3 days 2 nights tour Dashoguz - Farap
INCLUDED:
* Tour package (LOI,
Register fee., permit fee)
* Accomodation: 3-star hotel – 1night, camp, yurt city - 1night
(dinner+breakfast)
* Guide - 3 days
* Transport - 3 days
* Transfers during the all route
* Entry tickets (Kone-Urgench, Nissa, Ancient Merv,)
* Daily water 1lt/pp
* Fee for using cameras on monuments
NOT INCLUDED:
* Visa fee 55$ - 85$
* Migration tax 12$+4$ bank fee
* Covid-test 35$
* Extra meal, services
* Private expenses, gratuities
* Insurance
Cost of the 3days 2nights tour is $800 per 2
pax
3-star hotel, one DOUBLE room, breakfast
Tour Program
Days
Day 1, Dashoguz - Koneurgench – Darvaza Gas crater
Meet the guide at Dashoguz
border of Turkmenistan, The meeting time (with guide) depends on what time you
cross the border. Аnd perhaps after crossing the border you will have to take a
Covid-test costing 35$ US dollars per person. Сash payment in US dollars.
Upon arrival to the border point go
through custom procedures and drive to
Koneurgench province historical reserve. Тhe trip will take approximately 1,5
hours by car.
-KoneUrgench (UNESKO
2005) ancient capital of Khorezm. Visit mausoleums of II Arslan and
SoltanTekesh, Nejmeddin Kubra, Soltan Ali, Turabek –Khanum (12th c), the
mausoleum of Turabek Khanum, the Kutlug Timur Minaret and etc.
15.00 trip to Darvaza – Gas Crater, which is a
huge flaming crater located 270 km (4-5 hours). In the evening, enjoy the
spectacular and fascinating view of the Gas Crater. Visit the Gas Crater. In
order to truly enjoy this end of the world, it is best to arrive at the Gate
after the sunset. Only in the dark is the full beauty of this phenomenon
revealed. Powerful gas exhausts at various intervals emit huge tongues of
red-blue flame, several meters upward, creating the illusion of something
unreal, otherworldly. People have always been attracted by the light of fire
and everything unusual, but this action gives rise to new feelings of something
supernatural.
Stay in a camp with
tasty catering – dinner at picnic style -
the perfect way to enjoy this highlight. Observe the fantastic view of
the crater during daylight and at night, feel the heat, and listen to the sound
that this giant oven creates. Overnight at the camp in the yurt.
Day 2, Darvaza – Ashgabat
06.00 - Early morning breakfast at the camp.
07.00 - departure from the camp, travel time is 4 hours, distance 270 km
Before reaching Ashgabat we can visit the Eastern Bazaar (at your request),
shopping and buying national souvenirs - all of them handmade things.
12.00 - Arrival in Ashgabat. Transfer to a 3-star hotel, check in and short
rest
11.00 - Ashgabat City Tour starts with
the historical monument “Old Nisa” fortress (1hour), which was the capital of
the Parthian Empire (since 2007 under the protection of UNESCO) After excursions in Old Nisa fortress, a
sightseeing tour of Ashgabat,
- Ashgabat city tour
includes – (full day tour)
- The Old Nisa fortress
- Saparmyrat Turkmenbashy Ruhy Mausoleum and Mosque
-The highest flagpole in the world at 133 meters –(in the Guinness Book) The
size of the giant cloth ofthe State Flag of Turkmenistan is 52x35 m, weight –
420 kg.
- Olimpic city (in the Guinness Book)
-Monument and park of Independence,
- Magtymguly monument and park
-Ferris wheel (in the Guinness Book) you can ride on,
-Earthquake victims complex,
-Wedding palace
-The sculptural ensemble depicting the founder of the Turkmen nation Oguzkhan
and his six sons. This complex includes 27 light fountains, working
synchronously thanks to special software (in the Guinness Book)
- International Airport (in the Guinness Book)
23.00 - Overnight at
the hotel.
Day 3, Ashgabat – Mary\Merv – Farap border
06.00 – early departure
from the hotel from Ashgabat to Mary city. Distance
350 km, 3 hours of journey.
10.00
- visit an Ancient Merv (UNESCO World
Heritage Site). One of the major archaeological sites of Central Asia, Merv
played an important part in the development of the Silk Road for more than
2 000 years. On the territory of Merv there are unique fortresses that
belong to different eras. They differ in size and degree of preservation.
Erk-kala (VI century BC), Gyaur-kala (III century), Kyz-kala (VI century),
Sultan-kala (XI century), Abdullakhan-kala (XV century), Bairamalikhan-kala
(presumably eighteenth century).
- Drive (by car) to the Lebap province , to
Farap border
– arrival to Farap border point. Crossing
border.
End of the
tour.