Uzbekistan local time |
8 days / 7 nights
Days | Cities | Activities | Meals | |
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Day 01 | – Tashkent | Evening arrival in Tashkent. Meet and greet. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Dinner and overnight in Tashkent. |
Dinner: Restaurant | |
Day 02 | Tashkent – Segizbaevo village – Gigant village – Samarkand |
Breakfast. Transfer to Segizbaevo village the starting point of rafting (110 km). After light breakfast, preparation and safety instruction commence rafting on the Syrdaria River (15km, 3hrs). After lunch and short rest continue rafting down the Sirdarya River (15 km, 3hrs). Transfer to Samarkand. Accommodation. Overnight in Samarkand. |
Breakfast: Hotel Lunch: Field kitchen Dinner: Restaurant |
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Day 03 | Samarkand | Breakfast. Sightseeing tour in Samarkand. Shakhi-Zinda necropolis, Siab bazaar, Registan Ensemble. Here within one hour you will have a unique possibility to learn secrets of Uzbek dance from artists during dance master class that will be held in the court yard of Ulugbek madrassah. Bibi Khanum Mosque, Afrosiab Museum, Ulugbek observatory, Gur-Emir Mausoleum. Wine Factory named after M. Khovrenko, wine tasting. Cooking lessons in Samarkand’s national house. You will cook uzbek signature dish “Plov” under the direction of a hostess. |
Breakfast: Hotel Lunch: Restaurant Dinner: National house |
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Day 04 | Samarkand – Yangikazgan |
Breakfast. Sightseeing tour in Samarkand. Visit Silk Paper producing workshop, where you can make your own hand colored silk paper. Visit Silk carpet producing factory where you will have a chance to observe all steps of carpet weaving. After lunch transfer to Yangikazgan, yurt camp. Upon arrival accommodation in Kazakh national yurts. After some rest camel riding activities. You will visit camel breeding farm where you can see colts. The farm is located 30 minutes walk from the camp. After dinner you will listen to the performance of Kazakh national singer Akyn around the camp fire. Overnight stay in Yurts. |
Breakfast: Hotel Lunch: Restaurant Dinner: Yurts |
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Day 05 | Yangikazgan – Bukhara |
Breakfast. Transfer to Aydarkul Lake (40 km) Fishing and cooking (catfish, sazan and pike inhabit here), swimming, acquaintance with flora and fauna (the area near the lake is inhabited by 20 species of swimming birds). Transfer to Bukhara (250km) via Gijduvon village where you will take part in pottery master class under the direction of professional ceramists. Upon arrival accommodation in the hotel. Overnight in Bukhara. |
Breakfast: Hotel Lunch: Picnic Dinner: Restaurant |
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Day 06 | Bukhara | Breakfast. Today you will have an opportunity to discover old part of Bukhara by bicycle. The cycling trail starts from a hotel in the direction of Samani mausoleum, passes by Bolo Khauz Ensemble, Ark Fortress, Poi-Kalon ensemble, Ulug Beg (15c) and Abdul Aziz Khan (17c) madrassahs, Chor-Minor madrassah, and finishes at Lyabi Khauz Ensemble. After lunch cycling in the direction of Bukhara Emir’s Summer residence (4 km). Before dinner relax in the city’s oldest Sauna (Bozori Kord Hammam). Dinner with folklore show in Nadir Divan Begi Madrassah. Overnight in Bukhara. |
Breakfast: Hotel Lunch: Restaurant Dinner: Restaurant |
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Day 07 | Bukhara – Tashkent | In the morning transfer to the airport to take domestic flight to Tashkent (HY 1322, 09:55 -11:25). Arrival in Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel. Accommodation. Sightseeing in Tashkent. Independence Square, TV Tower, Visit Abul Kassim Madrassah, TSUM - souvenirs shopping centre. Visit to the theatre named after Alisher Navoi where opera and ballet are performed. Farewell dinner and overnight in Tashkent. |
Breakfast: Hotel Lunch: Restaurant Dinner: Restaurant |
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Day 08 | Tashkent | After early breakfast transfer to the airport to take international flight back home. | Breakfast: Hotel |
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Tashkent – Uzbekistan 4* Samarkand – Malika Classic B/B Yangikazgan – Yurt camp Bukhara – Malika Bukhara 2* |
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