Desert Caravans (Camel Safari) - Tour from Moscow (Comfort)

An exotic place awaits you on the road to Bukhara - yurt camps in Nurata and a camel ride in the desert. Night moonlit desert landscapes, campfire conversations and spending the night in a real yurt - this is a wonderful oriental adventure!

Start of the tour: Khiva	Accommodation: 3 stars, Yurt.
End of tour: Tashkent	Tour category: Historical tours, Sightseeing tours.
Duration: 10 days / 9 nights	Сities: Khiva, Bukhara, Nurata, Samarkand, Tashkent.

Day 1: Moscow - Urgench - Khiva

Departure from Moscow by flight HY 616 at 10:15 (Wednesday) / at 11:40 (Thursday), Vnukovo Airport.
Arrival in Urgench at 15:50 (Wednesday) / 17:15 (Thursday), meeting with the Dolores Travel Services sign.
Transfer to Khiva (30km), hotel accommodation.
Free time.
Night at the hotel.
Day 2: Khiva
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00. City tour, with a visit to the architectural complex of Ichan Kala:
- Kunya Ark Citadel (16-17 centuries), the residence of the last Khan, including the Mausoleum of Ismail Haji, the Madrasah of Mohammed Amin Khan;
- Muhammad-Rahimkhan Madrasah;
- Juma - mosque (10th century);
- Minaret of the Juma mosque;
- Shergazikhan Madrasah;
- Mausoleum of Said Alauddin;
- Minaret of Murad Tur;
- Architectural complex of Pakhlavan Makhmud:
- Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Makhmud (14-18 centuries), Minaret of Islamhodzhi, Ak-mosque, Bani Anushahan, Caravanserai of Allakulikhan, Madrasah of Alpakulikhan (1834-1835);
- Tash-Hovli Palace (19th century);
- Minaret Kalta-Minar, and other sights of Khiva.
Free time.
Night at the hotel.
Day 3: Khiva - Bukhara

Breakfast at the hotel.
08:00-15:00. Moving to Bukhara passes through Kyzylkum desert, along the way you can admire the great Central Asian river Amu Darya, exotic desert landscapes will open for you.
Arrival in Bukhara, accommodation at the hotel.
Free time.
Night at the hotel.
Day 4: Bukhara
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00. Tour of Bukhara:
- Ark Citadel - a city in the city (4th century BC);
- Bolo House Mosque (beginning of 20th cent.);
- Architectural ensemble Poi-Kalon (Great Pedestal), religious heart of Sacred Bukhara, consists of Kalyan minaret, Kalyan mosque and Miri-Arab madrasah;
- Ulugbek Madrasah (1417);
- Madrasah Nodir-Divan-Begi;
- Madrasah Abdul Aziz Khan;
- Magoki Attori Mosque (12-16 centuries);
- Lyabi House ensemble (14-17 centuries);
- Kosh Madrasah Ensemble (consisting of two opposing Madari Abdullahan Madrasahs (mother of Abdullahan) and Abdullahan Madrasah;
- Mausoleum of Samanids (tomb of representatives of the Samanids dynasty of the late 9th - early 10th century);
- Mausoleum of Chashma Ayub (Spring of Job);
- Chor Minor (Four Minarets).
Free time.
Night at the hotel.
Day 5: Bukhara - Nurata
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00. Excursion suburban program in Bukhara:
- Sitorai Mohi Khosa Palace (a palace similar to the stars and the moon) is a suburban residence of the Emir of Bukhara, built in the late XIX - early XX centuries.
After the tour, transfer to the city of Nurata, an excursion program around the city: a visit to an ancient mosque with a holy spring, the ruins of the castle of Alexander the Great.
Then transfer to a yurt camp located in the Kyzylkum desert.
Arrival, accommodation in yurts, free time, evening camel walk in the desert.
Dinner by the fire, musical accompaniment by the songs of Akyn (folk singer).
Free time.
Night in yurts.
Day 6: Nurata - Samarkand

Breakfast.
Departure to the Aydarkul lake, in the summer, swimming, fishing is possible.
Picnic on the lake.
Transfer to Samarkand.
Arrival in Samarkand, accommodation at the hotel.
Free time.
Night at the hotel.
Day 7: Samarkand
09:00. Sightseeing program in Samarkand:
- Siab Bazaar - the largest bazaar in Samarkand. Free time to buy souvenirs and oriental sweets;
- Gur-Emir Mausoleum - Tamerlane's tomb (14-15 century) - the place where Amir Temur, his sons and grandchildren are buried;
- Registan Square is one of the outstanding examples of urban planning art in Central Asia, which developed in the 17th century and consists of three madrasahs - Ulugbek (1417-1420), Sher-Dor (1619-1636) and Tilla-Kari (1647-1660) .). On it you can "turn over the pages" of the thousands of thousands of stories of Samarkand;
- Bibi Khanum Mosque is the largest in Central Asia and one of the largest in the entire Muslim world. It is on this building that anyone who enters the city gazes at. Huge, majestic, silent ...
- Architectural complex of Shahi-Zinda (11-15th century) is the burial place of royalty and nobles. But the main mausoleum, from where the necropolis begins, is considered the imaginary grave of the cousin of the prophet Muhammad - Kusam Ibn-Abbas. He was called "Shahi Zinda", which means "Living King" in Persian.
Free time.
Night at the hotel.
Day 8: Samarkand - Tashkent
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00. Continuation of the tour:
- Ulugbek's Observatory (15th century) - Ulugbek's scientific works were created thanks to the unique observatory that he erected in Samarkand. The main stationary tool was a giant quadrant, placed inside a cylindrical building with a diameter of 48 m (the remains of the foundation, or rather the trenches from it, were found during archaeological research).
- Mausoleum of the Prophet Daniel - The Prophet Daniel is revered by three world religions. He is one of the four great Israeli prophets in Judaism, a prophet whose book was included in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and the prophet of Islamic tradition. Legend has it that Timur moved part of the remains of Daniel, namely his hand, to Samarkand.
Transfer to Tashkent by high-speed train according to the schedule and availability.
Arrival, hotel accommodation.
Free time for rest.
Night at the hotel.
Day 9: Tashkent - Moscow
Breakfast at the hotel.
09:00. Excursion program in modern Tashkent:
- Theater of Opera and Ballet named after Alisher Navoi;
- Tour of Amir Temur Square: State Museum of the Timurids, Amir Timur Square in the center of which is a monument to the great commander Amir Temur, famous Tashkent chimes and Uzbekistan Hotel (Intourist), Palace of Forums, Broadway - an alley of artists with inexpensive souvenirs for sale, as well as fountains and modern monuments of the capital, Alay Bazaar.
Continuation of the excursion program in Tashkent:
- Independence Square, where: the monuments of Independence and the Happy Mother, the Ezgulik arch (Arch of good and noble aspirations) with ascending storks, a memorial to the Great Patriotic War;
- "Courage" memorial complex is the only architectural and art complex dedicated to the liquidation of the consequences of the Tashkent earthquake of 1966.
Next, an excursion around the old city:
- Khasti Imam complex: consisting of the Barak Khan Madrasah, Till Sheikh Mosque - the repository of the famous Koran Osman and the golden hair of the Prophet Muhammad;
- Madrasah of Abdulkasym.
At 17:00 departure to the airport of Tashkent.
Departure to Moscow by flight NY601 at 19:10 by Uzbek Airlines.
Arrival in Moscow at 21:30 at Vnukovo Airport.

Quantity (from)	Quantity (to)	Cost per person
1 pers.	1 pers.	$1330 *
2 pers.	2 pers.	$755 *
3 pers.	3 pers.	$740 *
4 pers.	4 pers.	$635 *
5 pers.	5 pers.	$570 *
6 pers.	6 pers.	$530 *
Different number of people in your group?		TBD *

* Requesting a price does not oblige you to buy a tour. You can send a request for different tours and choose the most suitable option.

accommodation in these hotels with twin accommodation (registration of accommodation);
food: breakfast at hotels + dinner in desert;
comfortable air-conditioned transport for the entire route;
meeting/seeing off at the airport;
excursions to monuments in Russian or English;
train ticket to Samarkand-Tashkent (Afrosiab or Sharq) economy-class;
local city guides for all excursions according to the program;
good mood and excellent service.