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

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