Tajikistan's Unexplored Lakes and Uzbekistan's Silk Road Cities 6 Days Local

Tajikistan's Unexplored Lakes and Uzbekistan's Silk Road Cities 6 Days Local

6 Days

$1,320~ / Per Person (Based on Double Occupancy)

• Included in the Price
  Included Items

  • Hotel accommodation fee (breakfast included)
  • Domestic train tickets
  • Private Car
  • Japanese Through Guide
  • Entrance fees for the listed sightseeing spots

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  Included in the Price
  Not Included

  • International Airfare Tickets
  • Meals not listed
  • Tips for the Driver/Guide
  • Phone calls, souvenirs, laundry, and other personal expenses

Travel Highlights

Itinerary Details

• Day 1

  

  Arrival in Tashkent

  After arriving at Tashkent Airport, go to the exit outside the international flight.
  At the place outside the fence, a guide with a nameplate will be waiting for you.
  
  From start to finish, the same guide will guide you through your journey through Central Asia together.
  
  Travel to your hotel in a private vehicle, check in, and enjoy your free time.
  
  
  Breakfast / - Lunch / - Dinner / -
  Accommodation: Tashkent

• Day 2

  

  Tashkent→ Samarkand

  After breakfast at the hotel, drive to Tashkent railway station by private vehicle.
  Travel by express train to Samarqand.
  
  Over the course of a day, you will thoroughly enjoy the ancient city of Samarkand, the "Blue City".
  Founded during the Timurid Empire, Registan Square, which means "place of sand", was registered as a World Heritage Site in 2001 and is home to three seminaries: the Ulug Beg Madrasah, the Cher d'Or Madrasa and the Tilya Corrie Mosque Madrasah.
  In addition, the beautifully decorated tomb of the king "Guri Amir Mausoleum", the huge "Bibi Khanim Mosque" named after Timur's beloved wife and means "first lady" or "the best princess", the huge bazaar "Siyob Bazaar" that Samarkand is proud of with its history of more than 2,000 years, and the mausoleum and mosque with beautiful tiles and detailed mosaics are lined up in a straight line and retain the remnants of that time. We will visit spots such as the Shahězinda Mausoleums and the Ulugbek Observatory, which has lost its main buildings but used to conduct precise astronomical observations with almost the same accuracy as today.
  
  Breakfast / Yes Lunch / No Dinner / No
  Accommodation: Samarkand

• Day 3

  

  Penjikent

  Early in the morning, drive to the Tajikistan border by private vehicle.
  After passport checks and baggage checks, travel by private vehicle in Tajikistan to cruise around the seven lakes. Located in a mountainous area on the outskirts of Penjikent, the Seven Lakes are also a popular tourist attraction known as the Seven Lakes.
  Beautiful blue and green lakes spread out between the rocky mountains, and you can feel the mystery of nature.
  
  After touring the lake, go to Penjikent city, which was also the town of the ancient state of Sogdiana.
  Before the spread of Islam in Central Asia, the old city, which was inhabited and flourished in the 5th century, is now a ruin.
  After a stroll through the Central Asian city, you'll head back to Samarkand.
  
  * During the snowy season, you may not be able to go to the seven lakes.
  
  Breakfast/△ Lunch/- Dinner/-
  Accommodation: Samarkand
  

• Day 4

  

  Samarkand to Bukhara

  After breakfast, take an express train from Samarkand to Buxoro, a city that has flourished as a political and cultural center since ancient Islamic times.
  
  "Nadir Divanbegi" with its beautiful mosaic main gate, "Taki's Bazaar" full of exoticism, "Ulugbekmedreseh", the oldest surviving seminary in Central Asia, "Ark Castle", the residence of successive Bukhara Khans built around the 4th century BC, "Mir Arab Medreseh" built in the 16th century and stands out for its beauty, With a guide, you will visit the 46.5-meter-tall old tower "Kalyan Minaret" and the "Kalyan Mosque", which are the symbols of Bukhara's old city, and other must-see spots when visiting Bukhara.
  The mosaics that can be seen throughout the city are like the world of the Arabian Nights.
  
  Breakfast / Yes Lunch / No Dinner / No
  Accommodation: Bukhara

• Day 5

  

  Bukhara to Tashkent

  After breakfast at the hotel, we will visit the sights that we could not visit on the first day of Bukhara.
  
  You can fully enjoy the exotic city of Bukhara, including the old city, which is also a World Heritage Site.
  
  In the afternoon, you will travel by private car to Bukhara railway station, and then by express train to Tashkent.
  
  In the evening, after arriving at Tashkent Railway Station, you will be transferred to the hotel by private vehicle.
  
  
  Breakfast / Yes Lunch / No Dinner / No
  Accommodation: Tashkent

• Day 6

  

  Tashkent → Return home

  Check out after breakfast at the hotel.
  Sightseeing in Tashkent by private vehicle.
  You will enjoy Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, by visiting the "Navoi Theater" (official name: Alisher Navoi Memorial State Academy Grand Theater) for opera and ballet, which is also known to have been built by Japan prisoners of war of the former Japan Army, visiting the "Plov Center" that serves "Plov", a Central Asian version of pilaf, and taking the subway.
  
  You will be returning to Japan from Tashkent Airport.
  
  
  Breakfast / Yes Lunch / No Dinner / No
  Overnight Stay: —

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