Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan
Silk Road Tour : Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistan
Duration: 15 days
Season: June – Mid October
Tour: Auto, culture
Accommodations: guesthouses, yurts, hotels
Group size: 2-24 pax
Requirements: weatherproof warm clothes, boots, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses
Duration: 15 days
Season: June – Mid October
Tour: Auto, culture
Accommodations: guesthouses, yurts, hotels
Group size: 2-24 pax
Requirements: weatherproof warm clothes, boots, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses
Tour program
Day 1
Airport Manas - Bishkek – Ala Archa – Bishkek
Upon your arrival at Manas Airport, our team of guide and driver will meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Bishkek. Afterward, we will drive to Ala Archa National Park, where you can enjoy a leisurely walk in the beautiful natural surroundings. We will then return to the city for lunch and proceed with a guided city tour of Bishkek. Dinner at the restaurant and overnight accommodation will be provided at the hotel.
Services: Bishkek
Hotel
Three meals a day
Remarks: 2-3 hours drive
Upon your arrival at Manas Airport, our team of guide and driver will meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Bishkek. Afterward, we will drive to Ala Archa National Park, where you can enjoy a leisurely walk in the beautiful natural surroundings. We will then return to the city for lunch and proceed with a guided city tour of Bishkek. Dinner at the restaurant and overnight accommodation will be provided at the hotel.
Services: Bishkek
Hotel
Three meals a day
Remarks: 2-3 hours drive
Day 2
Bishkek – Chong Kemin
After breakfast, drive towards Chong Kemin. . On the way visit Burana Tower architectural complex, an important point on the Great Silk Road built in 11th century. Have a pleasant lunch during your journey. Upon arrival, check-in to a guesthouse and begin your horseback riding trip in the mountain slopes of Chong Kemin National Park. Conclude your day with a satisfying dinner and an overnight stay in a cozy guesthouse.
Services: Chong-Kemin
Guesthouse
Three meals a day
Remarks: 4-5 hours driving
After breakfast, drive towards Chong Kemin. . On the way visit Burana Tower architectural complex, an important point on the Great Silk Road built in 11th century. Have a pleasant lunch during your journey. Upon arrival, check-in to a guesthouse and begin your horseback riding trip in the mountain slopes of Chong Kemin National Park. Conclude your day with a satisfying dinner and an overnight stay in a cozy guesthouse.
Services: Chong-Kemin
Guesthouse
Three meals a day
Remarks: 4-5 hours driving
Day 3
Chong-Kemin to Karakol
Begin your day with a hearty breakfast, then set out for Karakol, making captivating stops at Grigorevka and Semenovka valleys along the route. Explore the scenic Kyrchyn Jailoo, the venue of the World Nomad Games. Upon arrival in Karakol, take a city tour that includes visiting remarkable places like the Dungan Mosque, constructed without nails, and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral Church. Conclude your day with a delightful dinner at a café and an overnight stay in a comfortable hotel.
Services: Karakol
Hotel 3*
Three meals a day
Remarks: 5 hours driving
Begin your day with a hearty breakfast, then set out for Karakol, making captivating stops at Grigorevka and Semenovka valleys along the route. Explore the scenic Kyrchyn Jailoo, the venue of the World Nomad Games. Upon arrival in Karakol, take a city tour that includes visiting remarkable places like the Dungan Mosque, constructed without nails, and the Russian Orthodox Cathedral Church. Conclude your day with a delightful dinner at a café and an overnight stay in a comfortable hotel.
Services: Karakol
Hotel 3*
Three meals a day
Remarks: 5 hours driving
Day 4
Karakol to Bokonbaev
After breakfast, embark on a scenic journey from Karakol to Bokonbaevo. Along the way, explore the striking red canyons of Jeti Oguz. Continue the adventure to Kok-Jaiyk valley and immerse yourself in genuine harmony with nature. Enjoy a pleasant lunch at a café en route. Drive onward and visit the enchanting Fairytale canyons. Conclude the day with a hearty dinner and spend the night at a cozy yurt camp not far from the Issyk Kul lakeshore.
Services: Bokonbaev
Yurt camp
Three meals a day
Remarks: 5 hours driving
After breakfast, embark on a scenic journey from Karakol to Bokonbaevo. Along the way, explore the striking red canyons of Jeti Oguz. Continue the adventure to Kok-Jaiyk valley and immerse yourself in genuine harmony with nature. Enjoy a pleasant lunch at a café en route. Drive onward and visit the enchanting Fairytale canyons. Conclude the day with a hearty dinner and spend the night at a cozy yurt camp not far from the Issyk Kul lakeshore.
Services: Bokonbaev
Yurt camp
Three meals a day
Remarks: 5 hours driving
Day 5
Karakol - Bokonbaev
After breakfast, you'll travel to Bokonbay village, following the road along the southern shore of Issyk-Kol lake. Along the way, you'll visit the Jeti-Oguz Gorge, also known as the Seven Bulls, for about 1 hour. You'll also explore the Kok-Jayik area, known as the Valley of Flowers. Lunch will be provided during the journey as you continue driving along the southern shore of Issyk-Kol lake. You'll visit Skazka Canyon, also called the Fairy Tale Canyon, on the way. Afterwards, you'll head towards Bokonbaevo village. Here, you can join a show featuring eagle hunting and archery. Dinner and overnight stay will be arranged at a yurt camp.
Services: Karakol Bokonbaev
Yurt camp
Three meals a day
Eagle hunting show
Remarks: 4-5 hours driving
After breakfast, you'll travel to Bokonbay village, following the road along the southern shore of Issyk-Kol lake. Along the way, you'll visit the Jeti-Oguz Gorge, also known as the Seven Bulls, for about 1 hour. You'll also explore the Kok-Jayik area, known as the Valley of Flowers. Lunch will be provided during the journey as you continue driving along the southern shore of Issyk-Kol lake. You'll visit Skazka Canyon, also called the Fairy Tale Canyon, on the way. Afterwards, you'll head towards Bokonbaevo village. Here, you can join a show featuring eagle hunting and archery. Dinner and overnight stay will be arranged at a yurt camp.
Services: Karakol Bokonbaev
Yurt camp
Three meals a day
Eagle hunting show
Remarks: 4-5 hours driving
Day 6
Bokonbaev to Song Kul lake
Start your day with breakfast, and then enjoy an enthralling eagle hunting show where a skilled eagle hunter shares fascinating insights about birds of prey. We continue our journey to Song kol through the Kochkor town. In the village, we will visit a local family for lunch and participate in a workshop to make the traditional handicraft felt carpets. After lunch we continue the journey to Song-Kol, crossing the pass Kalmak-Ashuu (3400m). Arrival at the northern lakeshore and being welcomed in the yurt camp. You will dine and sleep in the yurt camp.
Services: Song Kol
Yurt camp
Three meals a day
Felt making show
Eagle hunting show
Remarks: 4-5 hours driving
Start your day with breakfast, and then enjoy an enthralling eagle hunting show where a skilled eagle hunter shares fascinating insights about birds of prey. We continue our journey to Song kol through the Kochkor town. In the village, we will visit a local family for lunch and participate in a workshop to make the traditional handicraft felt carpets. After lunch we continue the journey to Song-Kol, crossing the pass Kalmak-Ashuu (3400m). Arrival at the northern lakeshore and being welcomed in the yurt camp. You will dine and sleep in the yurt camp.
Services: Song Kol
Yurt camp
Three meals a day
Felt making show
Eagle hunting show
Remarks: 4-5 hours driving
Day 7
Song Kol - Bishkek
After breakfast transfer to Bishkek. Have a lunch at a roadside café. Upon arrival check into your hotel and take a rest after long journey. Farewell dinner at a restaurant followed by overnight stay at hotel.
Services: Bishkek
Hotel
Three meals a day
Remarks: 6 hours driving
After breakfast transfer to Bishkek. Have a lunch at a roadside café. Upon arrival check into your hotel and take a rest after long journey. Farewell dinner at a restaurant followed by overnight stay at hotel.
Services: Bishkek
Hotel
Three meals a day
Remarks: 6 hours driving
Day 8
Bishkek – Manas airport - Tashkent
Transfer to the Manas Airport. Flight to Tashkent.
Arrival to Tashkent - the capital of Uzbekistan. Meeting. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Tashkent
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 1 hour driving
Transfer to the Manas Airport. Flight to Tashkent.
Arrival to Tashkent - the capital of Uzbekistan. Meeting. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Tashkent
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 1 hour driving
Day 9
Tashkent
Exploring Tashkent, the biggest modern city in Central Asia and the capital of Uzbekistan. Tashkent today is a modern cultural and business center. Tashkent is divided into two parts: old and new. Your excursion will pass through both old and new parts of the city. Not only is it a bustling cultural, economic and political center, it is also the greenest Uzbek city.
City tour with local guide: Old part of the city: the architectural complex "Khazrati-Imam": Barak-Khan Madrasah (16th c.), The Kaffal-Shashi mausoleum (15th c.), the Juma mosque (9th c.),
We would like to offer you to change the tourist route and go to the very heart of the many-sided old Tashkent city, to its residential quarters mahallas, where the passage of time, social foundations and traditions continue to flow in the same rhythm as several hundred years ago. with daily rituals of a traditional Uzbek family, which tightly life, traditions and social life.
Visit Chorsu gigantesque oriental bazaar on the right of the square Chorsu. Free lunch in the city. Continue city tour in modern part of the city: Independence square, Museum of Art, Amir Temur Square, walk along the local Broadway. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Tashkent
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Exploring Tashkent, the biggest modern city in Central Asia and the capital of Uzbekistan. Tashkent today is a modern cultural and business center. Tashkent is divided into two parts: old and new. Your excursion will pass through both old and new parts of the city. Not only is it a bustling cultural, economic and political center, it is also the greenest Uzbek city.
City tour with local guide: Old part of the city: the architectural complex "Khazrati-Imam": Barak-Khan Madrasah (16th c.), The Kaffal-Shashi mausoleum (15th c.), the Juma mosque (9th c.),
We would like to offer you to change the tourist route and go to the very heart of the many-sided old Tashkent city, to its residential quarters mahallas, where the passage of time, social foundations and traditions continue to flow in the same rhythm as several hundred years ago. with daily rituals of a traditional Uzbek family, which tightly life, traditions and social life.
Visit Chorsu gigantesque oriental bazaar on the right of the square Chorsu. Free lunch in the city. Continue city tour in modern part of the city: Independence square, Museum of Art, Amir Temur Square, walk along the local Broadway. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Tashkent
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Day 10
Tashkent – Urgench – Khiva
Early breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to airport. Departure to Urgench on morning flight (1h20min). Arrival in Urgench, the administrative centre of the Khorezm region. Transfer to Khiva - the only "Museum under the open sky" in Central Asia that has been completely preserved up to the present day (35 km, 30 min). Accommodation in a hotel, located inside or nearby Ichan-Qala - the historical center of Khiva which has been inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List. City tour around the architectural complex "Ichan-Qala": Kunya-Ark khan's castle - the inner citadel of Ichan-Qala (16- 17th cc.), Kalta Minor Tower (Short minaret) that would have become the biggest and tallest minaret in Central Asia (19th c.), Muhammad Amin-Khan - the biggest medieval medressa in Khiva (1845-1855 yy.), Djuma Mosque with 220 wooden columns and a minaret 32,5 m height (10th c.).
Free lunch at local restaurant. Following tour of Khiva: Tash-Hauli (Stone courtyard) palace looking like a fortress with a high battlement, towers and fortified gates (19th c.), Ak- Mosque (White Mosque) - a small quarter mosque by the gates of Palvan-Darvaza (1838-1842), necropolis of Pahlavan Mahmud - the cultic center of Ichan-Qala (1810- 1913 yy.), residence of Islam Khodja (1910 y.) - the vizier of the last khan. Ensemble consists of the smallest medressa in Khiva and a
minaret whose top platform has a height of 45 m and is the highest observation point in town. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Khiva
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 7-8 hours driving
Early breakfast in the hotel. Transfer to airport. Departure to Urgench on morning flight (1h20min). Arrival in Urgench, the administrative centre of the Khorezm region. Transfer to Khiva - the only "Museum under the open sky" in Central Asia that has been completely preserved up to the present day (35 km, 30 min). Accommodation in a hotel, located inside or nearby Ichan-Qala - the historical center of Khiva which has been inscribed into the UNESCO World Heritage List. City tour around the architectural complex "Ichan-Qala": Kunya-Ark khan's castle - the inner citadel of Ichan-Qala (16- 17th cc.), Kalta Minor Tower (Short minaret) that would have become the biggest and tallest minaret in Central Asia (19th c.), Muhammad Amin-Khan - the biggest medieval medressa in Khiva (1845-1855 yy.), Djuma Mosque with 220 wooden columns and a minaret 32,5 m height (10th c.).
Free lunch at local restaurant. Following tour of Khiva: Tash-Hauli (Stone courtyard) palace looking like a fortress with a high battlement, towers and fortified gates (19th c.), Ak- Mosque (White Mosque) - a small quarter mosque by the gates of Palvan-Darvaza (1838-1842), necropolis of Pahlavan Mahmud - the cultic center of Ichan-Qala (1810- 1913 yy.), residence of Islam Khodja (1910 y.) - the vizier of the last khan. Ensemble consists of the smallest medressa in Khiva and a
minaret whose top platform has a height of 45 m and is the highest observation point in town. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Khiva
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 7-8 hours driving
Day 11
Khiva - Bukhara
Breakfast. Starting drive to Bukhara (480 km, 7 hrs) through the desert along the course of the Amudarya River to Khiva. You’ll make a short stop at the sight of Amudarya (Oxus River) for a picnic. (We do recommend purchasing a lunch box in one of the Khiva cafes to feel comfortable on the way from Khiva to Bukhara). We arrive in Bukhara. Arrival late this afternoon in Sacred Bukhara - one of the most esteemed cities of Islamic civilization. Hotel accommodation. Free time. First discovery of Bukhara: promenade along the lanes of ancient Bukhara. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel
Option: Khiva-Bukhara by train according Uzbekistan railways local schedule. Since 2018 a new station was built in Khiva and it is now possible to travel from Khiva to Bukhara by train as well.
Services: Bukhara
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Breakfast. Starting drive to Bukhara (480 km, 7 hrs) through the desert along the course of the Amudarya River to Khiva. You’ll make a short stop at the sight of Amudarya (Oxus River) for a picnic. (We do recommend purchasing a lunch box in one of the Khiva cafes to feel comfortable on the way from Khiva to Bukhara). We arrive in Bukhara. Arrival late this afternoon in Sacred Bukhara - one of the most esteemed cities of Islamic civilization. Hotel accommodation. Free time. First discovery of Bukhara: promenade along the lanes of ancient Bukhara. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel
Option: Khiva-Bukhara by train according Uzbekistan railways local schedule. Since 2018 a new station was built in Khiva and it is now possible to travel from Khiva to Bukhara by train as well.
Services: Bukhara
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Day 12
Bukhara
Breakfast. SS of Bukhara: Samanid mausoleum (IXc) 1st brick bui lding shaped as cube covered by dome with unrepeatable geometrical brickwork design, Chashma Ayub Mausoleum. Bolo Khous Ensemble, ARK Fortress (VI — XIX c) — in middle ages it was a whole town with the emir’s house, with wives, mosques mint place, government institutes, store rooms, a prison and a square for public executions, Free lunch at local restaurant. Continue of SS of Bukhara: Poikalon
(XII—XVI c) architectural ensemble of “Masjidi Kalon”, “Miri Arab” madrasah & a minaret (46 m). Ulugbek Madrassah 1417 was the earliest of three commissioned by the enlightened Timurid ruler. Abdul Aziz Khan Madrassah (XVII). Trading Domes including Togi Zargaron, Togi Telpak furushon and Togi Saraffon trades. Tim Abdullakhan 1577 and one of the most elegant trade halls. Magoki Attori mosque, Labi-Hauz (XVI—XVII c) — a complex with Nodir — Devon Begi madrasa. Visit Madrassah Chor Minor (19 c.) - is a tiny madrasah with four different minarets. PM you spend for shops and relax at some tea house. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services:Bukhara
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 4 hours driving
Breakfast. SS of Bukhara: Samanid mausoleum (IXc) 1st brick bui lding shaped as cube covered by dome with unrepeatable geometrical brickwork design, Chashma Ayub Mausoleum. Bolo Khous Ensemble, ARK Fortress (VI — XIX c) — in middle ages it was a whole town with the emir’s house, with wives, mosques mint place, government institutes, store rooms, a prison and a square for public executions, Free lunch at local restaurant. Continue of SS of Bukhara: Poikalon
(XII—XVI c) architectural ensemble of “Masjidi Kalon”, “Miri Arab” madrasah & a minaret (46 m). Ulugbek Madrassah 1417 was the earliest of three commissioned by the enlightened Timurid ruler. Abdul Aziz Khan Madrassah (XVII). Trading Domes including Togi Zargaron, Togi Telpak furushon and Togi Saraffon trades. Tim Abdullakhan 1577 and one of the most elegant trade halls. Magoki Attori mosque, Labi-Hauz (XVI—XVII c) — a complex with Nodir — Devon Begi madrasa. Visit Madrassah Chor Minor (19 c.) - is a tiny madrasah with four different minarets. PM you spend for shops and relax at some tea house. Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services:Bukhara
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 4 hours driving
Day 13
Bukhara - Samarkand
After breakfast drive to Samarkand. On the route the country excursion: Sitora-i-Mohi Hosa (located 4 km from Bukhara) - a summer palace of the last emir of Bukhara (19 century). On road stop in Guijduvan (45 km) visit famous ceramist workshop of Abdullo Narzullaev. To continue drive to Samarkand. Arrive and hotel accommodation. After free lunch in a local restaurant, you have a half-day tour of Samarkand visiting the mausoleum of Tamerlane - Guri Emir. Dinner at national house offered by us in Samarkand. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Samarkand
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 4,5 - 5 hours driving
After breakfast drive to Samarkand. On the route the country excursion: Sitora-i-Mohi Hosa (located 4 km from Bukhara) - a summer palace of the last emir of Bukhara (19 century). On road stop in Guijduvan (45 km) visit famous ceramist workshop of Abdullo Narzullaev. To continue drive to Samarkand. Arrive and hotel accommodation. After free lunch in a local restaurant, you have a half-day tour of Samarkand visiting the mausoleum of Tamerlane - Guri Emir. Dinner at national house offered by us in Samarkand. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Samarkand
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Remarks: 4,5 - 5 hours driving
Day 14
Samarkand - Tashkent
Meet your guide and driver at hotel lobby to start city tour. Visit spectacular Registan Square, remains of Bibi-Khanum Mosque, Siob Bazaar, Afrosiyob museum, Shakhi- Zinda Necropolis.
Free Lunch in city. Continue sightseeing: Tamerlan’s tomb, Ulugbek Observatory, drive to Konigil village to explore traditional way of making Samarkand paper from mulberry. Enjoy free time with car and driver at your disposal after sightseeing tour. PM transfer to railway station to take the fast-speed Afrosiyob train departing to Tashkent (300 km). Scheduled arrival time is 20:00. Pick-up and transfer to hotel in Tashkent. Farewell Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Tashkent
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Meet your guide and driver at hotel lobby to start city tour. Visit spectacular Registan Square, remains of Bibi-Khanum Mosque, Siob Bazaar, Afrosiyob museum, Shakhi- Zinda Necropolis.
Free Lunch in city. Continue sightseeing: Tamerlan’s tomb, Ulugbek Observatory, drive to Konigil village to explore traditional way of making Samarkand paper from mulberry. Enjoy free time with car and driver at your disposal after sightseeing tour. PM transfer to railway station to take the fast-speed Afrosiyob train departing to Tashkent (300 km). Scheduled arrival time is 20:00. Pick-up and transfer to hotel in Tashkent. Farewell Dinner included at restaurant. Overnight at hotel.
Services: Tashkent
Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Dinner is not included
Day 15
Tashkent departure
Check-out before 12:00. Transfer to the airport. Departure according to the schedule of the international flight.
Check-out before 12:00. Transfer to the airport. Departure according to the schedule of the international flight.
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