10 Days-9 Nights Khiva Border To Bukhara Border Tour

Day1 – Ashgabat International Airport, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan to Ashgabat, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

Day 1 Early in the morning arrival to Ashgabat airport meet your Turkmenistan guide.

Day 2 Ashgabat to Kunya urgench to Darvaza Gas Crater, Turkmenistan Then, in the morning at 06:00 flight to Dashoguz and meet other guests at the border, drive to Kunya-Urgench. Visit mausoleums of Turabek-Khanym, Sultan Tekesh, Sultan Il Arslan. Discover the Kutlug Timur Minaret and Kyrk Molla Hill. Late afternoon at 15:00, departure for overnight trip to Karakum Desert; after 2 hours on tarmac road, drive off-road to Yerbent desert semi-nomadic settlement; and further off-road to Darvaza gas crater located in the middle of Karakum desert. Arrive at the crater. Enjoy a delicious fire-cooked meal for dinner near the burning gas crater. Overnight in yurt camp.

Day 3 Darwaza to Ashgabat, In the morning drive to Ashgabat. Start the day with Kov-Ata – underground lake, water in which all year round is 36 degrees. Drive back to Ashgabat. Then a 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 explore Carpet Museum, National Museum of History, an archaeological site of Old Nisa included in UNESCO World Heritage list. Intense and interesting excursion also includes a stopover at the Akhalteke horse stables/complex. Visit Annau Seýit Jemaleddin Mosque on the way Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4 Ashgabat to Mary/Merv Visit monuments of Neutrality, Independence, AltynAsyr” Oriental Bazaar, Jygyldyk bazaar – one of the biggest bazaar in Central Asia, Gulistan Bazar, Monument for the Victims of the Earthquake of 1948, Monument of Lenin, Ertogrul Gazy Mosque. Arch of Neutrality, Park of Independency along the hundreds of fountains and statutes with stops to visit Monuments of Independency and Ruhnama. Drive at 16:00 to Merv. Farewell dinner and overnight in the hotel. Meals: dinner.

Day 5 Merv and Mary After breakfast at 7:00, drive to ancient city of Merv, listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site that was a major center of international trade and crafts located on the Silk Road. Visit Hazrat Yousuf Hamadani mausoleum, Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum, Large and Small Gyz Gala, Keshk Fortress and others.. You will observe many camels on the site. After lunch visiting museum and church in Mary.

Day 6 Mary Margush to Ashgabat Full morning for visit to the excavations of the ancient Margush country capital – Gonur, which consists of the Palace of the city, Fire and Water Temples, Royal Necropolis. Return to Mary, drive in late afternoon back to Ashgabat (370 km, 2.5 hrs). Transfer to the hotel upon arrival. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 7 Ashgabat to Yangykala Canyon, Turkmenistan Morning at 08:00 drive to Balkanabat . Have a lunch between 13:00-14:30 and get food for dinner at canyon. Departure for overnight trip to Yangikala Canyons. First 2 hours on tarmac, then followed by potholed tarmac and gravel tracks. Dinner and stay at pilgrim house Gozli Ata.

Day 9 Gyzylarbat, to Ashgabat Turkmenistan Drive to Day trip to Nohur village in the Kopet Dag Mountains (visit tribal cemetery and pilgrim site; silk weaving homes), with visit of Turkmenbashi Mosque-Mausoleum and Gokdepe Mosque on the way. Arrival to Ashgabat. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 9 Gyzylarbat, to Ashgabat Turkmenistan Drive to Day trip to Nohur village in the Kopet Dag Mountains (visit tribal cemetery and pilgrim site; silk weaving homes), with visit of Turkmenbashi Mosque-Mausoleum and Gokdepe Mosque on the way. Arrival to Ashgabat. Overnight at the hotel.