Stay : A month in Central Asia
Here is a suggested itinerary with arrival in Urughentch and return from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. This requires that you have on your passport a multiple-entry Uzbek visa, a Turkmen transit visa, and authorization to cross the border at Murgab, Tajikistan.
Summary of the stay
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33 days
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Detail of the stay : A month in Central Asia - 33 days
Day 2: Khiva and his desert
Visit Khiva and visit the desert citadels. Add another two to three days to make a trip to Nukus to visit the Savitsky Museum or push to Moynaq, the Uzbek port on the ancient Aral Sea.
Day 4: Towards Turkmenistan
Steps: Kounia-Ourgentch
Pass the border of Turkmenistan (simple transit visa) to visit Konye-Urgench.
Day 8: Boukhara, Saman capital
Steps: Boukhara
Visit of the Samanide capital and its architectural treasures: the fortress of the Emir, Poy Kalon, the liab-i-Khaouz basin...
Day 9: Samarkand, a crossroads of cultures
Steps: Samarkand
Route to Samarkand and visit of the Timurid capital.
Day 10: Samarkand, crossroads of cultures (bis)
Continuation of the visit.
Day 11: Ourgout or Shahrisabz
Steps: Ourgout, Shahrisabz
Excursion to Ourgout (typical mountain village) or Shahrisabz (birthplace of Timur).
Day 15: Relaxation in Dushanbe
Rest in the Tajik capital.
Day 16: Towards Kyrgyzstan
Steps: Mourghab
Crossing the border to Kyrgyzstan at the Murgab level (consider requesting a Tajik visa with permission to cross the region).
Day 19: Et and Tcholponata
Steps: Cholpon-Ata, Karakol
Road to Karakol. On the way, visit the Petroglyphs petroglyphs.
Day 20: Trekking
Steps: Karakol
Choose from the numerous excursions and treks offered by the mountains around Karakol.
Day 21: Trekking (bis)
Steps: Karakol
Choose from the numerous excursions and treks offered by the mountains around Karakol.
Day 22: Trekking (ter)
Steps: Karakol
Choose from the numerous excursions and treks offered by the mountains around Karakol.
Day 25: Return to Kazakhstan
Return to Bishkek and border crossing to Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Day 27: Rest on the banks of Du
Relax on the edge of Lake Balkach.
Day 28: Rest on the banks of Balkach (bis)
Relax on the edge of Lake Balkach.
Day 29: Rest on the banks of the Balkach (ter)
Steps: Lac Balkhash
Farniente on the shores of Balkach Lake.
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