3 days 2nights tour Farap – Shavat
INCLUDED:
* Tour package (LOI,
Register fee., permit fee)
* Accommodation: hotel – 1 night, camping -1 night
* Guide – 3 days
* Transport – 3 days (all our vehicles are equipped with air conditioning)
* Entry tickets to museums.
* Daily water
* Fee for using cameras on monuments
NOT INCLUDED:
* Visa fee 55$-85$
* Migration tax 12$+4 $ bank fee
* Covid-test 35$
* Meal, services
* Private expenses, gratuities
* Insurance
Price of the tour package: 795$ per 2 people
Tour Program
Days
Day 1st , Farap – Mary – Ashgabat
Meet with your local guide at Alat/Farap border point.
The meeting time depends on what time you will cross
the border.
Оbtaining a border visa (at our LOI)
Аnd perhaps after crossing the border you
will have to take a Covid-test costing $35 US dollars.
Upon arrival to the border point go through custom
procedures and drive to Mary province.
Тhe trip will take approximately 4-5 hours by car.
Arrival to Mary province. Visit an Ancient Merv
(UNESCO World Heritage Site).
A tour of the entire facility located on an area with a radius of 10-14 km
takes at least 2 hours.
One of the major archaeological sites of Central Asia, Merv played an important
part in the development of the Silk Road for more than 2 000 years. On the
territory of Merv there are unique fortresses that belong to different eras.
They differ in size and degree of preservation. Different fortresses -
Erk-kala (VI century BC), Gyaur-kala
(III century), Kyz-kala (VI century), Sultan-kala (XI century),
Abdullakhan-Kala (XV century), Bairamalikhan-Kala (presumably 18th century).
Drive through Mary city to Ashgabat city. Transfer to the
hotel
Overnight at the hotel in Ashgabat
Day 2nd , Ashgabat – Darvaza Gas crater
08.00 – breakfast at
the hotel
- Ashgabat City Tour
- The Old Nissa
fortress
- Monument and park of
Independence,
- Neutrality tower,
- Magtymguly monument
and park
- Ferris wheel (in the
Guinness Book) you can ride on,
- Wedding palace
- The sculptural
ensemble depicting the founder of the Turkmen nation Oguzkhan and his six sons.
This complex includes 27 light fountains, working synchronously thanks to
special software (in the Guinness Book)
- International
Airport (in the Guinness Book)
- trip to Darvaza –
Gas Crater, which is a huge flaming crater located 270 km (5 hours) to the
north of Ashgabat. Continue with moving to the Water, and Gas Crater. In the
evening, enjoy the spectacular and fascinating view of the Gas Crater. In order to truly enjoy this end of the world,
it is best to arrive at the Gate after the sunset.
Stay in a camp with tasty catering – dinner at picnic style - the perfect way to enjoy this highlight.
Observe the fantastic view of the crater during daylight and at night, feel the
heat, and listen to the sound that this giant oven creates. Overnight at the
camp in the yurt
Day 3rd, Darvaza – Kunya-Urgench – Dashoguz crossing border to Uzbekistan
06.00 – breakfast
at the camp.
07.00 – drive to the North province of Turkmenistan,
to the architectural monuments of Old Urgench, 270 km, 5-6 hours of the
journey.
12.00 – Kunya-Urgench is the capital of Khorezm in X-XII centuries.
13.00 visit the Mausoleum of Najm al-Din
al-Kubra, Tyurabek Khanum, Il-Arslan, Tekesh Ibn Hadzhibey, and the highest
minaret in Central Asia, Kutlyg Timur and etc.
- transfer to the Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan
border point (1-2 hour). Cross border.
End of the tour.