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27 DAYS
26 DAYS ADVENTURE TOURING
21 NIGHTS HOTEL 3 NIGHTS GUESTHOUSE 2 NIGHTS TRAIN
26 BREAKFASTS, 13 LUNCHES AND 15 DINNERS
IMAGE: Intricate facades made with papier mache | Natalie Tambolash
silk road to samarkand via kashgar
a 27 day odyssey following the silk route from its source
WHEN TO GO
GRADE | ADVENTURE TOURING 2
REGULAR DEPARTURES
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highlights
• Marvel at The Great Wall
• Explore Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden
City and Summer Palace in Beijing
• Visit Xian and the famous Terracotta Warriors
• Cross the Torugart pass in the Tian Shan mountains on one of the world's most remote high altitude roads
• Take in the magnificent Labrang Monastery and Jiayuguan frontier fortress
• Venture to the Mogau Caves & Dunhuang
• Immerse yourself in the Sunday Markets in Kashgar
• Drive spectacular mountain scenery & visit Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan's capital.
• Journey to the fabled Silk Rd cities of Samarkand, Bukhara & Khiva
brief itinerary
DAY 1 | Join Beijing 2 | Visit Great Wall 3 | Visit Forbidden City 4 | In Beijing, overnight train to Xian 5/6 | In Xian
7 | Bullet train to Lanzhou, transfer to Linxia 8 | Boat trip to Bing Ling Temple, afternoon drive to Xiahe 9 | Visit
Labrang Monastery, transfer to Lanzhou, overnight train
to Jiayuguan 10 | In Jiayuguan 11 | To Dunhuang 12 | At Mogao Caves, bullet train to Turpan 13 | In Turpan 14 | Drive to Urumqi 15 | Heaven's Lake, fly to Kashgar 16 | Sunday markets in Kashgar 17 | Cross Torugart Pass 18 | Drive to Bishkek 19 | In Bishkek 20 | To Tashkent 21 | Fly to Urgench, transfer to Khiva 22 | In Khiva 23 | Transfer to Bukhara 24 | In Bukhara 25 | Transfer to Samarkand 26 | In Samarkand
27 | Transfer to Tashkent, touring then trip concludes inclusions
MEALS: 26 breakfasts, 13 lunches and 15 dinners ACCOMMODATION: 21 nights in comfortable hotel accommodation on a twinshare basis • 3 nights in guesthouses on a twinshare basis • 2 nights soft sleeper train on a multishare basis 4 berth GUIDES: expert bilingual guide TRANSPORT: internal flights Urumqi/Kashgar and Bishkek/Tashkent/Khiva valued at US$481 • internal transport by train (soft sleeper) or private air-conditioned vehicle • airport transfers (days 1 & 27 only) PLUS: assistance in arranging visas
FROM $8990
TRIP CODE: SRS
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