UZBEKISTAN · 8 DAYS
Classic Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva in eight days: the four Silk Road cities, by high-speed train and across the Kyzylkum desert.
Guide price from US$1,390 per person
Tours across Uzbekistan and Central Asia.
Samarkand's Registan, Bukhara's old town, the walls of Khiva and the silk workshops of the Fergana Valley. Private trips, planned by people who live here.
Tours
Trips we run
Six itineraries to start from. Every one is rebuilt around your dates and your pace.
SAMARKAND · BUKHARA · 5 DAYS
Samarkand and Bukhara
The two great cities in a long weekend: two nights in each, linked by the Afrosiyob train, from and back to Tashkent.
Guide price from US$890 per person
UZBEKISTAN · 12 DAYS
Silk Road in depth
The four cities plus the Fergana Valley's silk and ceramics, Timur's birthplace at Shakhrisabz, and a night in a yurt in the Kyzylkum.
Guide price from US$2,190 per person
Where we go
Uzbekistan first, and Central Asia from there
The Silk Road cities, the valley where things are made, and the desert at the far end.
Uzbekistan · 2 days
Samarkand
Timur's capital from 1370: the Registan, the Shah-i-Zinda necropolis and the Gur-e-Amir mausoleum, two hours from Tashkent by high-speed train.
Uzbekistan · 2 to 3 days
Bukhara
More than 140 protected monuments in one walkable old town, among them the Kalyan Minaret, standing since 1127.
Uzbekistan · 1 to 2 days
Khiva
Itchan Kala, the walled inner town, became Uzbekistan's first UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990 and still looks the way it did two centuries ago.
Uzbekistan · 1 to 2 days
Tashkent
The capital and the place most trips begin: a Soviet-planned city of wide avenues over an older one of bazaars and mosques.
Uzbekistan · 2 to 3 days
Fergana Valley
Silk weaving in Margilan, ceramics in Rishtan and knives in Chust, over the mountains east of Tashkent.
Uzbekistan · 3 to 4 days
Nukus and the Aral Sea
The far west: the Savitsky Museum's hidden avant-garde collection, the ship graveyard at Moynaq, and the shore the sea has retreated to.
How it works
Three steps, one conversation
No set departures and no booking engine. You tell us, we plan, you travel.
01
Tell us what you have in mind
Your dates, who is travelling, how fast you like to go and what you care about. A message is enough; the form on this site asks the useful questions.
02
We send a day-by-day proposal
Within a working day: an itinerary with the hotels named, what is included, and a price. We adjust it until it is right, with no obligation.
03
You travel; we are on the ground
A deposit confirms it. We book the trains, flights and hotels and send everything in one document. From the airport to the airport, you have one number to message.
What you get
What a trip with us includes
A private guide and driver in every city
Licensed local guides who live where they work, and a driver with a clean, air-conditioned car.
Hotels we have slept in
Small hotels and guesthouses in the old towns, chosen on our own stays, with a step up available where you want it.
Trains and flights booked for you
The Afrosiyob sells out in season. We hold the seats when we confirm your trip, and we meet every train.
One number, answered
On Telegram or WhatsApp, in English, by someone who can change a plan the same day.
Honest prices
Guide prices on the site, a firm quote in your proposal, no surprises in the country. Entrance fees are included.
No set departures
Every trip runs on your dates, at your pace. The itineraries here are starting points.
Before you go
The practical answers
Visas, seasons, money and the rest, kept short and kept current.
Questions
Things people ask first
Are your tours private or in a group?
Private. Every trip is yours alone, with your own guide and driver, on the dates you choose. The prices on the site are for two people travelling together; smaller groups cost a little more per person and larger ones less. We can run a scheduled small-group departure for friends or a club on request.
Who are the guides?
Licensed local guides who live in the city they show you, speaking fluent English. Several also speak French, German, Italian, Spanish or Japanese; tell us if that matters.
Is Uzbekistan safe?
Yes. It is one of the safest countries in Asia for visitors, including women travelling alone. See the guide for the few practical cautions.
Plan a trip
Tell us your dates, how many of you are travelling and what you want to see. We reply with a day-by-day proposal and a price.
We reply within one working day. [email protected]