Travel styles
Silk Road journeys
Follow the caravan routes across deserts, oases and mountain passes.
The Silk Road was never one road but a web of routes linking China with Persia and the Mediterranean. Central Asia was its heart. Following it today means crossing the Kyzylkum from Khiva to Bukhara, climbing to the caravanserai of Tash Rabat or continuing from Merv into Uzbekistan as the caravans did.
A Silk Road journey can stay within Uzbekistan or link several countries; we design the route around how much time you have.
- Tours in this style
- 8
- Best season
- Varies by region
- Where
- Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Ancient Merv
Tours
Silk Road journeys itineraries
Desert Castles of Uzbekistan & the Seven Lakes of Tajikistan
Tashkent → Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Shakhrisabz
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
Uzbekistan essentials in 7 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand
Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan: cities and mountains, 14 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Bishkek → Issyk-Kul → Karakol → Song-Kul
Uzbekistan in depth: 12 days
Tashkent → Kokand → Rishtan → Margilan → Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Bukhara → Nurata & Lake Aydarkul → Samarkand → Shakhrisabz
Khiva to Bukhara through Turkmenistan, 6 days
Khiva → Kunya-Urgench → Darvaza gas crater → Ashgabat → Ancient Merv → Bukhara
Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan: Silk Road and Tien Shan, 12 days
Almaty → Charyn Canyon → Turkistan → Tashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara → Khiva
Where to go
Best places for this style
