Discovery Tour to Uzbekistan - Private Tour

Discovery Tour to Uzbekistan, 2022-2023

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-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 Museum, "Broadway" street where some street artists and painters display their original artworks (there are many shopping centers, fashion shops, boutiques, restaurants, and cafes are located on and around the Broadway) and Monument of Courage. Drop off at the hotel. Free time. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 2: Tashkent - Nukus - Muynak

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. There is a cafe located on the bottom floor of the Lighthouse which serves great local fish. Dried fish also available for the fans of beer. Overnight in the Mayak Yurt Camp located next to the old lighthouse.

Day 3: Muynak - Khiva

Breakfast in the Yurt Camp. Drive to Khiva (400 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)

Day 5: Khiva - Bukhara

Day 6: Bukhara (Sightseeing tour duration: 6-7 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Start your walking sightseeing tour in Bukhara. Visit Lyabi-Khauz Complex, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Trade domes, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Miri-Arab Madrasah, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, Ark Fortress, Bolo-Khauz Mosque and Chashma-Ayub mausoleum, Ismail Samani mausoleum. GLOBAL CONNECT will arrange a dinner at Nodir Devonbegi Madrasah Restaurant where you can enjoy Traditional Dance Show. 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. After lunch visit the Complex Chashma Spring and Namazgah Mosque. Go up to the hills to visit the remains of the Fortress of Alexander the Great. Visit the Kariz - the construction of Kariz is a unique underground water pipeline system near Nurata which is also connected with the name of the Alexander the Great.
16:00 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. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 10: Samarkand - Tashkent (Sightseeing tour duration: 6-7 hours)

Day 11: Tashkent - Chimgan - Tashkent (Sightseeing tour duration: 6 hours)

Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00 Pick up from the hotel in Tashkent and transfer to Chimgan Mountains (Western Tien-Shan Mountains, 92 km). 10:30 Arrive in Charvak. Walking in the mountains. Take a cableway ride. Transfer to the shore of the Charvak Reservoir. Drive to Chinara’s restaurant to have lunch under the shade of four ancient giant plane tree. On the territory of the restaurant, there are unique petroglyphs and rock carvings made by prehistoric people. Make some photo stops along the way to take in the views. Transfer back to the hotel in Tashkent.

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	Art Rakat, Orient Palace, Art House or similar
Standard option	Old Tashkent, Sato Hotel, Grand Capital or similar
Comfort option	Daniel Hill, Praga, Navruz, Simma Spa or similar

Accommodation in Khiva

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

Accommodation in Bukhara

Accommodation type	Accommodation
Budget option	Breshim, Yasmin, Crystal Hotel or similar
Standard option	Grand Emir Residence, Zargaron Plaza or similar
Comfort option	Malika Bukhara, Omar Khayam, Lyabi House, Amulet or similar

Accommodation in Samarkand

Accommodation type	Accommodation
Budget option	B&B Emir, Samarkand Travel Inn or similar
Standard option	Dilshoda, Arba Hotel, City, Meros Boutique or similar
Comfort option	Minor Hotel, Emir Han, Platan or similar

Private Tour Price

Price per person in USD for 2022-2023
Number of people	Budget option	Standard option	Comfort option
1	1500	1620	1760
2	1030	1150	1320
3	1020	1140	1310
4	990	1110	1290
5	960	1080	1260
6 and more	on request
Single supplement	110	220	340
Traveling with children	children under 5 - free of charge; children under 10 - half price

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); Yurt in the Yurt Camp in Muynak; Yurts in Lake Aydar; 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, Samarkand and Chimgan; Entrance tickets to all monuments and museums according to the itinerary (Except in Muynak, Nukus, Ancient Castles and Nurata); 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); Meals in Yurt Camp (Dinner and breakfast); Meals in Sentyab Village (Lunch, dinner and breakfast); Lunch at the Central Asia Plov Center; Dinner at Nodir Devonbegi Madrasah Restaurant and Traditional dance show; Luxury Plov for lunch in Samarkand; One local prepaid SIM card with internet access per group (5 GB internet package); Covid-19 PCR test before departure; 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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