The classic route and Bukhara’s surroundings: a proposed private journey connecting Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Urgench. Follow a route adapted from our full Uzbekistan program, with local guides on sightseeing days and drivers for the agreed transfers.
Tashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara → Khiva → Urgench
We provide the agreed guiding and transport services. You book and pay for your accommodation and meals independently. We do not book hotels or restaurants.
Visit order and transport times are confirmed for your dates. Overnight locations below help you plan your own bookings; accommodation is not included.
Your driver meets you at Tashkent International Airport with a sign bearing your name and transfers you to your independently booked hotel. The rest of the day is free to rest. Pickup is arranged around your confirmed flight.
Overnight: Tashkent (arranged and paid by you)
Meet your guide and driver around 09:00 for Tashkent sightseeing. After the city tour, transfer to the railway station for a suitable evening train to Samarkand. Your arrival driver transfers you to your self-booked hotel. This compact adaptation requires a compatible train; the schedule is agreed before booking.
Overnight: Samarkand (arranged and paid by you)
Meet your English-speaking guide and driver around 09:00 for a full sightseeing day with approximately 6–7 hours of sightseeing. Break for lunch at your own expense. Visit order and time at each monument are adjusted to opening hours and your pace, then return to your self-booked hotel.
Overnight: Samarkand (arranged and paid by you)
Your driver collects you and your luggage from your self-booked hotel for the transfer to Samarkand railway station. Take the confirmed train to Bukhara, where another driver meets you with a name sign and transfers you to your independently booked hotel. Enjoy free time in the city.
Overnight: Bukhara (arranged and paid by you)
Meet your English-speaking guide around 09:00 at your self-booked hotel for a 7–8 hour sightseeing program, mainly on foot. Explore the old town with a break for lunch at your own expense. Visit order and duration can be adjusted to your walking pace.
Overnight: Bukhara (arranged and paid by you)
Meet your guide and driver for the 4–5 hour outside-city program. Visit the monuments around Bukhara, with an optional meal break at your own expense, then return to your self-booked hotel.
Overnight: Bukhara (arranged and paid by you)
Meet your driver at your self-booked Bukhara hotel and travel directly to Khiva, allowing approximately 6–7 hours plus comfort and meal stops. Drop-off is at the hotel you have booked yourself. A train transfer or a much longer fortress route can be requested instead, subject to separate confirmation.
Overnight: Khiva (arranged and paid by you)
Meet your English-speaking guide around 08:30 for a 5–6 hour walk through Khiva. Explore the walled city and craft workshops, with a lunch stop at your own expense. Visits outside the walls, including Nurullabay Palace, depend on the agreed program and available time.
Overnight: Khiva (arranged and paid by you)
Your driver collects you from your independently booked hotel and transfers you to Urgench airport for your onward journey. Pickup follows your confirmed flight. Flights and onward travel beyond this route are not included.
Departure day: End of the program; onward travel is your own arrangement.
Request a personalised price for the agreed guide and transport services. Your written quote confirms the services, ticket arrangements and total before booking.
This 9-day route requires 8 overnight stays arranged by you. The list is a location guide, not an accommodation package. We do not book hotel accommodation or restaurants; guesthouses, yurt camps and their meal arrangements are also your responsibility. Share your confirmed pickup addresses with us before travel.
These options are not included in the 9 days above. Extra excursions need additional days or an agreed substitution and a revised price. Accommodation and meals remain self-booked.
Travel via Jartepa and Penjikent to the Shing Valley with a local Tajik guide and driver after the border crossing. The source program visits six of the Seven Lakes; reaching the seventh needs a separately agreed walk and suitable conditions. This is a long cross-border day. Confirm entry and re-entry requirements for your nationality and allow for border delays before adding it.
Replace the direct road transfer with a full-day route past Ayaz Kala, Akchakul, Toprak Kala and Kyzyl Kala. Allow approximately 11–12 hours with stops. Meals and entrance fees are separate; the visit order is agreed before departure.
Day 1: travel via Nukus, visit the Savitsky Museum and continue to Muynak. Day 2: explore the ship cemetery and Muynak Museum, then return via Nukus to Khiva. Book your Muynak guesthouse and all meals independently. Add the two excursion days before your departure transfer.
Day 1: travel via Chilpik Kala, Nukus and Muynak toward the Ustyurt Plateau, canyons and Aral Sea area. Day 2: return via Kurgancha Kala, the Muynak ship cemetery and Mizdakhan to Khiva. This demanding route requires suitable off-road vehicles, an agreed schedule and independently booked camp accommodation. Meals are separate. Add two days and avoid an onward flight on the return evening.
Train times and visit opening hours are checked when confirming your program. Departure times are confirmed for your travel dates. Arrival and departure days count toward the itinerary length; shorter programs combine selected visits and transfers.
Guides are provided for the listed guided visits, rather than throughout every transfer or free period. Tell us your preferred guide language, walking pace and accessibility needs. Longer programs include extended road journeys.
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8 days · Private journey
Tashkent → Samarkand → Bukhara → Khiva → Urgench
10 days · Private journey
Tashkent → Samarkand → Shahrisabz → Bukhara → Khiva → Urgench