After breakfast, your guide and driver will meet you in the hotel lobby to start a sightseeing tour of Almaty. Highlights of this morning will include Panfilov Park, Zenkov Cathedral, Republic Square, and the Central State Museum. After a welcome lunch, a short drive (25 km) will take you to Chimbulak. Here, visit the ski resort and ride the cable car to enjoy the amazing views of the snowy peaks of the Tian Shan Mountains. Our last stop of the day will be the Sunkar Falcon Farm, where you’ll enjoy a spectacular show with specially trained hawks – hunting with these magnificent birds is a distinguishing feature of the Kazakh way of life. Return to the hotel by 18:00. Free time. 
Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours

• Breakfast
• Rixos 5*

After breakfast, at 9 am depart Almaty and drive to Bishkek, enjoy nature landscapes on the way (250 km, 4 h.). Upon arrival check-in at the hotel. Start sightseeing tour in Bishkek: visit Oak Park, Ala-Too Square, Statue of Manas. See Philharmonic Hall and Victory Monument – bright examples of Soviet architecture. 
Duration of sightseeing: 2-3 hours / Total time - 7-8 hours

• Breakfast
• Orion 5*

Depart Bishkek at 09:00. The first stop will be Burana Tower, which was part of the ancient city of Balasagun (11th to 13th centuries). Next on the agenda will be experiencing a Kyrgyz national horse game called “Ulak Tartysh” (goat pulling). Ulak Tartysh (also known as Kok Boru) is a fight between two teams of horse riders for a goat carcass. Transfer to Don Aryk village and have lunch at the home of a local Kyrgyz family. After lunch, watch a demonstration of yurt construction and even take part if you wish. Local Kyrgyz women will explain the meaning and use of each part of the yurt. Return to Bishkek for overnight. Duration of sightseeing: 6-7 hours

• Breakfast / Lunch
• Orion 5*

Transfer to the Ala-Archa National Park (40 km). You will be in the alpine gorge through which the fast flowing Ala-Archa River runs. The gorge is flanked by tall, snow-covered, peaks with steep-sided, forested, mountain slopes. You will hike (3,5 km / 2.2 miles) from the alpine camp (2200 m) to Ak-Sai waterfall – the height is 35 m (2700 m) . The path  goes through conifer forest and alpine meadows. Return back to the alpine camp. Transfer to Bishkek. Free time. Transfer to Bishkek airport (110 km, ~1h 30 min) to take the evening flight to Tashkent (1h 20 min). Upon arrival transfer to the hotel for overnight. Duration of sightseeing: 5-6 hours

• Breakfast
• Hyatt Regency 5*

Start the Tashkent city tour at 10:00 by visiting the Old City of Tashkent. This area encompasses the Khast-Imam Complex (famous for displaying one of the earliest copies of the Qur’an, the Holy Book of Islam), and Chorsu Bazaar, where you can haggle for spices, dried fruit, and nuts. Then take a ride on Tashkent Metro to the city center to visit Applied Arts Museum and walk through Navoi Theater to Amir Timur Square where you will end Tashkent city tour. Free time in the afternoon. Duration of sightseeing tour: 5-6 hours

• Breakfast
• Hyatt Regency 5*

Early in the morning get “a take-away breakfast” from the hotel and transfer to the railway station. The high-speed train Afrosiyob arrives in Samarkand around noon. (300 km, 2h 10 min). Upon arrival in Samarkand meet your driver with the guide. Your city tour will begin with a visit to Gur Emir Mausoleum, the final resting place of the Turco-Mongol emperor, Timur. Continue to the spectacular Registan Square, explore the Bibi Khanum Mosque and Siyob bazaar. After lunch break continue to Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, then take a short drive to Konigil village to find out about the traditional techniques used to make the famous Samarkand paper from mulberry bark.  Duration of sightseeing: 6-7 hours

• Breakfast
• Continental 4*

• Breakfast
• Panjakent Plaza 4*

• Breakfast
• Continental 4*

At 08:45 am transfer to the railway station and take a fast-going train departing to Bukhara (260 km, 1h.45 min.). Upon arrival in Bukhara transfer to the hotel to leave the luggage. After lunch, start exploring the Old City of Bukhara. Highlights of the walking tour will include: the Lyabi Hauz Ensemble, Chor-Minor Madrasa, Kalyan Minaret, and Ark Fortress. Duration of sightseeing: 4-5 hours

• Breakfast
• Wyndham Bukhara 4*

In the first half of the day continue sightseeing tour of Bukhara. Visit to Ismail Samani and Chashma-Ayub Mausoleums, continue to trading domes. Free time until the National Show at Nadir Divan-begi Madrasa, which starts at 18:00.  Duration of sightseeing: 3-4 hours

• Breakfast
• Wyndham Bukhara 4*

In the morning depart Bukhara and drive to Khiva (480 km, 7-8 h*). Today we will have an overland transfer from Bukhara to Khiva through Kyzylkum desert**. Caravans on the Great Silk Road carrying porcelain and spices used the same route for hundreds of years. Arrive in Khiva late in the afternoon. Check-in to the hotel. Free evening in Khiva. 

*As the cafés and restaurants on the way are basic and offer limited menus, we should arrange for you a packed lunch on this trip.
**Some parts of the road are not in the best condition.

• Breakfast
• Farovon Khiva 4*

After breakfast, you will start the Khiva city tour by visiting Itchan-Kala Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The tour features visits to Mukhammad Aminkhan Madrasah, Mukhammad Rahimkhan Madrasah, Kalta-Minor, Juma Mosque, Tash-Khovli Palace, Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum and Islam-Khoja minaret, the highest minaret in Uzbekistan. Free time in the afternoon. Duration of sightseeing: 5-6 hours

• Breakfast
• Farovon Khiva 4*

After breakfast at 09:30 am drive to Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan border point Shavat-Dashoguz (60 km, 1 h.). Upon arrival at the customs and passport control on both sides, proceed to the exit of the border control area. At that point, our guide will be waiting for you with the sign. Transfer to have lunch before driving to Darvaza gas crater located in the middle of Karakum desert (270 km, 4 h.). Upon arrival enjoy a delicious fire-cooked meal for dinner near the burning gas crater. Overnight in the yurt.

• Breakfast
• Yurts

After camp style breakfast depart to Ashgabat (280 km, 4 h.). Upon arrival check in to the hotel. Start sightseeing tour in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan that has recently been noted by the Guinness Book of World Records as having more white marble buildings than any other city in the world. During the city tour you will visit Spiritual Mosque, one of the biggest mosques in Central Asia. You will visit the National Museum of History, the Monument of Neutrality, Presidential Square, Ertugrul Gazi Mosque and newly built Independence Park. Free time in the evening.

• Breakfast
• Oguzkent 5*

• Breakfast / Dinner
• Oguzkent 5*

Transfer to the International Airport. 

• Breakfast
• Private transfer