Nature & History Tour
Itinerary name: Nature & History Tour
Day-by-day program:
Day 1: Ashgabat
Local guide will meet the group at the airport and accompany to the city. First, visit Ertugrul Gazi mosque. Then explore the biggest mosque of Ashgabat- Azadi Mosque. It was constructed in90’s of 20th century. This purely Turkish style mosque named after the honor of father of Osman Empire ruler Oguzkhan Ertogrul Osman and can host 5000 people at once. Further, you will find yourself in the Palace of Happiness. There is extraordinary panorama view of Ashgabat in the Palace of Happiness. After exploring the city, overnight in a hotel.
Day 2: Ashgabat
After having breakfast, drive to the historical site of Nisa. Then transfer to magic lake of Kow-Ata. It is located 100 km from the capital. It is a mysterious cave, where the lake in the depth of 60 m. in order to get the lake, there are leading 350 stairs. The water of the lake is believed to be medicinal. It contains 38 elements: sulphur, iodine, magnesium, potassium, sodium, sulphate, aluminium, bromine, iron, stibium and many others. It is also one of the biggest lake in the cave in the world. Afternoon, tour will take you to the birthplace of President of Turkmenistan Gypjak village. There is the largest mosque of Central Asia. Then drive back to Ashgabat and have free time.
Day 3: Ashgabat – Darvaza
In the morning, the exciting trip to Museum of Carpets in Ashgabat. It was founded in 1994 on 24th of October. Here you can see the largest collection of traditional carpets. There are carpets belongs to medieval ages until 20th century. About 1000 carpets dating back to 18th and 19th century. In addition to the carpets, there are other examples of decorative art like chuvals, khurjuns and torbe. After lunch, transfer to Darwaza and stay in a tent camp.
Day 4: Darvaza – Kone Urgench – Dashoguz – Ashgabat
Today you will drive to Dashoguz region, which is situated in the north of the country. Once these land was under the great Khorezm Empire. The capital was Kone-Urgench and we will explore this ancient city. It has significant role in the history of Central Asia. it is located 80 km from capital city. The city was flourishing during the 10th century. At that time, Khorezmshakh was powerful state covering the northern part of modern Turkmenistan and western Uzbekistan. Later it was invaded by Arabs and called Gurgandzh. Later continue to Dashoguz city by night train.
Day 5: Ashgabat
Arrive to Ashgabat by train in the morning. The first site to explore is pride of Turkmen people. It will be horse farm of famous Turkmen breed- Akhal Teke. It is said that there are more than 250 kind of horses in the world. The Akhal Teke considered to be the patriarch of breeding horses. There were more than 3 thousand years to get this breed. Despite the fact that there is not exact time of appearance, the horses were mentioned 4th-3th century BC. The most favorite horse of Alexander the Great, Bucephalus was Akhal Teke. On the way, visit Goktepe fortress, which is well known for the fight between Russian and Turkmens. Afternoon is dedicated to enjoy cultural center of Alem.
Day 6: Flight
After having breakfast, drive to airport according to flight schedule.