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Plan your adventure:
- In-depth Cultural
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- Camping
- Group
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- Historical
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- Crooked Compass
- Group Tour
- Join a group and forge lifelong friendships
- Partially Guided
- Independent travel, featuring selected guided excursions
- Guided in English
- Group Size 2 - 12
- Age range 18 to 99

Highlights
- Explore Ashgabat's white marble buildings
- Witness the flames of Darvaza gas crater
- Discover ancient ruins and grand mosques
- Visit the majestic Kolsai and Kaindy Lakes
- Experience nomadic life at Son-Kul Lake
Itinerary
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- Introduction
- Day 1 Arrival in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
- Day 2 Ashgabat – Darwaza
- Day 3 Darwaza – Ashgabat
- Day 4 Ashgabat – Nohur – Ashgabat
- Day 5 Ashgabat – Flight to Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Day 6 Almaty – Big Almaty Lake – Almaty
- Day 7 Almaty – Kaindy Lake – Saty
- Day 8 Saty – Kolsai Lakes – Saty
- Day 9 Saty – Charyn Canyon – Border crossing to Kyrgyzstan - Karakol
- Day 10 Karakol – Jety Oguz – Kochkor
- Day 11 Kochkor – Son-Kul Lake
- Day 12 Son-Kul – Bishkek
- Day 13 Bishkek – Ala-Archa National Park – Bishkek
- Day 14 Bishkek – Flight to Tashkent, Uzbekistan
- Day 15 Tashkent
- Day 16 Tashkent – Khiva
- Day 17 Khiva - Bukhara
- Day 18 Bukhara
- Day 19 Bukhara – Nurata
- Day 20 Village in Nurata Mountains
- Day 21 Nurata – Samarkand
- Day 22 Samarkand
- Day 23 Samarkand – Border crossing into Tajikistan - Penjikent – 7 Lakes – Penjikent
- Day 24 Penjikent – Dushanbe
- Day 25 Dushanbe
- Day 26 Departure from Dushanbe
What's Included
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- Accommodation
- Flights
- Guide
- Meals
- Additional Services
- Transport
- Free eSIMTourRadar offers the lead traveler (the person who booked) a free 1GB eSIM for the trip. The eSIM is redeemable only through the TourRadar app 72 hours before departure.
What's Not Included
- Insurance
- Optional
- Additional Services

Operated by
Crooked Compass
Number of tours
87
Age Range
18 to 99 years old
Response time
within 1 day
Response rate
100%
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Dates & Availability
26 days
Discovery Of Central Asia – 5 Stans
From Ashgabat to Tashkent
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- From Wednesday3 Sep, 2025To Sunday28 Sep, 2025EnglishFilling FastMultiple Room TypesFrom:$18,254
- From Monday1 Jun, 2026To Friday26 Jun, 2026EnglishFilling FastMultiple Room TypesFrom:$19,532
- From Thursday20 Aug, 2026To Monday14 Sep, 2026EnglishFilling FastMultiple Room TypesFrom:$19,532
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