Sole Vita By DiliMah

Oasis of the Medieval East

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Tashkent, Nukus, Muynak,Aral Sea, Nukus, Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent

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Duration:
9 days / 8 nights
Group size:
10
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Free cancellation
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Overview

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Price includes:

Accommodation based on Twin / DBL sharing room + breakfasts included;

Transportation throughout the tour, including    airport /  railway station pick ups and drop offs;

Local  English speaking guide in each city according to the program;

Economy class tickets for train Bukhara - Samarkand-Tashkent (on rare occasions when the high-speed train is unavailable, we will replace this with the most-comfortable class of regular train);

Dinner  with  folklore show program at Nadir Divan-begi Madrasah

Entrance tickets to the museums, mausoleums and other sights

Aral Sea;  Accommodation 1 night in a yurt, Transportation Jeep.  2 lunches. 1 dinner.  1 Breakfast. Mineral water.  Entrance ticket to the Aral Museum

Economy class tickets  for domestic fly ticket Tashkent-Nukus

All dinners

Not included:

Charges in hotels for additional services;

All transfers airport-hotel-airport specified according to the program

Camera fees, charged separately by museums;

Travel insurance;

International flight tickets before and after the tour;

Full board (lunches).

Hotels:

Standard  Hotels  3* :

Tashkent 2 nights:  Marmaris hotel /  Maxwell  Hotel  /  REIKARTZ AMIRUN  or similar

Samarkand 2 nights:  Bibihanim 3*  /   REIKARTZ AMAR  or similar

Bukhara 1 night: Ark  Hotel  / As-Salam Boutique Hotel /  Mehtar Ambar or similar

Khiva  2 nights:  – Zarafshan  Boutique hotel  /   Arkonchi 3* / Orient star Khiva or similar

Aral sea 1 night – Yurt Camp

Comfort Hotels 4*:

Tashkent 2 nights:  THE ELEMENTS /  Panarams By Hilton  4*  /  REIKARTZ SOTE Tashkent  or similar

Samarkand 2 nights: DiliMah Premium Luxury 4* /  Hilton Garden Inn 4* or similar

Bukhara 1 night: Sahid Zarafshan 4* /  Garden Palace /  Minoray Kalon or similar

Khiva  2 nights:  –  Bankir * / REIKARTZ Residence  or similar

Aral sea 1 night – Yurt Camp

Transport:

10 + 1 pax – 1 Mercedes Sprinter

Itinerary

1
Day 4   /  Bishkek – Tashkent
Breakfast at the hotel.  09:00 Start Bishkek countryside sightseeing tour visiting:

- Ala Archa Natural park (~35 km from Bishkek, ~ 40min)

Take an easy walk high up to observe the view of mountains and rich Kyrgyz nature, spectate birds and animals living their lives, watch how cold water of Kyrgyz rivers falling down the mountains and continue its way among ancient trees and gorge itself.

Time to explore the area, take photos and enjoy the fresh air and beautiful nature views.

- Burana Tower was the vertical dominant of the ancient city Balasagun, the north capital of the Turkic lingual state of the Karakhanids and the small nearby museum with its collection of ancient bal-bals, carved stone figures used as monuments.

16:40 Transfer to the airport.

18:40 Evening flight to Tashkent by HY 780 (1,5 hrs).

19:00 Arrival in Tashkent International Airport.

Migration formalities usually take 20 min to 60 min: visa/passport control and baggage claim. Come out of the terminal and meet the driver holding a sign “Sole Vita”.

Transfer to the hotel. Arrival in the hotel. Check-in.   Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.

2
Day 1/ Tashkent – arrival
Arrive in Tashkent  in the morning. Transferred to the hotel. Leave your luggage and time for refreshment.

Meet your  guide and  driver  to start  sightseeing tour in the capital of Uzbekistan, the largest city in Central Asia. You will begin with the exploration of the Old City, paying a visit to the Khast-Imam Complex that houses the world's oldest Quran, once commissioned by the third Caliph Uthman. This complex includes the Barak-Khan Madrasah, Tillya Sheykh Mosque, Saint Abu Bakr Kaffal Shashi Mausoleum, and the Islamic Institute of Imam al-Bukhari. Next, you'll proceed to Chorsu Bazaar and then take a ride on the Tashkent Metro to reach the city center, where the Applied Arts Museum is located. After a visit to the museum, you will take a walk through Navoi Theater to reach Amir Timur Square, where the Tashkent city tour ends.

 

20:00 Dinner.

21:30 Transfer to the hotel.

Duration of sightseeing tour: approximately 5-6 hours

3
Day 2 / Tashkent – Nukus – Muynak –Aral Sea
Early breakfast at the hotel.  Transfer to the  domestic airport of Tashkent.  Fly  to Nukus. 09-05 - Arrival in Nukus (HY 011). Meeting with the driver-conductor.

Departure and excursion to the Mizdakhan Complex. Excursion to the necropolis, Nazlumkhan mausoleum (XII-XIVcc), Jumartkassab hillock (the grave of the first man Adam), Shamun Nabi mausoleum (XIX century), Khalifa Erezhep mausoleum (World Chapel) and Gyaur kala. After the excursion, transfer to Muynak.

Arrival in the city of Muynak.

Visit to the museum at the Muynak House of Culture, where the works of artists F. Madgazin and R. Matevosyan are exhibited, depicting the Aral Sea and the Amu Darya River in their canvases.

Lunch at the Mayak cafe

"Ship Graveyard" excursion.

 Departure through the Ustyurt plateau to the shore of the Aral Sea (160 km off-road).

Along the way, an overview of the picturesque canyons on the Ustyurt ridge and, in places, the ancient burial grounds of nomadic Sarmatian tribes who roamed in the 4th-2nd centuries BC.

Yurt camp "Aral Oasis"

Walk along the shore of the Aral Sea.

Dinner by the fire. Night in a yurt.

4
Day 3 / Aral Sea – Nukus-Khiva
06-00  breakfast, collection and departure. On the way, visit the 13th century Kurgancha Kala fortress. Stop in the village of Kubla Ustyurt. You can try shubat (camel sour milk).

Departure to the city of Nukus

Lunch at Arba cafe

Arrival in the city of Nukus.

 Have a short drive around center of Nukus: see statue of Karakalpak poet Berdakh, Nukus City Hall, and Drama Theatre. In the afternoon depart to Khiva (200 km, 4-5 h). On the way visit archaeological monuments of Ancient Khorezm: Chilpyk, a Zoroastrian dakhma (funerary tower) and Toprak-Kala, the capital of Khorezm dating back to the 3rd century A.D. Arrive in Khiva, check in to the hotel.

Important note: A significant part of the collection of artworks from the Savitsky State Art Museum is currently not on display at the museum. These pieces are being exhibited at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence until the end of October 2024.

 

* Savitsky Karakalpakstan Art Museum is closed on Mondays.

Due to renovations at Savitsky Museum, some of the archeological and applied arts exhibitions remain closed indefinitely.

5
Day 4 / Khiva
Breakfast  at the hotel.  Meet your guide  and start  walking sightseeing tour. Spend a day in Itchan-Kala Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Visit Mukhammad Aminkhan Madrasah, Mukhammad Rahimkhan Madrasah, Kalta-Minor, Juma Mosque, Tash-Khovli Palace, Pakhlavan Makhmud Mausoleum, Minaret of Islam-Khoja.

 

Free time in the afternoon.

19:00-21:00 Dinner

Overnight at the hotel.

Duration of sightseeing tour: 5 hours

6
Day 5 / Khiva-Bukhara
Breakfast at the hotel.  Meet  your guide and driver and  depart Khiva and drive to  Urgench airport  (30 km, 35 min).. 09:20Fly to Bukhara. 10:10 Arrive in Bukhara.  The  driver  will be waiting at the airport exit with a sign with your name.  Leave your luggage and time for refreshment.

Transfer to the old city. Visit Lyabi Hauz Ensemble, Magoki-Attori Mosque, Chor-Minor Madrasah, trade domes, Kalyan Minaret, Kalyan Mosque and Miri-Arab Madrasah, Ulugbek and Abdulazizkhan madrasahs, Ark Fortress, Bolo-Khauz Mosque, Ismail Samani and Chashma-Ayub mausoleums.

19:00  Dinner  with  a National Show  program at Nadir Divan-begi Madrasah.

Duration of sightseeing tour: 6-7 hours

Overnight in Bukhara.

7
Day 6 / Bukhara – Samarkand
Breakfast at the hotel. Continue your  Bukhara Tour with a visit to Sitorai Mokhi-Khosa – the summer residence of Bukhara’s last emir, unique site combining Oriental and Russian architecture. Continue to the Mausoleum of Bakhouddin Naqshbandi and Chor-Bakr Necropolis.

 

After lunch transfer to the railway station. Departure to Samarkand by bullet train Afrasiab / Sharq.

Arrive in Samarkand.  Meet your driver and transfer to the hotel. Check in.

Overnight at the hotel.

Duration of sightseeing tour: 3-4 hours

8
Day 7 / Samarkand
After breakfast  at the hotel, Samarkand sightseeing tour. Visit spectacular Registan Square, Gur Emir Mausoleum – the mausoleum of Amir Timur, remains of Bibi Khanum Mosque, Siab Bazaar, Ulugbek Observatory. Free time in the afternoon.

 

Overnight in Samarkand

Duration of sightseeing tour: 6-7 hours

9
Day 8 / Samarkand – Tashkent
Breakfast. Continue sightseeing tour in Samarkand. You will visit Shakhi-Zinda Necropolis, Afrasiab Museum and the Tomb of Saint Daniel. Then drive to Konigil village to explore traditional way of making Samarkand paper from mulberry. Farewell lunch in Samarkand.

At 16:30 transfer to the railway station to take the high-speed Afrosiyob train departing at 17:30 (300 km, 2 h 10 m) and arriving in Tashkent at 19:40. Pick-up and transfer to the hotel.

Tea/coffee break

Duration of sightseeing tour: 4-5 hours

10
Day 9 / Tashkent – departure
Check-out from the hotel till noon. Transfer to the airport. End of Classic Uzbekistan Group Tour.

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