Nomadic Experience, Unexplored Lakes, Central Asian Towns Uzbekistan & Tajikistan 7 Days Local

Nomadic Experience, Unexplored Lakes, Central Asian Towns Uzbekistan & Tajikistan 7 Days Local

7 Days

$1,500~ / Per Person (Based on Double Occupancy)

• Price
  What's Included

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

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  Price
  What's not included

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

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Detailed itinerary

• 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/〇 Lunch/- Dinner/-
  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

  

  Nurata Nomad Experience

  After breakfast at your hotel, travel to Nurata in a private vehicle.
  
  Nurata, which is said to have had a city in ancient Greece BC, is also known as a pilgrimage site for Muslims.
  There are irrigation canals that were built in ancient times and are still used today.
  In Nurata, we will have lunch at a suzani shop that sells suzani embroidery, a traditional local craft.
  
  Then, head to Lake Aydarkul, one of Uzbekistan's most popular places to swim.
  After a stroll through the beautiful Lake Aidarchul, which suddenly appears on a semi-desert road,
  Go to the accommodation experience facility of the mobile dwelling "Yurta" of nomads.
  You can spend a relaxing night while looking at the star-filled sky.
  
  Breakfast/〇 Lunch/- Dinner/-
  Accommodation: Near Nurata　

• Day 5

  

  Nurata → Bukhara

  After breakfast, leave the nomadic tents and head to Buxoro, a city that has been a political and cultural center since ancient Islamic times.
  
  Along the way, stop at a pottery workshop in the town of Gijduvan, known for making pottery with a lot of deep yellows and dark greens. Brightly colored pottery is a sight to behold.
  
  We will arrive in Bukhara after noon.
  "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.
  
  Breakfast/〇 Lunch/- Dinner/-
  Accommodation: Bukhara

• Day 6

  

  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/〇 Lunch/- Dinner/-
  Accommodation: Tashkent

• Day 7

  

  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/〇 Lunch/- Dinner/-
  Overnight Stay: —

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