Day 01: Arrive Almaty.
Meeting and transfer to your hotel. Check-in time at the hotel is 3 p.m. Overnight

Day 02: Almaty sightseeing tour.
Almaty is situated at the altitude of 600-900 meters above the sea level.Almaty means Father of Apples, a name derived from the apple trees that werewidespread to the area. Almaty is the largest city in Kazakhstan and the formercapital of the Republic. The city was set up on the place of the ancientsettlement, which dates back to the 3rd century BC. City tour of Almatyincludes visit to: The Museum of Folk Music Instruments, Panfilov Park, theZenkov Cathedral and Kasteev State Museum of Fine Arts. Funds of the museumnumber over 20,000 storage units: paintings, graphics, sculptures, folk artsand crafts, etc. Overnight

Day 03: Almaty to Issykul Lake resort area via Bishkek – road transfer.
Transfer to Issykul Lake via Bishkek. Issyk-Kul means “warm lake” in Kyrgyz andconfirms this name by not freezing in the winter. About 134 rivers flow intothe lake. No river flows out of Issyk-Kul, so the lake accumulates all mineralscarried by the rivers and rain. The area of Lake Issyk-Kul keeps a lot ofsecrets. At present at the bottom of the lake archaeologists have discoveredthe ruins of an ancient city, Chigu, which sank many centuries ago. It was acapital of the Usuni State since the second century BC, and the trade centre ofthe Tian Shan on the Great Silk Road. On arrival transfer to your hotel. Overnight

Day 04: Sightseeing of Karakol town and Circle the Lake Tour..
Full day tour. Karakol (Black Lake in Kyrgyz) was founded in 1869 as a militaryand trade point on the road from the Chu valley to Kashgar. It was first namedPrzhevalsky after Russian explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky, whose last expeditionended here. Visit to Przhevzlsky Museum: there is a wonderful data of hismeetings and journeys, the instruments he used in gathering informative dataare on display. He is also known for breeding a tiny bred horse in the steeplands of Tibet, which was later known as Przhevalsky Horse. Also we will see:the Dungan’s Mosque, Russian Orthodox Church, the Museum of History andoriental bazaar (on a Friday the animal bazaar is also interesting). Overnight

Day 05: AM Issykul to Bishkek with a stop at the site of Burana – roadtransfer.
PM sightseeing tour of Bishkek. Morning transfer to Bishkek. En route stopin Burana. The word “burana” drives from the corruption of Arabic word forminaret, munara. Burana Tower is the central monument of the architecturalcomplex and dates back 11th century. On arrival transfer to your hotel
Bishkek is the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It is a modern and developed city. We cansee it visiting: State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Philharmonic Hallnear Manas Square. Also we will visit Osh Bazaar on Kievskaya Street. It is thebiggest typical market in Kyrgyzstan, which is noisy and full of local color. Overnight

Day 06: AM Bishkek to Tashkent – flight. PM Tashkent sightseeing tour. 
Morning transfer to the airport for the flight to Tashkent. On arrival transferto your hotel. PM Tashkent city tour. The capital of Uzbekistan, Central Asia’spremier metropolis betrays little of its 2000-year history as a crossroads ofancient trade routes. We explore: Barak Khan Madrasah Tillya Sheikh MosqueNamazgokh Mosque, “Chorsu" bazaar and Mustakillik (Independent) Square. Overnight

Day 07: Tashkent to Samarkand – road transfer.
Morning departure for Samarkand. On arrival transfer to your hotel. Overnight

Day 08: Full day Samarkand sightseeing tour.
Full day tour. See Registan Square, Ulugbek Madrasah, Shir-Dor Madrasah,Tillya-Kari Madrasah, Bibi Khanum Mosque, Shakhi Zinda Necropolis. Bazaar isone of the main sights of Samarkand. Early mornings and Sundays offer the mostactivity. Beside cloth sacks of exotic spices, the famous Samarkand now fillsbarrows and pushchairs. Overnight

Day 09: Samarkand to Nurata’s Yangikazagan Kyzylkum desert camp – roadtransfer.
Morning departure for Nurata. Once known as Nur this town dates back to theperiod before arrival of Alexander the Great. We will visit the famous SacredFish pond, Shrine of a Local Saint. On arrival transfer to Yurt Camp. Anight under the stars in the desert.