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Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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Islamabad, Pakistan

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Phone (Uzbekistan): (99871) 2814148, (99871) 2814149, (99871) 2553504
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Uzbekistan & Afghanistan

  • Itinerary:
    Tashkent - Bukhara - Samarkand - Termez - Mazar-i-Sharif - Puli Khumri - Kabul - Bamiyan - Kabul
  • Duration:
    12 days / 11 nights
  • Price:
    on request
  • Tour program
    Itinerary of «Uzbekistan & Afghanistan»
    Day 01: Arrive Tashkent – HY
    Tashkent/Bukhara – HY
    Meeting on arrival assistance and connect on flight to Bukhara on arrival transfer to hotel afternoon sightseeing tour of Bukhara visit – Lab-e-Khauz, madrassah Nadirkhon
    Devanbegi, Khanaga, Mogaki Attari mosque, Poi Kalon minaret and mosque, Madrassahs of Aziz Khan and Ulugbek. Later proceed to Ark Fortress and Balakhauz Mosque
    Overnight 
     
    Day 02: Bukhara/Samarkand – 268 kms
    Morning sightseeing tour of Bukhara visit – Ismail Samanid mausoelum, Chasma Ayub, Bazar and later proceed to Samarkand enroute visit Sitora-i-Mokhikhosa, the summer residence of the former emir of Bukhara
    On arrival at Samarkand transfer to hotel
    Overnight
     
    Day 03: Samarkand
    Full day sightseeing tour visit – Registan Square to see the three beautiful madrassahs,
    Later proceed to Bibi Khanum mosque, the Silk Road Bazar and Shahi Zinda necropolis.
    Afternoon visit Afrosiab site and museum, Ulugbek’s observatory and Gur Emir, the 
    Mausoleum of Tamerlane
    Overnight
     
    Day 04: Samarkand/Tashkent – 268 kms
    Morning departure for Tashkent and on arrival transfer to hotel
    Afternoon sightseeing tour of Tashkent – visit Old town to see Barak Khana, Tila Shaikh Mosque, Chorsu market, Kukeldesh madrassah, Friendship Square, History Museum
    and Navoi Theatre
    Overnight
     
    Day 05: Tashkent/Termez – Flt(am)
    Termez/Khairaton check point – 02 kms
    Khairaton/Mazar-i-Sharif – 81 kms
    Morning flight to Termez and on arrival direct transfer to Khairaton border point
    Meeting on arrival at the Afghan border point and change of vehicles to continue to
    Mazar-i-Sharif. On arrival transfer to Hotel 
    Overnight
     
    Day 06: Mazar-i-Sharif  
    Morning visit the shrine of Hzarat Ali and the local bazar
    Afternoon excursion to Balkh – visit madrassah Subhan Quli Khan
    The Citadel Walls, Tombs of Khawaja Abu Nasr Parsa and Rabia Balkhi
    Also visit Masjide Haji Piyada
     
    Day 07: Mazar-i-Sharif/Puli Khumri – 208 kms
    Morning departure for Puli Khumri enroute visit Samangan(Aibak) to see the Buddhist ruins dating 4th –5th AD. Afterwards continue to Khulm visiting the famous covered bazar, Baghe Jahan Numa and tomb of Qilich Ali Beg.
    Later continue to Puli Khumri and on arrival transfer to Hotel
    Overnight 
     
    Day 08: Puli Khumri/Kabul – 229 kms
    Morning departure for Kabul southwards 
    Enroute we stop at the archaeological site of Surkh Kotal – one of the important site of Bactria which attained its prominence when it was made as an important centre during the Kushan rule. We shall visit the remains of Buddhist temple dating 02nd AD. 
    later we travel to the heart of Hindukush mountain ranges passing through Salang pass and tunnel at 3363m
    On arrival transfer to hotel
    Overnight
     
    Day 09: Kabul/Bamiyan – Flt
    Morning flight to Bamiyan and on arrival transfer to local Yorta campsite.
    Later we shall visit the site of famous Buddhas which were shamelessly destroyed during the tyrant and illiterate regime of the clerics. It will be more of a exploratory tour to see the remaining sites and possible traces of frescoes.
    Later in the afternoon we shall see the ruins of Share Ghalghola which is
    still witness to the destruction of Chengezid hordes.           
     
    Day 10: Bamiyan/Kabul – Flt
    Full day excursion to Bande Amir lakes – the blue waters of the lake are tremendous with a dry background
    We shall then take the late afternoon flight to Kabul. On arrival transfer to
    Hotel
    Overnight
     
    Day 11: Kabul
    Full day sightseeing tour – Visit Arg Palace(Presidential Palaces), Jashen Grounds, Nadir Shah mausoleum – view panorama of the old city and the half destroyed Kabul Fort, Pul-I-Khishti, Shah du Shamshira mosques, Emperor Babur’s Gardens and tomb, Kabul Museum which has been devoid of its collection during the recent civil wars, we shall then visit the Bazar afternoon short excursion to Baghe Bala which used to be a popular retreat but has been victim of constant civil war
    Overnight
      
    Day 12: Kabul/Exit – Flt
    Transfer to airport for your destination flight
    Assistance on departure
  • Details
    Details of itinerary & map
    Day 01: Arrive Tashkent – HY
    Tashkent/Bukhara – HY
    Meeting on arrival assistance and connect on flight to Bukhara on arrival transfer to hotel afternoon sightseeing tour of Bukhara visit – Lab-e-Khauz, madrassah Nadirkhon
    Devanbegi, Khanaga, Mogaki Attari mosque, Poi Kalon minaret and mosque, Madrassahs of Aziz Khan and Ulugbek. Later proceed to Ark Fortress and Balakhauz Mosque
    Overnight 
     
    Day 02: Bukhara/Samarkand – 268 kms
    Morning sightseeing tour of Bukhara visit – Ismail Samanid mausoelum, Chasma Ayub, Bazar and later proceed to Samarkand enroute visit Sitora-i-Mokhikhosa, the summer residence of the former emir of Bukhara
    On arrival at Samarkand transfer to hotel
    Overnight
     
    Day 03: Samarkand
    Full day sightseeing tour visit – Registan Square to see the three beautiful madrassahs,
    Later proceed to Bibi Khanum mosque, the Silk Road Bazar and Shahi Zinda necropolis.
    Afternoon visit Afrosiab site and museum, Ulugbek’s observatory and Gur Emir, the 
    Mausoleum of Tamerlane
    Overnight
     
    Day 04: Samarkand/Tashkent – 268 kms
    Morning departure for Tashkent and on arrival transfer to hotel
    Afternoon sightseeing tour of Tashkent – visit Old town to see Barak Khana, Tila Shaikh Mosque, Chorsu market, Kukeldesh madrassah, Friendship Square, History Museum
    and Navoi Theatre
    Overnight
     
    Day 05: Tashkent/Termez – Flt(am)
    Termez/Khairaton check point – 02 kms
    Khairaton/Mazar-i-Sharif – 81 kms
    Morning flight to Termez and on arrival direct transfer to Khairaton border point
    Meeting on arrival at the Afghan border point and change of vehicles to continue to
    Mazar-i-Sharif. On arrival transfer to Hotel 
    Overnight
     
    Day 06: Mazar-i-Sharif  
    Morning visit the shrine of Hzarat Ali and the local bazar
    Afternoon excursion to Balkh – visit madrassah Subhan Quli Khan
    The Citadel Walls, Tombs of Khawaja Abu Nasr Parsa and Rabia Balkhi
    Also visit Masjide Haji Piyada
     
    Balkh (Bactria):
    As Bactria was known to the classical world, Balkh was one of the important  region which was mentioned under the subject nations of the Achaemenian Empire dating back to 06th BC. Alexander the Great set off for Balkh in the winter of 330 BC following the fugitive Persian general Bessus. Bactria had become more known when a strong kingdom of tribal Greeks more known as Indo-Bactrian Greeks had set up in 100 BC. Later passing through the successive hands of various invading armies, Balkh had seen the invading hordes which destroyed the Buddhist temples in the city. It rose to prominence when the city bolstered her rich madrassahs and mausoleums under the 
    Muslim domination. Balkh had yet to see the fateful destruction at the hands of Chengezid hordes which almost razed the city to oblivion. It was then left to the later Timurid dynasty to once again rebuild the lost grandeur but it was then the present day Mazar-i-Sharif.
     
    Day 07: Mazar-i-Sharif/Puli Khumri – 208 kms
    Morning departure for Puli Khumri enroute visit Samangan(Aibak) to see the Buddhist ruins dating 4th –5th AD. Afterwards continue to Khulm visiting the famous covered bazar, Baghe Jahan Numa and tomb of Qilich Ali Beg.
    Later continue to Puli Khumri and on arrival transfer to Hotel
    Overnight 
     
    Day 08: Puli Khumri/Kabul – 229 kms
    Morning departure for Kabul southwards 
    Enroute we stop at the archaeological site of Surkh Kotal – one of the important site of Bactria which attained its prominence when it was made as an important centre during the Kushan rule. We shall visit the remains of Buddhist temple dating 02nd AD. 
    later we travel to the heart of Hindukush mountain ranges passing through Salang pass and tunnel at 3363m
    On arrival transfer to hotel
    Overnight
     
    Day 09: Kabul/Bamiyan – Flt
    Morning flight to Bamiyan and on arrival transfer to local Yorta campsite.
    Later we shall visit the site of famous Buddhas which were shamelessly destroyed during the tyrant and illiterate regime of the clerics. It will be more of a exploratory tour to see the remaining sites and possible traces of frescoes.
    Later in the afternoon we shall see the ruins of Share Ghalghola which is
    still witness to the destruction of Chengezid hordes.
     
    Bamiyan:
    The Buddhism in Afghanistan spread from 1st-7th AD from the northwestern parts of Pakistan from the area known in the Buddhist world as Gandhara. The influences from Gandharan Art greatly contributed to the development of Indo-Afghan school of Art. The spread of Buddhist thought in Afghanistan is attributed to the Kushan dynasty which adopted Buddhism as the state religion which politically patronized the monastic establishments. The location of Bamiyan site must have particularly selected owing to the beautiful back drop of Koh-i-Baba, one of the intermediary range of Hindukush mountains. The monastic establishment grew from 03rd AD in this region and one can see numerous cave dewellings which served as perfect place for the austere practices by Buddhist hermits.               
     
    Day 10: Bamiyan/Kabul – Flt
    Full day excursion to Bande Amir lakes – the blue waters of the lake are tremendous with a dry background
    We shall then take the late afternoon flight to Kabul. On arrival transfer to
    Hotel
    Overnight
     
    Day 11: Kabul
    Full day sightseeing tour – Visit Arg Palace(Presidential Palaces), Jashen Grounds, Nadir Shah mausoleum – view panorama of the old city and the half destroyed Kabul Fort, Pul-I-Khishti, Shah du Shamshira mosques, Emperor Babur’s Gardens and tomb, Kabul Museum which has been devoid of its collection during the recent civil wars, we shall then visit the Bazar afternoon short excursion to Baghe Bala which used to be a popular retreat but has been victim of constant civil war
    Overnight
     
    Kabul:
    The capital of war torn Afghanistan is one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. The history of Kabul dates back to the legendary times of epic Ramayana when Kubha is mentioned as the founder of the city. Lying at the crossroads Kabul was always victim of invasions and civil strife. During the reign of Kushanas the 
    city must have been a place of importance since it led the way to their winter capital of Peshawar. In the vicinity of Kabul was the famous Begram which had attained its prominence of being an important centre of the eastern Hellenic Art. Kabul rose to importance when Babur made his capital and since then it inter-
    acted with various ruling dynasties. The recent history of Kabul is painful being subjected to incessant civil war and lately under the wrathful rule of clerics.
      
    Day 12: Kabul/Exit – Flt
    Transfer to airport for your destination flight
    Assistance on departure
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