Legends of Uzbekistan — From Tashkent to Muynak — 11 Days

Most travelers fly home after the three classic cities — and that’s exactly where the most interesting part begins. This tour keeps going to where only a handful of tourists ever reach: desert fortresses from the Zoroastrian era, a museum of once-banned avant-garde art, and ships frozen in place where a sea used to be. If you want to see Uzbekistan in full, not in part, this is the route.

Route

Tashkent → Samarkand → Gijduvan → Bukhara → Khiva → Ayaz-Kala → Toprak-Kala → Nukus → Muynak → Mizdakhan → Nukus → Khiva → Urgench.

Why this tour

• The longest single-country route in our catalog — no need to split the trip into two.
• It connects the familiar classics (Samarkand, Bukhara) with places tourists rarely reach.
• The “ship graveyard” at Muynak is a sight with no equivalent anywhere else on the planet.
• 11 days is enough to take your time in every city while still seeing the country end to end.

Day by day

1. Arrival in Tashkent, check-in, free evening.
2. Tashkent: the Khast-Imam complex, Chorsu Bazaar. Drive to Samarkand.
3. Samarkand: Registan Square, the Gur-Emir mausoleum, the Bibi-Khanym mosque, the Shah-i-Zinda ensemble.
4. Drive to Gijduvan — a masterclass with the ceramicists, a kebab lunch. On to Bukhara in the evening.
5. Bukhara: the Samanid mausoleum, the Ark fortress, the Poi-Kalyan ensemble, Lyab-i Hauz.
6. Drive to Khiva across the Kyzylkum desert, a stop by the Amu Darya river.
7. Khiva: Ichan-Kala, the Kunya-Ark fortress, the Tash-Khauli palace, the Islam-Khoja minaret.
8. The ancient Khorezm fortresses of Ayaz-Kala and Toprak-Kala, lunch by Lake Aydarkul, drive to Nukus.
9. Muynak — the “ship graveyard” on the former Aral Sea shore, the Mizdakhan necropolis with the legendary “Tomb of Adam.”
10. Nukus: the Savitsky Museum of Art (“the Louvre in the desert”). Drive to Khiva.
11. 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
• Dinners not listed in the itinerary

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