Tour MTHC 12. By Bike along Great Silk Road

MTHC 12 by Bike along Great Silk Road -22 days/21 nights 

Transfers: by coach and  by bike
Period: The best moment to carry out this bicycle round from April to June and from September to 1st November.

Highlights of the trip: A wonderful trip to bike 830 km, mixed asphalt road and track, with an average of 90km a day through mountain ranges, valleys and plateaus isolated green. A local agency to ensure quality supervision. Support vehicles can carry passengers and equipment visit the cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Tashkent A perfect itinerary for the trip by bike with cultural events rich in emotion and discovery, good food and comfortable camping, transform this exceptional adventure travel.

Program

Day 1 -Flight  international - Urgench
Flight international -Urgench. Night/dinner on the board

 Day 2  - Urgench - Khiva (30km)
Arrive in Urgench. Completing customs and immigration formalities at the airport. Meeting by local guide and transfer o Khiva (30 km,  40 min). Accomodation and breakfast in hotel. After breakfast ,  city tour in the architectural complex "Ichan-Qala" (12-19th cc.): Kunya-Ark khan's castle - the inner citadel of Ichan-Qala (16-17th cc.), Kalta Minor Tower, the biggest and tallest minaret in Central Asia (19th c.), Muhammad Amin-Khan - the biggest  medieval medressa in Khiva, Djuma Mosque with 220 wooden columns and a minaret 32,5 m height (10th c.). Lunch at local restaurant. Following tour of Khiva :Tash-Hauli (Stone courtyard) palace looking like a fortress with a high battlements, towers and fortified gates (19th c.),  necropolis of Pahlavan Mahmud - the cultic center of Ichan-Qala (19th c). The end of the tour at 3 pm. Come back in hotel, provide bike for participants and presentation of program of bike tour.  Free time for preparation bikes to set off. Dinner in downtown, overnight in hotel.  

Day 3 - Khiva – Shovot - Urgench (80 km)
Welcome bike tour across agricultural suburbs, lunch on the road, visiting cotton plant. Dinner and overnight in hotel.

Day 4 - Urgench - Toprak Kala - Ayaz Kala (105 km)
After breakfast transfer by coach to Cholish (25 km), changing for bike and continue to ride to ancient Khorezmian citadel Tuprak Kala (40 km). Lunch in Buston town and ride to Ayaz Kala ancient citadel 4-2 cc before J.C. (40km) During the tour meeting and discussion with local habitants of suburbs. Accommodation in yurt camp. Dinner and overnight in yurts.    

Day 5- Ayaz Kala – Miskin –Bukhara (399 km)
After breakfast take a ride to Miskim (63 km), lunch with fried fish from Amur Darya. Transfer by coach to Bukhara (330 km) via the Kyzyl-Kum desert and Amu –Darya River. Check in a hotel.  Dinner and overnight at hotel.

Day 6 - Bukhara
Breakfast at the hotel. Full day sightseeing tour around Bukhara. The excursion includes visiting the old part of the city, from Poi-Kalan Complex with Kalan Minaret (12-16 cc) through orient bazaar with tree cupolas of Toki Zargaron (17c), Toki Sarrafon (17c), Toki Telpak Furushon (17c) to Laby –House Complex (16-17c). Lunch in city and following tour of Bukhara: Arc  citadel (5-20cc), Samanid mausoleum (10 c ) , Chashma Ayub mausoleum (12-14 cc ) , Chor Minor medrese (19 c ). Dinner in downtown . Overnight in hotel.

Day 7- Bukhara – Urtaqurgon - Sarmish (140 km)
Transfer by coach to Urtaqurgon (70 km). Continue riding bike to Sarmish (73km), crossing agricultural villages. Lunch on the road. Arrive in Sarmish which considered to be natural museum of petroglyphs from the bronze era. Visiting natural museum and accommodation in campsite. Dinner and overnight in campsite.

Day 8- Sarmish – Nurata - Sentob (145 km )
Trip to Nurata by bike (70 km) . Arrive in Nurata and lunch in a restaurant. Ecscursion visit Mosque. There is a pool with holly fishs in. After lunch , transfer by coach to Sentob (75km), village is  located in the mountains. Accomodation at guest house, walking around the village . Dinner and overnight at guest house.

Day 9 - Sentob – Kizilcha - Josh (110 km )
Transfer by coach ( 50 km ) to Kizilcha , change for bike and pass mountain nek  Boyqoro, 1016 m, across agri villages, lunch on  road. Continuing by bike to Josh (60 km). Dinner and overnight at guest house.

Day  10 – Josh - Mitan ( 80 km )
Depart by bike to Kushrabod ( 60 km) across vlllages , lunch in Kushrabod. Continuing by bike to Mitan (20 km). Dinner and overnight at guest house.
 
Day 11 - Mitan - Samarkand ( 65 km)
Depart  by bike across villages to Dahbed ( 50 km ), lunch in Dahbed , transfer by coach to Samarkand (15 km ). Check in hotel , dinner and overnight in hotel.

Day 12 - Samarkand
City tour: Ulugbek Observatory, Afrosiab museum complex-necropolis Shakhi-Zinda, Registan square: Medreseh Ulughbek (15th c.), Medreseh Shir-Dor (17th c.), Medreseh Tilla-Kori (17th c.). Lunch in downtown. Following tour to Bibi-Khonum Mosque, market place. Lunch in traditional Uzbek house. Dinner in downtown. O/n at hotel.

Day 13-  Samarkand
Following tour of Samarkand and observe Bibi Khanum Mosque and the local colorful bazaar. Sightseeing to famous Mausoleum Guri Emir — Tamerlane's Tomb (14—15th cc.). Lunch in downtown. PM free. Dinner in downtown. O/n at hotel.

Day 14- Samarkand - Shaxrisabz ( 90 km)
Depart to Samarkand suburb (15 km ) by coach. Continue ride bike to Shaxrisabz (75 km), pass mountain nek ( 1750 m) , lunch on road. Arrive in city , excursion of  ruins of Ak-Saray Palace (14—15th c.), Khazrati Imam Complex, Dor-ut Tillavat (15—16th c.), Gumbazi-Seiidan Makbarat of Ulughbek, Kok Gumbaz mosque (15th c.), Jahongir mausoleum, visit Accommodation in the hotel. Dinner in traditional Uzbek house. Overnight in Shakhrisabz.

Day 15- Shaxrisabz - Katta Langar (75 km )
Ride bike to the village Katta Langar (75 km). Lunch on road.  Accommodation at guest house. Welcome tour acroos the village and historical sites. Dinner and overnight at guest house.

Day 16 - Katta Langar – Dugab ( 40 km )
Ride bike to mountain village Dugab (40 km). Pass mountain nek Gissar mountain chain.  Lunch on road. Dinner and overnight at guest house. 

Day 17- Dugab – Machay – Derbent (30 km )
Take a ride by bike to Derbent across the mountain village Machay (30 km). Ariive in Derbent, transfer acroos Iron Gates ( Darband ), accomoodation , dinner, overnight at guest house .

Day 18 - Derbent - Boysun  (30 km)
Take a ride by bike to Boysun (30 km). Visit handcraft center in Boysun. Lunch at guest house, welcome tour.  Dinner and overnight at guest house.

Day 19 – Boysun - night train to Tashkent
Visit by bike the villages Avlod and Omonkhona (35 km), wellknown healing source where you can talk to local piligrims. Lunch on road. Transfer to train station and depart by night train to Tashkent. Dinner box and overnight in train.

Day 20 -  Tashkent
Arrive in Tashkent in the morning . Transfer, Check in, breakfast in hotel. After small rest , excursion in Tashkent : Independance Square , theatre of Alisher Navoi , Hazrati Imam complex, Chorsu bazar. In the evening , visit theatre to see performance. Gala dinner in the city . Overnight in hotel   

Day 21 - Tashkent
Full day free.

Day 22- Tashkent – Flight international
Transfer to airport and depart.

Tour price per person :

NOTE*: *1 pax free of charge in double room for trip leader (hotels, food, transportation between cities) excluding international flight

The cost include:
• transport on all route (a minibus with the conditioner, special vehicle );
• hotels in double rooms;
• a food (full board), services of the cook on a track;
• the excursion program;
• services of the guide in cities and on a bicycle track;
• accompanying;
• bikes
• repair kit;
• equipment (tents, tables etc.);
• entrance tickets for the historical monuments specified in the program;
• police registration;
• visa support.

The cost doesn’t include:
• payment of excess weight of luggage;
• a photo and video of monuments of architecture and museum pieces;
• the medical insurance, international flights.
• Insurance;

Necessary to have:
• personal medical kit;

Payment: The cost of the tour can be paid via bank transfer or using other options which can be discussed through communication with us.

Cancellation fees:
• Cancellation prior 30 days – no charges apply
• Cancellation prior 15 days – 50% charge of the tour price
• Cancellation prior 7 days – 100% charge of the tour price


Trip to bike: 828 km