Discover the historical, cultural, and scenic highlights of the five Stans as you journey from Kazakhstan’s cosmopolitan city of Almaty, to Kyrgyzstan’s fascinating nomadic culture, Tajikistan’s sparkling Seven Lakes, Uzbekistan’s stunning turquoise mausoleums, and the fiery deserts of Turkmenistan. Following our bestselling 2-week Central Asia itinerary, this private tour showcases the region’s major sights while giving you more flexibility and the ability to take things at your own pace.
Tour itinerary:
Meals: None
Duration: 10 hours, including 6 hours of sightseeing
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Duration: 3-4 hours
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Duration: 11 hours, including 4-5 hours of sightseeing
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Duration: 11 hours 30 min, including 5-6 hours of sightseeing
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Duration: 8 hours (depending on border crossing)
Meals: Breakfast/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.
Duration: 8-9 hours (depending on border crossing), including 2-3 hours of sightseeing
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Duration: 14 hours, including 6-7 hours of sightseeing
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Duration: 6-7 hours of sightseeing
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Duration: 14 hours, including 2 hours of sightseeing
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Duration: 10 hours, including 6 hours of sightseeing
Meals: Breakfast/-/Dinner
Note: We'll travel in 4x4 vehicles across the rugged Karakum Desert. The route is unpaved, so expect a bumpy and thrilling ride – it's the only way to get to this incredible, remote location.
At the camp, we'll enjoy an authentic stay in yurts with basic, shared outdoor washing and toilet facilities, putting us right in the heart of the desert landscape.
Duration: 7-8 hours
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Duration: 13 hours, including 5 hours of sightseeing
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Price includes:
- All transfers: 1-2 pax in sedan economy type car, 3-8 pax in minivan/van;
- Accommodation based on double/twin room sharing, breakfasts included;
- Sightseeing tour programme with local, English speaking guides in each country;
- Entrance fees to sights as per itinerary;
- Demonstration of yurt construction in Kyrgyzstan;
- Meals – lunches on days 4 and 6, dinners on days 6 and 11;
- Economy class tickets for flights: Bishkek–Tashkent, Mary–Ashgabat, Urgench–Tashkent;
- Train tickets: Tashkent–Samarkand–Bukhara (on rare occasions when the high-speed train is unavailable, we will replace this with the most-comfortable class of regular train);
- Visa support for Uzbekistan triple entry tourist visa
and Turkmenistan tourist visa.
Price doesn't include:
- Tour leader to accompany the travellers for the whole period of the tour (except for groups of 6 or more);
- Full board (lunches and dinners, unless otherwise specified);
- Hotel charges for additional services;
- Visa support and visa fees for Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan tourist visas;
- International flight tickets before and after the tour;
- Personal travel insurance;
- Consular fees for Turkmenistan tourist visa (approx. 80 USD), migration tax (14 USD) and express PCR test (33 USD);
- A tax of 2 USD per night in Turkmenistan, paid to the hotel upon check out;
- Comfort car supplement total – 510 USD;
- Tips/gratuities for drivers and guides (although these would be appreciated).
Prices, per person
Accommodation
Wellfort / Shohjahon Palace Hotel & Spa / Bibikhanum / Ko’k Saroy Plaza / Silk Road Empire / Golden Samarkand / Samaria Hotel and Spa
Comfort:
Royal / Sangzor Boutique / Bogishamol / Ametist Hotel Complex / DiliMah Premium Luxury / Golden Samarkand / Emirhan
Minzifa / Marhaba / Bibikhanum / Komil Boutique / Fatima / As-Salom / Volida / Devon Begi / Sasha & Son / Kavsar
Comfort:
Paradise Plaza / Omar Khayam / Minorai-Kalon / Latifa Begim / Asia Bukhara
Zarafshan Boutique / Asia Khiva / Erkin Palace / Minor Boutique / Bankir / Muso Tura / Orient Star
Comfort:
Zarafshan Boutique / Asia Khiva / Erkin Palace / Minor Boutique / Bankir / Muso Tura / Orient Star
Tour Enquiry
Important notes:
- Visa required. We will need to apply for your Letter of Invitation (LOI) in advance. The Turkmenistan visa can be obtained at the border upon arrival, based on the approved LOI.
- If you need to obtain an Uzbekistan visa, it should be a multiple-entry e-visa.
Central Asia in 2 Weeks Tour Reviews
The local tour guides were truly fantastic and went above and beyond to ensure I had a great experience. The hotel accommodations were generally very good as well.
I was so thrilled throughout the trip; it felt like I was walking through the history of the Silk Road, experiencing its stories and cultures firsthand. I’m so glad you planned the entire itinerary for me, I feel I made an excellent decision choosing this trip.
Thank you again for organising such a great adventure!