A month in Central Asia
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage, Faune and flora, Discovery, Adventure / Sports & Leisure, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne.
Petit Futé
Where to stay - Ourgentch ?
The map of your stay "A month in Central Asia"
Detail of the stay : A month in Central Asia
How to get there - Ourgentch
Ourguentch
Khiva and his desert
Steps: Moynaq
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.
Places of interest : MUSEE IGOR STAVISKY (BEAUX-ARTS) MER D'ARAL
Towards Turkmenistan
Steps: Kounia-Ourgentch
Pass the border of Turkmenistan (simple transit visa) to visit Konye-Urgench.
Ashgabat, monumental
Merv and its remains
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...
Places of interest : ENSEMBLE LIAB-I-KHAOUZ ENSEMBLE POY KALON ARK, FORTERESSE DE L'ÉMIR
Samarkand, a crossroads of cultures
Steps: Samarkand
Route to Samarkand and visit of the Timurid capital.
Samarkand, crossroads of cultures (bis)
Continuation of the visit.
Ourgout or Shahrisabz
Steps: Shahrisabz
Excursion to Ourgout (typical mountain village) or Shahrisabz (birthplace of Timur).
Relaxation in Dushanbe
Rest in the Tajik capital.
Towards Kyrgyzstan
Steps: Mourghab
Crossing the border to Kyrgyzstan at the Murgab level (consider requesting a Tajik visa with permission to cross the region).
Et and Tcholponata
Trekking
Steps: Karakol
Choose from the numerous excursions and treks offered by the mountains around Karakol.
Trekking (bis)
Steps: Karakol
Choose from the numerous excursions and treks offered by the mountains around Karakol.
Trekking (ter)
Steps: Karakol
Choose from the numerous excursions and treks offered by the mountains around Karakol.
Return to Kazakhstan
Rest on the banks of Du
Relax on the edge of Lake Balkach.
Rest on the banks of Balkach (bis)
Relax on the edge of Lake Balkach.
Rest on the banks of the Balkach (ter)
Tashkent, City of Arts
Steps: Bourabay
Discovery of the Uzbek capital: the Chorsu bazaar, the Amur Timur Square, the Navoï Opera House, the Museum of Fine Arts.
Places of interest : MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS PLACE AMUR TIMUR CHORSU
