Across Uzbekistan — From Fergana to Muynak — 13 Days

Picture this: you wake up to the clatter of copper basins at a Fergana bazaar, and twelve days later you’re standing on the bed of a dried-up sea next to the rusted hull of a ship from a completely different era. In between: the blue pottery of Rishtan, the turquoise domes of Samarkand, the maze of Bukhara, and desert fortresses rising out of the Kyzylkum sands. This isn’t a highlights tour — it’s full immersion, built for travelers who come to Uzbekistan once and want to see all of it.

Route

Fergana/Namangan → Rishtan → Kokand → Tashkent → Samarkand → Gijduvan → Bukhara → Khiva → Ayaz-Kala → Toprak-Kala → Nukus → Muynak → Mizdakhan → Nukus → Khiva → Urgench.

Why this tour

• The only itinerary in our catalog that combines classic Silk Road cities and the Aral Sea in one trip instead of two.
• Pottery workshops in Rishtan and Gijduvan — you take home a piece made by a master potter in front of you, not bought at a souvenir stall.
• The “ship graveyard” in Muynak — a sight you genuinely cannot see anywhere else on Earth.
• 13 days is the right pace: enough time in each city, with no rushing and no dead time.

Day by day

1. Arrival in Fergana/Namangan, a first taste of the valley, drive to Kokand.
2. Kokand: Khudoyar Khan’s palace with its painted halls, the Madari-Khan mausoleum. Drive to Rishtan — the blue pottery workshop, where you can shape and paint your own plate.
3. Drive to Tashkent over the Kamchik mountain pass, one of the country’s most dramatic drives.
4. Tashkent: the Khast-Imam complex, home to the ancient Quran of Uthman, the noise and color of Chorsu Bazaar. Drive to Samarkand.
5. Samarkand: Registan Square at sunset, the Gur-Emir mausoleum, the Bibi-Khanym mosque, the Shah-i-Zinda necropolis.
6. Drive to Gijduvan — a masterclass with the ceramicists, lunch with a family-recipe kebab tasting. On to Bukhara in the evening.
7. Bukhara: the Samanid mausoleum — a gem of pre-Mongol architecture, the Ark fortress, the Poi-Kalyan ensemble, evening tea by Lyab-i Hauz.
8. Drive to Khiva across the Kyzylkum desert, the scenery shifting with every hour.
9. Khiva: the entire open-air museum city of Ichan-Kala, the Kunya-Ark fortress, the Tash-Khauli palace with its harem courtyard.
10. The Ayaz-Kala and Toprak-Kala desert fortresses at sunset, lunch by Lake Aydarkul, drive to Nukus.
11. Muynak — the real “ship graveyard” on the former seabed, the Mizdakhan necropolis with its legend of the “clock of mankind.”
12. Nukus: the Savitsky Museum, the world’s largest collection of Soviet-banned avant-garde art. Drive to Khiva.
13. Transfer to Urgench airport, departure.

Included (placeholder — confirm before publishing)

• Comfortable air-conditioned transport
• Guide throughout the route
• Breakfasts and 4 lunches as per the itinerary
• Souvenirs

Not included

• International flights, insurance
• Meals not listed in the itinerary

Confirmed hotel categories, guaranteed departure dates and the final price are arranged with your travel consultant at booking.