Travel styles
Silk Road tours
Follow the caravan routes across deserts, oases and mountain passes.
The Silk Road was never one road but a web of routes linking China with Persia and the Mediterranean. Central Asia was its heart. Following it today means crossing the Kyzylkum from Khiva to Bukhara, climbing to the caravanserai of Tash Rabat or continuing from Merv into Uzbekistan as the caravans did.
A Silk Road journey can stay within Uzbekistan or link several countries; we design the route around how much time you have.
- Tours in this style
- 10
- Best season
- Varies by region
- Where
- Khiva, Bukhara, Samarkand, Ancient Merv
Tours
Silk Road tours itineraries
Pearl of the Orient: classic Uzbekistan in 9 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Shakhrisabz
Desert Castles of Uzbekistan & the Seven Lakes of Tajikistan
Bukhara → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Khiva → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Shakhrisabz → Tashkent
Ancient civilisations: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in 11 days
Tashkent → Khiva → Darvaza gas crater → Ashgabat → Ancient Merv → Bukhara → Samarkand
Mangystau, the Aral Sea and classic Uzbekistan in 14 days
Mangystau → Karakalpakstan → Muynak & the Aral Sea → Nukus → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Tashkent
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in 8 days: desert castles and the Seven Lakes
Khiva → Desert fortresses of Khorezm → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Tashkent
Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in 12 days: from Khujand to Khiva
Tashkent → Khujand → Dushanbe → Penjikent → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Samarkand → Bukhara → Khiva → Urgench
Kazakhstan in 10 days: Almaty, Charyn, the Silk Road cities and Astana
Almaty → Charyn Canyon → Kaindy Lake → Shymkent → Turkistan → Astana
Turkmenistan in 8 days: from the Caspian Sea to the Door to Hell
Ashgabat → Ancient Merv → Darvaza gas crater → Yangykala Canyon
Where to go
Best places for this style
