ITINERARY        “CAMEL SAFARI”

 Tashkent-Urgench(Khiva) -Bukhara- Aidarkul lake( camel safari) -Samarkand –Tashkent

                                                   Duration:12 days/11 nights

     Day  01     Arrival to Tashkent.Transfer to the hotel.Accomodation.O/n.

     Day  02    City tour:Abul Kasim medreseh(19 c), Old city with Hast

                     Imam  Complex:Medreseh  Barak-Khan(16 c.)Friday Mosque

                     Tello  shayh (19 c.),Mausoleum Kaffal Shashi  (16 c .) Old

                     basar  ”Chorsu”,Medreseh Kukaldash (16 c.). Flight from

                     Tashkent to Urgench.

                     Accomodation in “Khoresm Palace”Hotel. O/n.

    Day  03     Drive to Khiva / 35 km./.Excursion in Ichan Kala/old city/:

                    Ata –Darvaza  (West gate ,17 – 18 c.),Kalta Minar (19c.) Medreseh

                    Mohammad  Amin (19 c.),Kunya Ark (17-19 c.),Pahlavan Mahmud

                    Mausoleum  (18 – 19 c),Medreseh Khodja Islam with minaret,Tash

                    Hauli  Palace (19 c.)Karavan  Saray ( 19 c.),Juma mosque ( 11-12 c.)

                    with 200 wooden pillars.

                    Return to Urgench.O/n. 

   Day  04     Drive to Bukhara(450 km).Picnic in Uzbek Chaykhana

                    (tea –house) in Kizilkum desert .Accomodation in “Bukhara – Palace

                    “Hotel.       

   Day  05     Sightseeing tour:Labi Khaus Complex:Nadir Divan Begi Madreseh

                     Kukaldash Medreseh,Khanaka Nadir Divan Begi (16-17 c.),Magoki

                     Attari Mosque (12-16 c.),Trade domes/markets (16 c.),Poi –Kalon

                     complex

                    -Minaret Kalon(12 c.), Mosque Kalon,Miri Arab Medreseh(16 c.)

                     Fortress-Ark ( 1 c.) Ismail Samani (9 c.) and Chashma- Ayub

                    (12-16 c.)  mausoleums,Chor minor (19c.). O/n.

    Day   06      Sightseeing tour:Summer Residence of Last Bukhara Emir “Sitorai

                      Mohi-Khossa(20 c.),Chor Bakr Complex (16 c.),Bakhovuddin

                     Nakshband  Complex  (16 c.)/sufi centre/. O/n.

   Day   07       Drive to Navoi ( 100 km). Excursion in old Karmana town. Transfer

                       to Sarmish gorge (29 km) to see rock painting – petrogliphs(Bronze

                       period). Transfer to Nurata( 90 km). Picnic lunch. Excursion.

                       ransfer to the yurt camp on the bank of Aidarkul lake. Night in

                       yurts.

   Day    08       The whole day rest : fishing, camel riding, swimming, boating.

                        Dinner with folklore  around fire. Night in yurts. 

  Day   09       Drive to Samarkand .Accomodation in “Afrosiyob Palace”Hotel.

                       P.M. Samarkand sightseeing tour:Ulugbek’s observatory(15

                       c.),Afrosiyob

                       Ruins and museum  (6-13 c.),Registan Square:Ulugbek ,Sherdor and

                      Tilla Kori  medreseh(15-17 c.)

Day    10       Sightseeing of Samarkand:,Mausoleum of Guri Emir ( 15 c.),

                      complex of Mausoleums Shakhi-Zinda (“living king”)and   Bibi 

                      Khanum Mosque  ( 15 c.).,  Medrese Hodja  Ahrar ( 15 c.),Visit the 

                      Mausoleum of  Imam al Bukhari the famous theologist of Moslem

                      world  ( 9c.). O\n.                      

   Day  11      Drive to Tashkent. Accomodation in the Hotel. Visit to the museum

                     of  Applied Art, Museum of Amir Temur. Walking down Broadway-

                     the  central pedastrian street of Tashkent. O\n 

   Day  12       Flight  from Tashkent.

                                  Hotels:      4*:                                                    Private ( B&B ) 3*:    

        

                            Tashkent-   “Uzbekistan”                                 “ Malika “

                             Urgench-   “Khorezm Palace”                      “ Malika “

                             Bukhara-    “Bukhara Palace”                      “ Shaknristan “

                             Samarkand-“Afrasiab Palace”                       “ Malika “