Discovery Tour to Uzbekistan - Private Tour

Discovery Tour to Uzbekistan, 2023-2024

Discovery Tour to Uzbekistan: Discover amazing places, local traditions and culture of Uzbek people.

Tour duration: 12 days/11 nights
Tour date: Flexible
Tour type: Private
Tour itinerary: Tashkent-Nukus-Muynak-Nukus-Khiva-Bukhara-Gijduvan-Nurata-Yurt Camp-Aydar Lake-Sentyab village-Samarkand-Tashkent-Chimgan-Tashkent
Tour language: English, Russian

Day 1: ... - Tashkent (Sightseeing tour duration: 5-6 hours)

Arrive in Tashkent. GLOBAL CONNECT driver will meet you at the Tashkent International Airport. (If you are arriving by an early morning flight, extra night at the hotel may be needed).
Start sightseeing from the Old City part of Tashkent. Visit Khast Imam - a cultic architectural complex and the religious center of Tashkent where the world famous Uthman Quran has been preserved. Khast Imam complex consists of Barak-Khan Madrasah, Tillya Sheikh Mosque, Muyi Muborak Madrasah, Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, New Khazrati Imam Mosque and the Muftiate building. Drive to Chorsu Bazaar. After exploring the bazaar drive to the Central Asian Plov Center. Plov is cooked in a giant, wood-fired kazans. Enjoy your plov!
Visit the State Museum of Applied Art to see priceless samples of applied art created by golden hands of masters from the first half of XIX century up to the present time. Have a short Tashkent metro ride from "Kosmonavtlar" station to "Mustakallik Maydoni" station. Visit Independence Square, Alisher Navoi State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, Amir Temur Square and Monument of Courage. Drop off at the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Tashkent - Nukus - Muynak - Nukus

05:00 Transfer to the Domestic Airport.
07:25 Flight to Nukus.
09:25 Arrive in Nukus. Visit Savitsky Art Museum in Nukus.
Lunch. Transfer to Muynak (200 km). En Route to Muynak visit Ancient Complex Mizdakhan. The ancient complex keeps a lot of secrets and even mystical legends and beliefs. There is a small madrasah called sometimes “World Clock”, which served as the burial place of one of the saints. According to the legend every year, this building loses one brick from the masonry, and when the building collapses, the world will come to the end. Visit Muynak Museum and the "Cemetery of ships" - former Sea port of Muynak. Today tourists arrive in Muynak in great numbers to see the cemetery of ships – corroded iron bulks amid the Aralkum desert, a new desert that has formed on the bottom of the former Aral Sea. Visit Local History Museum and the former port of Muynak. You can enjoy watching the endless desert that was once a sea. Drive back to Nukus. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 3: Nukus - Khiva

Breakfast at the hotel.
Drive to Khiva (200 km). En Route to Khiva, visit ancient fortresses of Khorezm - Chilpiq Kala, Kyzyl Kala, Toprak Kala and Ayaz Kala. Arrive in Khiva. Check in. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4: Khiva (Sightseeing tour duration: 4-5 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
10:00 Start your walking sightseeing tour in ancient Khiva. Explore the walled inner town of the city of Khiva - Itchan Kala. Visit Mukhammad Aminkhan Madrasah, Mukhammad Rahimkhan Madrasah, Kalta-Minor, Kunya-Ark, Juma Mosque, Tash-Khovli Palace, Minaret of Islam-Khoja, Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 5: Khiva - Bukhara

Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Bukhara by train. There is a train at 08:23 in the morning on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Other days you can take a train that runs at 15:03. Both trains run more than 6 hours. Arrive in Bukhara and transfer to the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6: Bukhara (Sightseeing tour duration: 4-5 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Start your walking sightseeing tour in Bukhara. Visit Lyabi-Khauz Complex, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Chor-Minor Madrasah, Trade domes, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, Miri-Arab Madrasah, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque, Ark Fortress and Bolo-Khauz Mosque. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 7: Bukhara - Gijduvan - Nurata - Yurt Camp

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Drive to Gijduvan. Visit the ceramics workshop in Gijduvan. Drive to Nurata.
13:00 Arrive in Nurata. Start your self-guided walking sightseeing tour in Nurata town. Visit Complex Chashma Spring and Namazgah Mosque. Go up to the hills to visit the remains of the Fortress of Alexander the Great. Drive to the Yurt Camp. Overnight in the Yurt Camp.

Day 8: Yurt Camp - Aydar Lake - Sentyab village

Breakfast in the Yurt Camp.
09:00 Drive to the Aydar Lake. Stop and watching along the lakeshore. Drive to Sentyab village.
13:00 Arrive in Sentyab village. Lunch with a local family. Enjoy your free time for hiking. Dinner with the host. Spend a night in a traditional house to experience the charm of local life.

Day 9: Sentyab village - Samarkand

Breakfast.
09:00 Drive to Samarkand.
13:30 Arrive in Samarkand. Transfer to the hotel. Free time (Recommended visiting Gur-Emir and Registan to see a night view). Overnight at the hotel.

Day 10: Samarkand - Tashkent (Sightseeing tour duration: 5-6 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
08:30 Visit Gur-Emir Mausoleum, Registan Square - "The Pearl of Central Asia", Bibi-Khanum Mosque and Siab Bazaar - the largest market in Central Asia and the most visited place after Registan. After exploring the bazaar GLOBAL CONNECT will arrange a lunch at the Plov Center. Visit Khazrat Khizr Mosque - the first mosque of Samarkand, Mausoleum of the first President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, Ulughbek Observatory - one of the most significant observatories of the Middle Ages, and Mausoleum of Saint Daniel. Visit the "Meros" paper mill in Konigil village.
16:30 Transfer to train station.
17:33 Transfer to Tashkent by high-speed train "Afrosiyob".
19:43 Arrive in Tashkent. Transfer to the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 11: Tashkent - Chimgan - Tashkent (Tour duration: 6-7 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Transfer to Chimgan Mountains (Western Tien-Shan Mountains, 92 km) with a driver. Arrive in Amirsoy Mountain Resort, the largest ski resort in Uzbekistan. Take a cableway ride. Walking in the mountains. Transfer to the shore of the Charvak Reservoir. Lake Charvak is a popular resort in Tashkent region and thousands of holiday makers from all over Uzbekistan and neighbouring countries visit the reservoir. Make a short stop near Cinara's restaurant to visit unique petroglyphs and rock carvings made by prehistoric people. Transfer back to the hotel in Tashkent. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 12: Tashkent - ...

Breakfast at the hotel.
11:00 Check out. Free time.
Transfer to the Tashkent International Airport according to the flight time.

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Transport

Number of people	Vehicle Type:
1-2	Sedan car with a/c (Chevrolet Lacetti, Chevrolet Cobalt)
3-5	Minivan with a/c (Hyundai Grand Starex), Minibus with a/c (Toyota Hiace,* King Long, Joy Long)*

Accommodation in Tashkent

Accommodation type	Accommodation
Budget option	Time Hotel, Art Rakat, Art House or similar
Standard option	Sato Hotel, Aurora Hotel, Grand Capital or similar
Comfort option	Huvaydo Hotel, Porto Bello Hotel, Daniel Hill, Praga or similar
Comfort Plus	Royal Mezbon, Ichan Qal'a, Courtyard Marriott or similar

Accommodation in Nukus

Accommodation type	Accommodation
Budget option	Jipek Joli, Ratmina or similar
Standard option	Jipek Joli, Ratmina or similar
Comfort option	Pana Hotel, Citizen Hotel, Poytaht or similar
Comfort Plus	Pana Hotel, Citizen Hotel, Poytaht or similar

Accommodation in Khiva

Accommodation type	Accommodation
Budget option	Qosha Darvoza, Tosh Darvoza, Muhammadali, Meros or similar
Standard option	Arkanchi, Erkin Palace, Khiva Palace or similar
Comfort option	Zarafshan Boutique, Orient Star, Asia Khiva, Bek Khiva or similar
Comfort Plus

Accommodation in Bukhara

Accommodation type	Accommodation
Budget option	Breshim, Yasmin, Crystal Hotel or similar
Standard option	Shirin Plaza, Fatima Boutique, Grand Emir Residence or similar
Comfort option	Malika Bukhara, Omar Khayam, Lyabi House or similar
Comfort Plus	Paradise Plaza Luxury, Sahid Zarafshon, Mercure Old Town or similar

Accommodation in Samarkand

Accommodation type	Accommodation
Budget option	Samarkand Travel Inn, Samarabonu Hotel or similar
Standard option	Dilshoda, Registon Saroy Hotel, Meros Boutique or similar
Comfort option	Wellfort, Shaxzoda Elite, Gur Emir Palace or similar
Comfort Plus	Grand Samarkand Superior, East Star or similar

Hotel or hotel room upgrade is available by request

Private Tour Price (Updated on March 20, 2023)

Price per person in USD for 2023-2024
Number of people	Budget option	Standard option	Comfort option	Comfort Plus
1	1900	2250	2600	3150
2	1140	1290	1490	1800
3-5	1130	1280	1480	1790
6 and more	on request
Single supplement	110	220	340	540
Extra night	15	25	35	50
Traveling with children	children under 5 - free of charge; children under 10 - half price
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Price includes

Uzbekistan Visa Support (LOI/e-visa);
Accommodation based on double/twin shared room with breakfast (breakfast is available from 7:00 until 10:00 a.m. A lunch box for breakfast is possible for early departures on request at the Reception the day before);
Yurts in the Yurt Camp;
Guest house in Sentyab village;
All airport/train station pick up/drop off services;
All transportation services during the tour according to the itinerary;
Local tour guide services in Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand;
Entrance tickets to all monuments and museums according to the itinerary (Except in Muynak, Nukus, Ancient Castles and Nurata);
Cableway ride fees in Amirsoy Mountain Resort;
Tashkent-Nukus flight ticket (economy class);
Khiva-Bukhara regional train ticket (2-person Compartment SV Sleeper);
Samarkand-Tashkent high-speed train "Afrosiyob" ticket* (economy class);
*The high-speed train tickets maybe unavailable if the booking made less than 60 days before the departure date and it can be replaced with the most comfortable class of regular train tickets.
Meals in Yurt Camp (Dinner and breakfast);
Meals in Sentyab Village (Lunch, dinner and breakfast);
Lunch at the Central Asia Plov Center in Tashkent;
Lunch at the Plov Center in Samarkand;
A local prepaid SIM card with internet access per person (5 GB internet package);
24 hour customer service.

Price does not include

Lunches and dinners (to be paid directly by tourists at the places, except of those listed in "included").

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