Name of the tour: Dream Travel
Length of itinerary: 7 days / 6 nights
Day 1: Ashgabat
At the Ashgabat International Airport your guide will meet you and to start your “Dream Travel Tour” you will transfer to Horse-farm. There you will explore the pride of the Turkmen people famous Akhal-Teke horses. Traditional tea break, short Akhal-Teke horse show program and can see the racks of horses. Then we will go back to Ashgabat city. Further you will have an evening city tour. It includes visits of main tourists’ attraction. At the end of the tour you will be transferred to the hotel.
Day 2: Ashgabat – Darwaza
After the breakfast, you will start your tour with driving to “Seyitjemaleddin” Mosque. After exploring this place, we will return to Ashgabat city. After lunch, at 15:00 we will drive to the North of Turkmenistan, village named “Bahardok”. There we will see the village life of Turkmen people and move to the Gas Crater – Darvaza that is located to the North of Ashgabat. On the way we will have a stop in a small nomadic village. In the evening, you will have a chance to observe the spectacular and fascinating view of the gas crater. Today’s night will be special in the tents.
Day 3: Darwaza – Ashgabat
In the morning the tour will be started with the drive back to Ashgabat. After lunch visit “Old Nisa” which is the Sanctuary of Parhian Kings (UNESCO site), continue with “Gypjak” Mosque and Mausoleumof the late President of Turkmenistan. Next destination will be State Museum of History. It stores ancient artifacts found at the excavations of the settlements Nisa, Merv and Gonurdepe, collection of vintage Turkmen carpets, rare examples of national clothing, jewelries, and antique weapons. The 9 halls display figurines of Athens, Eros, silver gilded griffin, horn-shaped ivory vessels-rhytons of the Parthian era, gold jewelries, medallions-stamps from Margiana and Buddhist artifacts. There are also a lot of fossilized piece of wood of the Paleozoic period, aged 270,000,000, dinosaurs’ footprints, an 820-kg meteorite fallen in Kunya-Urgench in 1998 and a lot more.
Day 4: Ashgabat – Kov Ata – Ashgabat – Turkmenbashi
In the morning we will have a hotel check out and transfer to Ashgabat. On the way we will see Kow-Ata. The Turkmen name Kow-Ata means “Father of caves”. At first glance, this underground area appears like a magnificent auditorium: the overall length of the cave is 230 m, its height reaches 20 m, and its width is at some points 57 m. The bottom of the cave is covered with lumps of dissolved limestone, and its warm and gushing water is clear and emerald colored. After having lunch, we will drive back to Ashgabat or Gokdepe rail station to take a train to Turkmenbashi. Night will be in a train.
Day 5: Turkmenbashi – Yaginkala – Avaza
After arriving to Turkmenbashi we will have breakfast, then directly drive to Yangykala. The word “yangikala” means “fire fortresses”. Indeed, the sheer cliffs of white, yellow, ocher, purple and red colors, fancily carved by winds and rains, they look like stone castles from fantastic movies. The most beautiful view of canyons you can see during sunset, when everything is painted in a red-hot color. Evening time visiting “Gozli Ata” pilgrimage place. Then we will drive to see town of Avaza. At the end of the tour you will be transferred to the hotel.
Day 6: Avaza – Turkmenbashi – Asgabat
After breakfast at the hotel, we will have a check out, rest on the shore of the Caspian Sea then drive to Turkmenbashi airport fly to Ashgabat. After arriving to Ashgabat in the evening, you will have dinner and night will be in a hotel.
Day 7: Flight
In the morning you will have a transfer to Ashgabat International airport where your tour in wonderful Turkmenistan will come to the end.
Transport:
01-02 pax – Sedan
04-08 pax – Minibus 14 seats
10 pax – Bus (20 seats)
Price per person:
02 pax – 995 $
04 pax – 840 $
06 pax – 700 $
08 pax – 625 $
10 pax – 585 $
Single – 125 $
Early check-in – 35 $
Single early check-in – 50 $
Half board – 65 $
Full board – 125 $
Service includes:
- Transport
- Accommodation:
Ashgabat – “Menzil” Hotel 3*
Darwaza – Tents with dinner
Awaza – Hazina Hotel 5*
- Visa support
- English speaking guide
- Entrances to all museums
- Mineral water during the tour
- Train Ashgabat- Turkmenbashi
- Domestic flights Turkmenbashi – Ashgabat
Service does not include:
- Visa
- Full board
- Single rooms
- Early check-in
- Travel insurance
- Migration tax (12$)
- Fee for using cameras on monuments
Note: Each Traveler should have 2 photos (5×6) to be presented at the points of entry.