Highlights

The price is based on 2 persons in a private tour for 4 star hotel

● Travel to Kunya Urgench to find the ancient ruins, mausoleums and minarets

● Discover a small desert village when crossing the Karakum desert

● Sightseeing in the Turkmenbashy Ruhy Mosque, the largest mosque in Central Asia

● An incredible view of Darwaza burning Gas Crater dubbed by locals as "The Door to Hell"

● Visit the "white marbled city" - Ashgabat, where you can see the biggest number of structures in the world made out of the white marble.

The price for one person in a private tour is 1450USD based on 3 star hotel

ITINERARY Close All

Day 1Shavat Border Transfer, Visit Kunya Urgench and Gas Crater

Our representative will meet you at Turkmen/Uzbek border "Shavat". Drive to Koneurgench (1.5h). Sightseeing tour in Kunya Urgench of Portal of Cara-vansaray, Mamun Minaret, II Arslan Mausoleum, Sultan Tekesh Mausoleum, Academy of Horezm, Kutlug Timur Minaret, Turabek Hanum Mausoleum.

Afternoon drive to Darwaza burning Gas Crater (3.5 h) The Crater is also called as "The Door to Hell". The area is rich in natural gas. While drilling in 1971, former Soviet geologists tapped into a cavern filled with natural gas. The ground beneath the drilling rig collapsed, leaving a large hole with a diameter of 60m and 20m deep. To avoid poisonous gas discharge, it was decided to burn it off. The geologists had hoped the fire would be put out in a few days, but the gas is still burning today. In the evening, watch the spectacular and fascinating view of the gas crater.

BBQ dinner & overnight at Gas Crater.

Traffic: Car
Hotel: Overnight in camp
Altitude: 81m
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    Kunya-urgench-1

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    Gas-crater

Day 2Drive to Ashgabat via the desert village Erbent

Picnic style breakfast. Drive back to Ashgabat. En-route we cross Karakum desert, will make a stop in small desert village Erbent. Arrival in Ashgabat.

Drive to visit Turkmenbashy Ruhy Mosque in Kipchak (the largest mosque in Central Asia).

Afternoon you will have Ashgabat city tour. In 2013 the Guinness Book of Records named Ashgabat “white marbled city” – here you can see the biggest number of structures in the world made out of the white marble. You will see Presidential Palace, Ruhyyet Palace, Wedding Palace, modern “Yildyz” Hotel, Ferries Wheel, Constitution Monument, Arch of Neutrality, Monument and park of Independence, Ertogrul Gazy Mosque, Ashgabat Sports and Housing facilities, the Earthquake and victims of WWII Mon-uments.

Traffic: Car
Hotel: Overnight in Ashgat
Meals: Breakfast
Altitude: 219m
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    Olympic-stadium

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    Turkmenbashy-ruhy-mosque

Day 3Ashgabat Free Day and Airport Transfer

BF at hotel. Free day. Transfer to Ashgabat International airport.

Traffic: Car
Hotel: No accommodation
Meals: Breakfast
Altitude: 219m
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    Ashgabat

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    Arch-of-neutrality

INCLUDES

  • Private transportation through out the itinerary. SRT will arrange for all travelers to be met on arrival and seen off on departure based on your flight info.

  • Shared accommodations in well located, tourist to superior class hotels include breakfast, service charge and government tax.

  • All entrance fees(shuttle bus) sightseeing; excursions and activities as per the itinerary

  • Private friendly and professional English-Speaking guides (French, Italy, Russian, German can be arranged per your request)

  • Visa support letter for you to apply the visa easily.

  • Travel and health insurance when travel with us.

  • A 24/7 helpline while you are traveling.

EXCLUDES

  • International and domestic flights not indicated.

  • Food, Lunch or dinner not specified

  • Tips or gratuities for guides and drivers

  • Personal expenses and the other tours or activities not mentioned

TRIP NOTES

  • There is no problem to travel Silk Road during Ramadan.

  • Complimentary 2 bottles of water each person on daily use.

Transportation

We will use business MPV to luxurious coaches and trains.

Accommodation

All the hotels we selected are 4-5star well-located in the city center with good and proper breakfast for our clients.

Guides

Our guides are very friendly, knowledgeable, helpful. And our group tours will be escorted from SRT.

Climate and Altitude

Generally speaking Mid March—End Oct are the best time to visit Silk Road. And we strongly suggest you come in May, June, October to avoid the heat and crowd. No need to worry about high altitude along the Silk Road. We will prepare Oxygen bags if the package includes Xiahe, Qinghai Lake and Taxkorgan County.

We offer beneficial Cancellation Policy to our customers.

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