Four Golden Stans
18 May - 20 June 2023

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Map   Itinerary

18 Thu  1400  CkIn    1745  Depart  Chch. Airbus A380   (flight 20 hrs)

19 Fri     0540   Arrive.  Free day  Dubai  UAE

20 Sat   Free day in Dubai  Depart 2150  (flight 4.5hrs)

21 Sun  (Day 0)  0425 Arrive.  Free day in Astana - Kazakhstan

22 Mon (Day 1)  Free day evening meet group  Astana

23 Tue (Day 2)   Astana sights and night train to Almaty

24 Wed (Day 3)  Almaty City tour,  Cable car - Almaty

25 Thu  (Day 4)  Charyn Canyon to Karakol - Kyrgystan

26 Fri  (Day 5)   Chinese mosque & Holy Trinity Cathedral Valley of
                            the flowers & FJety - Oguz - Karakol

27 Sat  (Day 6)   Lake Issyk Kul, snow alps forests & glaciers, local
                           guest house in quaint village of Ashu - Chon Kemin

28 Sun  (Day 7)   Local walk, Burana tower' old Soviet architecture
                            capital city  - Bishkek

29 Mon  (Day 8)  Ala Archa Nat. Park Cool mountain walk to rushing
                            rivers, waterfalls & glaciers - Bishkek

30 Tue  (Day 9)   Too-Ashu (3000m) Pass, Suusamyr Valley to Toktogul
                            Lake to Toktogul 

31 Wed  (Day 10) Largest Central Asia Bazzar, Mosque of Baur on
                              mountain top & city views -  Osh 

01 Thu  June (Day 11)  Boarder crossing, potters of Margilin, & silk
                                factories of the valley - Fergana  Uzbekistam

02 Fri  (Day 12)   Boarder crossing to oldest 2500 yr old city, markets,
                             Khistervarz woodcarving, Arbob Palace, fortress -
                             Silk Road City & northern capital -  Khujand
                            Tajikistan

03 Sat  (Day 13)   Mosque ancient monuments, Khistervarz town wood 
                            carving, fortress,  Arbob Palace, oldest Panshanbe
                            Bazaar, city tour - Khujand                      

04 Sun  (Day 14)  Old city Istraravshan, local crafts,  Mugtepa Fortress
                             Alpine pass and gorges Dushanbe

05 Mon  (Day 15)  City tour, Kuhna ancient fortress of Hissor 
                          - Dushanbe

06 Tue  (Day 16)  Iskanderkul Lake - 5th Centuary BC  Penjikent

07 Wed  (Day 17)   Penjikent city tour, Rudaki Ethnographic museum  &
                               Seven Lakes - Samarkand   Uzbekistam

08 Thu  (Day 18)   Registan Square, museum and markets - Samarkand

09 Fri  (Day 19)    City tour then free time exploring - Samarkand

10 Sat  (Day 20)   Shakrisabz, Ak Saroy Palace -  Bukhara

11 Sun  (Day 21)  Sights of Bukhara 

12 Mon  (Day 22)  Sitorai Mokhi Mokhi-Khosa Palace & free time -
                               Bukhara

13 Tue  (Day 23)  Desert drive to UNESCO world heritage - Khiva

14 Wed  (Day 24)  City (walking) sights - Khiva

15 Thu  (Day 25)  Toprak Kaia Fortress,  Kyzlum Desert, Ayaz Qata - 
                              Nukus  

16 Fri  (Day 26)   Nukus museum,  City walking tour - Nukus

17 Sat  (Day 27)  Bazzar  Overnight train to Tashkent  

18 Sun  (Day 28)  City tour, Chorsu Bazaar  Tashkent

19 Mon  (Day 29) AM early End of tour package.  Free day Tashkent

20 Tue   (30)  0405 Depart Tashkent

21 Wed  1255 Arrive  Chch  Airbus A380

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