: lunch, dinner
Duration of sightseeing tour: 4-5 hours
Meals: lunch
Duration of sightseeing tour: 6-7 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 2-3 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 6-7 hours
Duration of sightseeing tour: 3-4 hours
Meals: lunch, dinner
Note: Today's accommodation, a homestay with a local family, will have quite basic facilities. Hot water, while normally available, is not 100% reliable. The toilet and showers are outside and shared. You may need to share a room with others in your group (especially during high season), with separate bedrooms for men and women. In return, you'll have a unique opportunity to learn about the Tajik culture and the area from the locals' perspective as you share the family's traditional meals and experience their day-to-day life.
Meals: lunch, dinner
Meals: lunch
Duration of sightseeing tour: 4-5 hours
Meals: dinner
- All transfers: 1-2 on Sedan type car, 3-7 pax on minivan/van, 8-16 pax by 30 seat bus;
- Accommodation based on double/twin room sharing, breakfasts included;
- Sightseeing tour program with English speaking local guides in each country;
- Entrance tickets to sights as per itinerary;
- Economy-class tickets for flights: Astana – Almaty, Bishkek-Tashkent-Urgench, Ashgabat-Mary;
- Economy-class tickets for trains: Bukhara-Samarkand;
- E-visa to Uzbekistan and Tajikistan;
- Visa support letter for Turkmenistan tourist visa;
- Meals as per itinerary;
- In addition to local tour guides, service of a tour leader to accompany groups of 6 and more travelers.
- Surcharge for staying in a single room;
- Full board (lunches and dinners);
- Hotel charges for additional services;
- Personal travel insurance;
- Consular fees for Turkmenistan tourist visa (80 USD) and Turkmenistan migration tax (12 USD);
- Visa support for Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan tourist visas (60 USD);
- International flight tickets before and after the tour.
Dates & Prices
100% guaranteed departures – even if there is only 1 traveler.
Group size: 1-16 persons
Please note that itinerary and prices are subject to change due to airline and train schedule changes, currency fluctuations and other unforeseeable events.
We strongly recommend NOT to purchase airline tickets for 2024 tours without discussing it with your travel consultant.
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Central Asia Immersion Group Tour Reviews
Date of experience: 05 September, 2019
Our tour overall was excellent in terms of planning and coordination. We enjoyed and liked most of locations and time allocated was just appropriate.
Travel vehicle was comfortable.
Stay was comfortable in almost all locations.
Guides were very good and did justice to their job by taking care of logistics and were knowledgeable.
Overall tour was great and we both enjoyed. Thank you so much to you and your team and we will be happy to refer your company for Central Asia tours.
Date of experience: 30 May, 2019
When looking at an itinerary you wonder what it really entails. Recently I returned from a 21 day Advantour company tour of the 5 Stans. Where is that you may ask? Simply, the 5 ex Soviet Republics in Central Asia between Afghanistan/Iran and Russia. And the tour? Exceeded the itinerary bigtime and would recommend before the tourists wakeup. Accommodation ranged from 5*, to homestays in remote alpine villages, to Yurts in the desert and amongst the steppe nomad herders with their flocks of sheep, goats, horses, cattle and Yaks.
Diversity – whow. This is where East meets West and so history plays an important role. From visiting a live 5000 year old archaeological site, to seeing the aftermath of Alexander the Great, Mongol, Arab (who brought Islam), Amir Timur etc invasions to the recent Silk Road historical cities to the Soviet era. Post Soviet has seen enormous change no more so than two capitals where in the last 15-20 years Astana (recently renamed Nur-Sultan) and Ashgabat have been totally transformed into modern cities of 1.2m, the former with the 3km Millennium Axis of parks, fountains etc incorporating and flanked by stunning international architecture, the latter with all buildings (mainly high risers) being clad in stunning white marble that when lit with multiple colours at night is a sight to behold.
Then there was the desert visit to the “red gas crater” (seen from space), a laser show with a C15 backing, goat track of roads to reach those remote areas, local food and friendly people who generally only speak their own dialect, very knowledgeable English speaking guides etc. Add to this the amazing topography, photographic and tramping opportunities from visiting the sand deserts, high alpine grazing areas and glacial lakes to the snow alps, remote rural villages and Soviet towns. One of my most memorable tours, thanks to Advantour.