Itinerary
- Day 1
Meeting Point to Asraf
You'll meet your group at 9:00 AM and then travel 4.5 hours to reach Asraf village. After checking into your homestay, you'll have lunch before saddling up for a 2.5-hour horse ride to Eski Forish village nearby. Once you're back at the homestay, you'll help your hosts prepare traditional meals, which gives you a real sense of how things work in the village.
- Start point
- Bukhara, Uzbekistan (Khoja Nasreddin statue, QCFC+69G, Bukhara, Bukhara Region, Uzbekistan, 08:30 - 09:00)
- Meals
- Lunch
- Accommodation
- Home-stay (Aslan's homestay)
Included Activities
- Horse ride to Eski Forish village (2.5 hours)
- Participate in preparing traditional meals with hosts
Optional Activities
- Observe traditional meal preparation
Landmarks/POIs Eski Forish village Asraf village 
- Day 2
Asraf to Hayat
Breakfast happens as the sun rises, and then you'll head out on a guided 12-kilometer horse ride to Hayat village with a local trekking expert, about 3 hours of riding that takes you past the remains of the Mongol Fortress in Uhum village. You'll settle into Shodmon's homestay, and later that afternoon, another 2-hour horse ride brings you to Upper Uhum village where you can walk around traditional stone and mud houses set among ancient fortress ruins. Dinner waits for you back at the homestay.
- Meals
- Breakfast (Hearty breakfast as the sun rises), Dinner (Hearty dinner)
- Accommodation
- Home-stay (Shodmon's homestay)
Included Activities
- Guided horse ride from Asraf to Hayat village (12 kilometers, approximately 3 hours)
- Visit Mongol Fortress remnants in Uhum village
- Horse ride to Upper Uhum village (2 hours)
- Explore traditional stone and mud houses and ancient fortress ruins
Landmarks/POIs Mongol Fortress Uhum village Upper Uhum village Hayat village 
- Day 3
Hayat to Majerum to Samarkand
You'll spend the morning on a 3-hour horse ride from Hayat to Majerum village. There's an ancient arbor vitae tree here, a local landmark that people say was planted by Alexander the Great's soldiers during his Central Asian campaign. Lunch happens with your hosts at a local homestay, and after eating, you'll depart on a 4.5-hour drive to Samarkand for drop-off at your hotel or tour ending point.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch
Included Activities
- Horse ride from Hayat to Majerum village (3 hours)
- Visit ancient arbor vitae tree
Landmarks/POIs Ancient arbor vitae tree Majerum village
