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CENTRAL ASIA > SILK ROAD, IRAN, ARMENIA
26 DAYS
27 DAYS ADVENTURE
TOURING
21 NIGHTS HOTEL 3 NIGHTS GUESTHOUSE 2 NIGHTS TRAIN
26 BREAKFASTS, 13 LUNCHES AND 15 DINNERS
IMAGE: Inside the old city wall, Khiva | Peter Walton
21 DAYS
20 NIGHTS HOTEL
20 DAYS ADVENTURE TOURING
20 BREAKFASTS, 12 LUNCHES AND 2 DINNERS
IMAGE: The Khast Imom complex includes the Kulkedash Medressa | Chris Buykx
silk road to samarkand via kashgar
2 GRADE | ADVENTURE TOURING a 27 day odyssey following the silk route from its source
tashkent to isfahan
2 GRADE | ADVENTURE TOURING overland silk road journey from uzbekistan to iran
highlights
• Marvel at The Great Wall
• Visit Xian, the famous Terracotta
Warriors & Labrang Monastery
• Enjoy a visit to Heaven's Lake, Tian Shan Mountains
• Drive spectacular mountain scenery
• Visit the fabled Silk Road cities of
Samarkand, Bukhara & Khiva
• Discover unforgettable markets, minarets & medressa
brief itinerary
DAY 1 | Join Beijing 2 | Visit Great Wall 3 | Visit Forbidden City 4 | In Beijing, overnight train to Xian s 5-6 | In Xian 7 | Fly 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 Khiva 22 | In Khiva 23 | Transfer to Bukhara 24 | In Bukhara 25 | Transfer to Samarkand 26 | In Samarkand 27 | In Samarkand, drive to Tashkent, 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
WHEN TO GO
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highlights
• Experience Registan Square in Samarkand
• Discover the desert city of Bukhara & incredible architectural monuments
• Visit the ruins at Persepolis • Explore the ancient cities
of Shiraz and Isfahan
• Take in the wonderful culture and sights of Tehran
brief itinerary
DAY 1 | Join Tashkent 2 | In Tashkent, drive to Samarkand 3/4 | In Samarkand 5 | Drive to Bukhara 6/7 | In Bukhara
8 | To Mary (Turkmenistan) 9 | Visit the ancient Silk Road town of Merv, fly
to Ashgabat 10 | In Ashgabat 11 | To Mashad (Iran) 12 | In Mashad then fly
to Shiraz and visit Persepolis 13 | In Shiraz 14 | Drive to Yazd 15 | In Yazd
16 | Drive to Isfahan 17 | In Isfahan
18 | In Isfahan 19 | Drive to Tehran 20 | In Tehran 21 | In Tehran, trip concludes
inclusions
20 breakfasts, 12 lunches and 2 dinners • airport transfer (day 1 only)
• 20 nights in comfortable hotel accommodation on a twinshare basis • internal flights Mary/Ashgabat, Mashad/ Shiraz valued at approx US$180 • internal transport by private bus, jeep or car • assistance arranging visas • local sightseeing and entry fees as listed in itinerary • expert bilingual
guide in each country • medical kit
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guesthouses on a twinshare basis
• 2 nights soft sleeper train on a multishare basis 4 berth GUIDES: expert bilingual guide TRANSPORT: airport transfer (day 1 only) • internal flights Xian/Lanzhou, Urumqi/ Kashgar and Bishkek/Tashkent/Khiva valued at US$621 • internal transport by train (soft sleeper) or private air-conditioned vehicle EQUIPMENT: group medical kit PLUS: assistance in arranging visas • sightseeing and entry fees as listed in itinerary
Bukhara
Iran
Kashgar
India
Dunhuang Xiahe
Kazakhstan
Tashkent Bishkek
Russia
Urumqi Mongolia
Uzbekistan Tashkent Turkmenistan Bukhara Samarkand
Ashgabat Mary
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China
Isfahan Shiraz
Beijing Xian
Tehran
Iran
Mashad
Yazd