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Uzbekistan » Samarqand » Samarkand
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Mountains and minarets country
(6 days trekking in the mountains of southwestern Chatkal and 4 days of visits)
Tashkent - River Aksakata - Aksakata Pass (2450m) - plateau Pulatkhan - River Karaarcha say - Skolzkiy Pass (2690m alt, 1А) - Takhta Pass (2620m alt, 1А) - Nurekata River - Koumbel Pass (2550m alt) - Tchetkoumbel Pass (1880m) - gorges Beldersay (110km.) - Tashkent - Samarkand - Bukhara - Tashkent
Highlights and advantages:
Balanced combination of visiting historical sites and discovery of nature;
Discovery of mythical cities of the Silk Road;
Immersion in the nature of Central Asia;
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Day 1/ Tashkent
Arrival in Tashkent, welcome by the guide at the airport and transfer to the hotel and installation. Breakfast. Visit to Tashkent by Chorsu bazaar, complex Khasti Imam. Lunch. Continue sightseeing tour by the Independence Square, the Place of Amir Timour, and Tashkent metro. Overnight at hotel. Dinner.
Day 2/ Tashkent - Aksakata (65 km drive)
Starting in the mountains in the gorges destination Aksakata (65km, 2 hrs. driving). Installing camp at an altitude of 1650m and preparing to hike in the mountains. Breakfast, picnic, dinner around the campfire.
Day 3/ Aksakata - Karangur (15 km, walking)
Through the gorges, the shore of rivers and climb the Col Aksakata. Set up a camp at the altitude of 2942 m in the peak of Karangur. Breakfast, picnic, dinner around the campfire.
Day 4/ Pulatkhan plate (15 km / day, walking)
Climb in Pulatkhan we will have a splendid view of the mountains of Tien Shan and in the gorges and Tereklisay Akbulak. Breakfast, picnic, dinner around the campfire.
Day 5/ Karaarchasay (15 km, walking)
Hiking the gorges Karaarchasay and cross the neck Skolzkiy (2690m, 1А). Establish camp on Djar Mountains (2936m). Breakfast, picnic, dinner around the campfire.
Day 6/ Takhta (15 km, walking)
Go up the neck Takhta (2620m, 1А), crossing the river Nurekata. Installing the camp at the foot of Koumbel. Breakfast, picnic, dinner around the campfire.
Day 7/ Koumbel - Beldersay - Tashkent (18 km, walking)
Pass through the Koumbel (alt 2550m) and Tchetkoumbel (1880m alt.) before descending into the gorge Beldersay (4 km Chimgan). Back to Tashkent. Breakfast, Picnic-Lunch, Dinner.
Day 8/ Tashkent - Samarkand
Breakfast. Transfer to the train station and departure to Samarkand. Arrival and check in to hotel. Lunch. Visit Samarkand by Ulug-bek Observatory, museum of Afrasiab, the Bibi-khanoum mosque, Siab bazaar, Chah-in-Zinda complex. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.
Day 9/ Samarkand - Bukhara
Breakfast. Visit the mausoleum of Gur Emir, the Registan Square, and transfer to the train station to take the train to Bukhara. Free lunch at train. Arrival and transfer to hotel. Free time. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.
Day 10/ Bukhara
Breakfast. Discovery Bukhara. Visiting the mausoleum of Ismail Samani mausoleum, Chachma Ayoub, Citadel-Ark and Bolo Hauz mosque, Poyi Kalyan complex which compound three monuments: madrassah Mir Arab, the Grand Mosque and minaret Kalyan. Lunch. Continue the sightseeing tour by medieval bazaars Toki Zargaron, Toki Sarrafon, madrasah Ulugbek, madrasah Abdul Aziz Khan, Tim Abdullakhan, Toki Telpakfuruchon, Lyabi Hauz complexe together madrasah Kukeldash, Nadir Divanbegi madrasah and a large Khanaka, Magoki-Attari mosque. Dinner. Overnight at hotel.
Day 11/ Bukhara-Tashkent
Breakfast. Transfer to airport and flight to Tashkent. Arrival and city tour. Lunch. Transfer to the airport for the flight to departure.
Price informations and details
City | Accommodation 4* hotel | Accommodation 3* hotel | Accommodation B&B hotel | Nights |
Tashkent | Tashkent palace 4*, Grand mir hotel 4*, The Park Turon 4* (or similar) | hotel Uzbekistan 4*, Shodlik palace 4* (or similar) | Jahongir B&B | 3 (+early chek in) |
Samarkand | Asia Samarcande 4*, Majestik palace 4*, Grand Samarcande 4* (or similar) | hotel Malika 3*, hotel City 3*, hotel Sorbon 3* (or similar) | Jahongir B&B |
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Bukhara | Asia Boukhara 4*, Zargaron plaza 4*, Grand Boukhara 4* (or similar) | Sash&Son 3*, hotel Minzifa 3*, Emir 3* (or similar) | Nazira&Azizbek B&B | 2 |
| Trekking | tente | tente | tente | 5 |
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Prices include: | - Transport;
- Accommodation based on double room sharing
- Full board (breakfasts, lunches, dinners);
- English or French speaking guide to accompany the travelers for the whole period of the tour;
- Entrance tickets to the sights, museums, mausoleums;
- Domestic flight Bukhara – Tachkent
- Train ticket Tashkent - Samarkand
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Prices do not include: | - Charges in hotels for additional services;
- Consular fees for Uzbekistan tourist visa;
- Personal insurance;
- International flights;
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Prices per pax for 2013
(In dollar US)
| Numbre in groupe | Hotel 4* | Hotel 3* | Hotel B&B |
2 pax | 1955$ | 1775$ | 1703$ |
3 pax | 1771$ | 1591$ | 1519$ |
4 pax | 1556$ | 1376$ | 1304$ |
5 pax | 1440$ | 1263$ | 1188$ |
6 pax | 1351$ | 1174$ | 1099$ |
7 pax | 1320$ | 1143$ | 1068$ |
8 pax | 1270$ | 1092$ | 1018$ |
9 pax | 1290$ | 1110$ | 1038$ |
10 pax | 1274$ | 1094$ | 1022$ |
11 pax | 1241$ | 1061$ | 989$ |
12pax | 1213$ | 1033$ | 961$ |
Single supplement | 216$ | 162$ | 126$ |
