Caspian Sea & the Silk Road by Private Train — Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan — 15 Days
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Our most premium product: a journey along the legendary Silk Road aboard a private train, sleeping in comfortable cabins on board and in hotels in the key cities. The only route in our catalog that reaches Kazakhstan’s Caspian coast.
Route
Aktau → the Sultan Epe necropolis → the Ustyurt plateau → Munaily → Kungrad → Muynak → Khiva → Bukhara → Shakhrisabz → Samarkand → Tashkent → Lake Issyk-Kul → Bishkek.
Day by day
- Arrival in Aktau, hotel check-in.
- Aktau: the Sultan Epe necropolis, the geological formations of the Mangystau plateau.
- Drive through the Torysh canyon and the Sherkala rock, train to Kungrad.
- Drive to Muynak — the “ship graveyard” on the former Aral Sea shore. Drive to Khiva.
- Khiva to Bukhara by train.
- Bukhara: Samanid mausoleum, Ark fortress, Poi-Kalyan ensemble.
- Drive to Shakhrisabz — the Ak-Saray palace.
- Drive to Samarkand.
- Samarkand: Registan Square, Gur-Emir mausoleum, the Afrasiyab archaeological site.
- Samarkand continued: Ulugbek Observatory, silk and carpet workshops.
- Drive to Tashkent.
- Drive into Kyrgyzstan, to Lake Issyk-Kul.
- Drive to Bishkek.
- Bishkek: city tour.
- Transfer to the airport, departure.
Cabin categories (placeholder — confirm before publishing)
- Habibi — 4-berth compartment, shared washroom per carriage
- Ali Baba — 2-berth compartment with lower beds
- Aladdin — 2-berth compartment, one shared shower per carriage
- Kalif — 2-berth compartment with a private en-suite bathroom, max 8 guests per carriage
Included (placeholder — confirm before publishing)
- 7 nights on board the train (per chosen category) and 7 nights in hotels
- Meals as per itinerary, excursions and entrance tickets
- Airport/station transfers, a multilingual tour director, an onboard doctor
- A wine tasting
Not included
- International flights, visa fees
- Tips, personal expenses
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