Silk Road Rally Tour of Retro/Classic Cars in Central Asia
Route
Almaty – Karakol – Cholpon Ata – Bishkek – Toktogul Gorge – Osh – Sary Tash – Murghob – Khorugh – Qal al Khumb – Dushanbe – Samarkand – Gijduvan – Bukhara – Khiva – Kunya Urgench – Darwaza – Ashgabat
Duration
26 days / 25 nights
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Day 01 Arrival in Almaty, Kazakhstan
Meet at Chinese-Kazakh border and drive to Almaty. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 02 Almaty, Kazakhstan
After breakfast in the hotel, choice for full day city tour or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 03 Almaty – Karakol (375 km), Kyrgyzstan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Karakol (375 km). After arrival, free time at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 04 Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast in the hotel, choice for full day city tour or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 05 Karakol – Cholpon Ata (140 km), Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast in the hotel, choice for excursion or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 06 Cholpon Ata – Bishkek (270 km), Kyrgyzstan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Bishkek (270 km). After arrival, free time at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 07 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast in the hotel, choice for excursion or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 08 Bishkek – Toktogul Gorge (270 km), Kyrgyzstan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Toktogul Gorge (270 km). After arrival, free time at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 09 Toktogul Gorge – Osh (340 km), Kyrgyzstan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Osh (340 km). After arrival, free time at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 10 Osh – Sary Tash (185 km), Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast in the hotel, half day excursion of Osh. PM. Drive to Sary Tash (185 km). After arrival, free time at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 11 Sary Tash – Murghab (230 km), Tajikistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Kyrgyz-Tajik border cross. After custom formalities, drive to Murghab (230 km). Arrival at Murghab, free time. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 12 Murghob – Khorugh (315 km), Tajikistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Khorugh (315 km). After arrival in, free time at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 13 Khorugh, Tajikistan
After breakfast in the hotel, choice for excursion or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 14 Khorugh – Qal al Khumb (245 km), Tajikistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Toktogul Gorge (270 km). After arrival, free time at leisure or technical maintenance on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 15 Qal al Khumb – Dushanbe (285 km), Tajikistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Dushanbe (285 km). After arrival in Dushanbe, free time at leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 16 Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Choice for excursion or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 17 Dushanbe-Samarkand (300 km), Uzbekistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Tajik-Uzbek border cross. After customs formalities, drive to Samarkand (300 km). Arrival in Samarkand. Free time at your leisure. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 18 Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Choice for excursion or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 19 Samarkand – Gijduvan – Bukhara (300 km), Uzbekistan
After breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Bukhara via Gijduvan (300 km). Upon arrival, check in the hotel. Free time. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 20 Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Choice for sightseeing of Bukhara or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 21 Bukhara-Khiva (460 km), Uzbekistan
Breakfast at hotel. Drive to Khiva through Kizil-Kum Desert (460 km, 7-8 hours driving). Arrival in Khiva, hotel accommodation. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 22 Khiva, Uzbekistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Choice for excursion or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 23 Khiva – Kunya Urgench – Darwaza (395 km), Turkmenistan
Breakfast in the hotel. Drive to Uzbek-Turkmen border cross. After customs formalities, drive to Darwaza via Kunya Urgench (395 km). After arrival in Darwaza, free time to have a rest. Overnight in Tents.
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Day 24 Darwaza-Ashgabat (275 km), Turkmenistan
After breakfast, drive to Ashgabat (275 km). upon arrival in Ashgabat, check in the hotel. Free time. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 25 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Breakfast in the hotel. A choice of full day sightseeing of Ashgabat or technical maintenance of cars on your own. Overnight in the hotel.
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Day 26 Ashgabat – Gaudan Border (40 km), Turkmenistan
After breakfast in the hotel, drive to Turkmen-Iran border cross (40 km). In this point, our services come to end!
| PAX | PRICE (PER PERSON) |
| 1 pax in single room | Upon request |
| 2 pax (twin sharing) | Upon request |
| 3 pax (twin sharing) | Upon request |
| 4 pax (twin sharing) | Upon request |
| 5 pax (twin sharing) | Upon request |
| Supplement for single room (except 1 pax where included | Upon request |
| Supplement for domestic airfare Tashkent-Urgench, economy class (subject to change) | Upon request |
Features of the tour:
This tour contains the highlighted cities of Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Khiva, Bukhara, Shakhrisabz and Samarkand by covering cultural, historical, architectural and educational features. As a standard classical tour, its duration is ideal with enough time to learn the famous cities on the Silk Road and at the same time to enjoy one’s holiday.
Best season to travel:
You can travel and enjoy this program all year around however one can feel a little bit uncomfortable to travel in the hottest period of summer (in July) and in winter when the weather is cold. But during these off-season periods, travellers can get special discounted rates for packages by request.
Level of difficulties and age limitation:
This is an easy level tour and there is no age limitation as far as a person has no walking distance problem. Because in some cities such as Khiva and Bukhara, transportation is limited and normally tourists walk around approximately from 3 to 5 km during an excursion.
