
Tour · 12 nights
Silk Road Highlights: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan · Explore Worldwide
3 departures · May 2027 – Sep 2027
from£2,375per person

Tour · 12 nights · with G Adventures
A 13-day small group tour by G Adventures across Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, featuring historic city walks, a night in a yurt camp, and the Darvaza gas crater in the Karakum desert.
Highlights
Samarkand's Registan Square and Silk Paper Workshop
Overnight stay in a traditional yurt camp
UNESCO-listed Khiva ancient city
Darvaza gas crater known as the 'Door to Hell'
Ashgabat city tourWith National Museum visit
This G Adventures escorted tour takes a slow pace across two Central Asian countries, starting amid Samarkand’s mosaicked madrasas and lively bazaar where silk paper is made and the Registan Square makes a fine backdrop. The trip includes memorable overnight stays in traditional yurts near Aydar Kŭl lake, with an evening accompanied by Kazakh singing.

Tour · 12 nights
Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan · Explore Worldwide
3 departures · May 2027 – Sep 2027
from£2,375per person

Tour · 10 nights
Uzbekistan & Turkmenistan · G Adventures
6 departures · Apr 2027 – Jul 2027
from£2,829per person

Tour · 18 nights
Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan and 3 more · G Adventures
6 departures · Apr 2027 – Jul 2027
from£3,339per person
Moving on, Bukhara and Khiva invite visitors to stroll through their ancient quarters, where old hammams and historic monuments give a sense of enduring history. The journey crosses into Turkmenistan, with its Soviet echoes in Ashgabat’s broad boulevards and national museum, before the visit to the Door to Hell — a persistent fire licking from the Darvaza gas crater in the Karakum desert, glowing in the night.
Throughout, the tour is guided by a Chief Experience Officer who navigates practicalities and cultural nuances, helping engage with sites that might be too complex to visit alone. Travelers should note the necessity of a modest dress code in religious places and the patience required at border crossings and flight schedules typical of this region.
Itinerary
Samarkand
Bukhara
Khiva
Ashgabat
These are the places the trip visits, in order. G Adventures publishes the day-by-day itinerary on its own site.
When to go
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Need to know
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The operator
Small-group tours around the world
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Tour · 25 nights
Kyrgyzstan & Kazakhstan and 3 more · G Adventures
10 departures · May 2027 – Oct 2027
from£4,549per person