3 Weeks Central Asia Itinerary

Central Asia Travel Itinerary 3 Weeks/21 Days

Morgen Mo
604 Words/3 Minutes, By Morgen Mo, Updated September 12, 2023

3 Weeks Central Asia Five Stans Culture Discovery Itinerary

Day 1, Bishkek City tour At 9 AM Proceed for a city tour in Bishkek. 

Day 2, Bishkek to Issyk Kul Lake 240 km 3 hrs direct road

Day 3, Issyk Kul Lake / Bishkek 240 km, 3 hrs drive Breakfast at the hotel

Day 4, Bishkek to Almaty 250 km

Day 5, Almaty Breakfast in the hotel

Day 6, Flight to Dushanbe from Almaty

Day 7, May, Dushanbe – Iskandarkul lake – Marguzor lake 240km 

Day 8, Marguzor lakes to Penjikent 70 km Marguzor lakes (Seven lakes) / Penjikent 70 km

Day 9, Penjikent to Samarkand 70 km

Day 10, Samarkand Breakfast at the hotel 

Day 11, Samarkand-Bukhara by fast train Breakfast at the hotel

Day 12, Bukhara full-day city tour

Day 13, Bukhara Full day of sightseeing in Bukhara

Day 14, Bukhara to Mary 380 km 6 hrs

Day 15, Mary to Ashgabat by flight

Day 16, Ashgabat full-day city tour

Day 17, Ashgabat to Darvaza by car 260 km 5 hrs Morning at leisure.

Day 18, Darwaza to Khiva drive 450 km trip 8 Drive to Dashoguz 250 km.

Day 19, Khiva city tour and then fly to Tashkent

Day 20, Tashkent city tour

Day 21, Tashkent departure 

21 Days Central Asia 5 Stans with Hell's Gate Derweze

Day 1 Almaty/Kazakhstan Arrival

Day 2 Almaty City Tour

Day 3 Almaty – Bishkek

Day 4 Bishkek – Issyk Kul

Day 5 Issyk Kul – Chopon Ata – Grigorevka Gorge – Bishkek – Tashkent/Uzbekistan

Day 6 Tashkent City Tour

Day 7 Tashkent – Samarkand

Day 8 Samarkand City Tour

Day 9 Samarkand – Bukhara

Day 10 Bukhara City Tour

Day 11 Bukhara – Farab/Turkmenistan – Turkmenabat – Mary

Day 12 Mary – Ashgabat

Day 13 Ashgabat – Nissa – Ashgabat

Day 14 Ashgabat City Tour

Day 15 Ashgabat – Derweze

Day 16 Derweze – Dashoguz

Day 17 Dashoguz – Kunya – Urgench – Khiva

Day 18 Khiva – Urgench – Tashkent

Day 19 Tashkent – Khujand

Day 20 Khujand – Oybek – Tashkent

Day 21 Tashkent Departure

21 Days Best Five Stans of Central Asia Itinerary

Day 1 Arrival in Tashkent

Day 2 Tashkent: City Tour

Day 3 Tashkent - Fly to Nukus - Ayaz Kala - Toprak Kala - Khiva

Day 4 Khiva: City Tour

Day 5 Khiva, Uzbekistan - Darvaza Gas Crater, Turkmenistan - Ashgabat

Day 6 Ashgabat: City Tour

Day 7 Ashgabat - Fly to Merv (Mary)

Day 8 Merv, Turkmenistan - Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Day 9 Bukhara: City Tour

Day 10 Bukhara - Train to Samarkand

Day 11 Samarkand: City Tour

Day 12 Samarkand: Registan Square

Day 13 Samarkand, Uzbekistan - Penjikent, Tajikistan

Day 14 Penjikent - Iskanderkul - Dushanbe

Day 15 Dushanbe: City Tour

Day 16 Dushanbe, Tajikistan - Fly to Almaty, Kazakhstan

Day 17 Almaty: City Tour

Day 18 Almaty, Kazakhstan - Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic

ay 19 Bishkek - Lake Issyk-Kul

Day 20 Lake Issyk-Kul - Bishkek

Day 21 Departure

21 day Classic Itinerary of Central Asia

Day 1. Almaty, Kazakhsta

Day 2. Almaty City Tour

Day 3. Almaty – Bishkek/Kyrgyzstan

Day 4. Bishkek City Tour

Day 5. Bishkek City Tour

Day 6. Bishkek – Osh (Kyrgyzstan) to Margilan/Uzbekistan

Day 7. Margilan City Tour

Day 7. Margina – Rishtan – Kokand – Tashkent

Day 8. Tashkent City Tour

Day 9. Tashkent – Samarkand

Day 10. Samarkand City Tour

Day 11. Samarkand – Shakhrisabz – Samarkand

Day 12. Samarkand – Pendjikent – Samarkand

Day 13. Samarkand – Bukhara

Day 14. Bukhara City Tour

Day 15. Bukhara City Tour

Day 16. Bukhara – Khiva

Day 17. Khiva City Tour

Day 18 Khiva – Dashouguz – Ashgabad (Turkmenistan)

Day 19. Ashgabad City Tour

Day 20. Ashgabad City Tour

Day 21. Ashgabad – Departure

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