Central Asia grand tour: five countries in 21 days
Ashgabat → Darvaza gas crater → Kunya-Urgench → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Tashkent → Margilan → Osh → Bishkek → Song-Kul → Issyk-Kul → Almaty
Travel styles
High passes, desert camps and roads few travellers ever drive.
Central Asia is one of the last great overland adventures: the Pamir Highway at over 4,600 m, a night beside the burning Darvaza crater, horse treks over Kyrgyz passes, the 4×4 crossing of the Ustyurt plateau to the Aral Sea.
Adventure here does not have to mean hardship. We balance remote days with comfortable stays and plan carefully for altitude, distance and season.
Tours
Ashgabat → Darvaza gas crater → Kunya-Urgench → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Tashkent → Margilan → Osh → Bishkek → Song-Kul → Issyk-Kul → Almaty
Dushanbe → The Pamirs → Wakhan Valley → Pamir Highway → Osh
Almaty → Charyn Canyon → Kolsai Lakes → Kaindy Lake
Khiva → Kunya-Urgench → Darvaza gas crater → Ashgabat → Ancient Merv → Bukhara
Samarkand → Penjikent → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Fann Mountains → Iskanderkul → Dushanbe
Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Nukus → Muynak & the Aral Sea
Where to go
Experiences
Darvaza Trip · Koshona street 75/1, Khiva, Uzbekistan · WhatsApp +998 91 920 94 20 · tours.uzbekistan@gmail.com · darvazatrip.com/travel-styles/adventure/