13 Days Combined Tour | Central Asia

16:40 Arrival to Tashkent by HY 552 Uzbekistan Airways.

Meeting at “ISLAM KARIMOV” International airport by your guide outside of arrival hall.

18:00 Transfer to the hotel and check- in. Free time after long flight.

20:00 Dinner in Uzbek restaurant.

21:30 Transfer to hotel

Overnight in Tashkent city.

Breakfast at hotel

08.05 Take a train to Kokand.(4hrs 02 minutes).

Arrival at 12:07 and start city tour of city.

Amir Temur Square – The main boulevard of city.

Visit : Khudoyorkhan Palace, Jome Mosque, Norbut biy Madrassah.

Lunch.

After lunch drive to Oq yer village to see the traditional Kygz Family manufacturing wool carpets.

Drive to Fergana city – Visit Akhmad Al Ferganiy Park .

Transfer to hotel.

Dinner at restaurant.

Overnight in Fergana city.

Breakfast at hotel.

Drive from Fergana to Rishtan to the house of well known craftsman Usmanov .

Enjoy the pottery of handmade ceramic works.

Drive to Margilan Visit : Said Akhmad Khodja Madrassah the madrassah hujras (class rooms)are now replaced with small shops off ceramic woks and silk carpets and woolen scarves and traditional magnets and handmade antique souvenirs.

Drive to Yodgorlik – Silk Factory to see the production of process of silk with Ikat patterns.

Visit Kumtepa - Bazaar the biggest wholesale market in Fergana Valley spend 3 hours in Bazaar.

Transfer to hotel check in .

Dinner

Overnight in Margilan city.

Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Dostlik border.(98,3 km – 2hrs drive)

Border formalities will take 30 - 40 minutes.

Your guide will pick you up at Uzbek-Kyrgyz border and accompany you to Osh city (40 min. drive).

In Osh city you will go for a walk there and visit the most famous place - Suleiman Mountain. Suleiman Too (Solomon’s Mountain) is situated in the center of the city and it is considered to be a pilgrimage place for local Muslims.

According to the legend, biblical prophet Solomon (Suleiman in the Koran) was buried at the foot of it. End of city tour transfer to hotel.

Overnight in Osh city.

Breakfast at hotel.

You will be transferred to the airport to have a flight to Bishkek city. The first half of the day is dedicated to a guided tour of Bishkek. It includes visiting Pobeda Square (Victory Square), Duboviy Park (Oak Park), Central Ala-Too Square, National Philharmonic, and many others places of interest. Then is transfer to Issyk Kul Lake, surrounded by the celestial mountains. It’s the second largest alpine lake in the world (1608 m. above sea level). The lake is called "the pearl of Central Asia".

You will spend the night in a hotel.

Overnight in Issyk Kul Lake.

Breakfast at hotel.

In the morning is free time to enjoy the views of the lake on the beach.

After lunch you will be transferred to Bishkek city.

On the way, we will make a short break to give you the opportunity to visit ancient stone inscriptions (dating back to 800 B.C.). Today we will visit Burana Tower. It is a minaret from the 11th century.

Burana Tower was used during the Great Silk Road as a sign for travelers that there was a city to have a rest. Nearby you will see an open air museum of Balbals (stone warriors). After an interesting excursion and climbing to the top of the tower you will transfer to the Kyrgyz capital.

Overnight in Bishkek city.

Breakfast at hotel.

In the morning is transfer to Almaty via Kordai border.

Upon arrival you will have a city tour.

The tour starts with sightseeing in one of the oldest Almaty parks - Panfilov Park, where you will know more about the history of the city and see one of the highest wooden building in the world - Zenkov Cathedral. You will also visit the Memorial of Glory and Eternal Flame, dedicated to the memory of the fighters who died for freedom and independence of the country.

Then is visiting of the Central State museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It is one of the oldest and largest museums in Central Asia. Then you will see the central part of Almaty, visiting Republic Square and Monument of Independence.

The tour will continue at the Kok-Tobe hill where the tallest TV tower in the world is located (it to count from the sea level) and where you will go by the picturesque winding mountain road.

At the top of the hill you can admire the magnificent panorama of the city from the special observation deck, stroll along the winding paths of the Kok-Tobe park, visit the shop of national souvenirs, see the monument devoted to "The Beatles" (the only one in CIS countries) as well as many other interesting things... The tour ends with the short ride from the top of the hill to the center of the city by the famous Almaty cableway.

Overnight in Almata city.

Breakfast at hotel.

Check out from Hotel and meeting in Lobby.

Excursion to Charyn canyon, located in 195 km from Almaty.

This picturesque indigenous locality impresses with its heavenly landscapes The Canyon depth is 200m.

The height of the bluff mountains of the Canyon reaches 150-300m. The Canyon itself represents a monument of nature formed with sedimentary rocks aged more than 12 million years. The landscapes are virtually miraculous there.

Charyn Canyon is getting scarlet, pink and orange colors at sunset when the sun is disappearing behind the horizon. There is quietude around, and the Charyn river bobbles washing against the cliffs can only be heard from below.

This sight will leave nobody indifferent.

Back to Almaty transfer to airport take fly HY762 at 22:40 Friday to Tashkent.

Arrival to Tashkent meet and greet at the airport transfer to hotel.

Overnight in Tashkent.

Breakfast at hotel.

10:00 - Visit sacred places of Tashkent:

Ensemble of Hazret Imam. Here you can see the oldest manuscript of Uzbekistan and famous Muslim heritage – Holy Koran Mushaf of Othman which also has the certificate of authenticity from UNESCO.

Kukeldash Madrasah, located on the square Chorsu, was built in the 16th century during the reign of the Sheibankhan dynasty. Now it is a college, where the basics of Islam are taught.

Chorsu Bazaar – The wholesale oriental bazaar where you can bargain till 50% of any product.

13:00 Lunch.

Independence Square , Amir Temur Square, Repressions Park.

Free time for shopping at Mega Planet Mall, Poytaht Mall, Samarkand Darvoza, Next Mall.

20.30 Dinner at Uzbek Restaurant

Overnight in the hotel

08.00 – 10.00 Breakfast at hotel.

Take a train to Bukhara at 07.30 Arrival at 11.17

Transfer to old city.

Lunch

Starting city tour of Bukhara.

Mausoleum of Bahovuddin Naqshbandiy - Imamu Tarikatti Shakh Mukhammad Bahaud Din An Nakshbandi al-Uvaysi al Bukhari (the founder of "nakshbandiya" branch).

You will visit graves of this people and talk with their followers, listen to mystic stories about them.

Next to the graves of seven sufi of Bukhara stay people who look after the graves. Those are followers of sufis. Transfer to old city.

Ismoil Somoniy Mousaleum - This world-famous architectural masterpiece was built at the close of the ninth century. The mausoleum was erected as a family crypt immediately after the death of Ismail Samani's father.

Chashma Ayub Mousoleum - Chashma-Ayub well, translated as Saint Job’s Source. A legend has it that the Bible prophet Job, having visited this land, decided to help the people who suffered from water shortage in the desert. He struck the ground with his stick, making a source of crystal clear water sprang at that place.

Bolo Khouz Complex - Bolo-Khauz Complex is the only preserved monument on the Registan Square. It is located on the opposite site of Ark - the Emir's fortress. The complex consists of the reservoir, Friday mosque and minaret. Lunch check in to hotel.

rk Fortress - Ark-Citadel is a residence of Bukhara khans. According to the last excavations, it was determined the citadel was on this place from 4 century BC. For many years of building and destruction, 20 meters height artificial hill was formed; its upper layers were built over in the time of last Bukharin emirs.Dinner. Overnight in Bukhara city.

Early breakfast in the hotel.

8:00 Transfer to Samarkand. (200km/3/4 hrs )

Stop on the way at Gijduvan ceramics museum to see how to make handmade ceramics.

12:30 Arrival in Samarkand.

13:00 Lunch at Uzbek restaurant

Visit Imam Ismail Al-Bukhari Memorial Complex. Highly respected scientist of the Islamic world, mukhaddis (collector of sayings of prophet Mokhammed and stories about him) Imam Ismail Al-Bukhari was born in Bukhara in 810 and died in 870 in the village of Khartang and was buried at the same place (Chelak district of the present Samarkand province located 30 km from Samarkand). Since then the burial place has been one of the most sacred sites of worship for Muslims.

20:00 Dinner

Overnight in Samarqand city.

08:00Early breakfast in the hotel.

09:00 Visit:

Saint Daniel Mazar - The only place in Central Asia where Muslim , Jewish, Christian people together consider as sacred place in their religion.

The mausoleum of Gur Emir, a burial place of Amir Temur and other princess of his family.

Registan Square, the heart of Samarkand consisting of Madrassa of Ulugbek, Madrassa Sher Dor and Tillya-Kori Madrassah.

Bibi Khanum Mosque, once the biggest mosque in Central Asia, it was erected by order of Tamerlane after his victorious Indian campaign in 1399.

Shakhi Zinda (Alive King ) Necropolis, a site of pilgrimage visited since the 11th century and marked by holiness. The mausoleum of Qusam Ibn Abbas the cousin of Prophet Muhammads (s.a.v) also in this NecropolisIt consists of about 20 mausoleums of different centuries built between 11th – 19thcenturies.Interesting magic and historical legends will be told by your guide.

13:00 Lunch.

Visit: Shopping at famous oriental Siyob bazzar – The biggest dry fruit market in Central Asia. This market provides all Central Asian and Former Soviet Union countries with dry fruits.You can find here more than 1000types of dry fruits.

Transfer to Railway station.

Take a high-speed train “Afrosiyob” to Tashkent at 17:00 – 19:00 (300km/2hrs)

Arrival to Tashkent and transfer to restaurant for Dinner.

Check in.

Overnight in Tashkent city.

Early breakfast at hotel.

Flight to Kuala Lumpur at 07.45 by HY Uzbekistan Airways.

END OF THE EXITING TOUR.