Journey to the Heart of Turkmenistan

Culture, nature, history and Turkmen cuisine. Individual or group tour.

Day by day

1. 01

   Ashgabat and Old Nisa

   • Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel
   • Old Nisa (3rd c. BC – 3rd c. AD), 18 km west of Ashgabat near the village of Bagir: the royal fortress of Mithradatkert, burial place of the Parthian kings, about 17 hectares
2. 02

   Ashgabat

   • In Turkmen folklore the name of the city means “city of love”; today it blends national traditions with modern town planning
   • The National Museum of Turkmenistan, including the famous Akhal-Teke horses
   • The Independence Monument: its 118 metres add up 27 + 91 for 27 October 1991, with a yurt-shaped base and a gilded crescent with five stars for the five great Turkmen tribes
   • Free time to walk or rest
3. 03

   Kow-Ata and Nokhur

   • Kow-Ata, “father of caves”, near Bakharden: 230 metres long, 65 metres deep from the main entrance, with a lake 72 metres long and thermal water at +33…+37.5 °C all year round
   • On to Nokhur, about 4 hours by mountain road, at 1,000–1,100 metres in the western Kopet Dag
   • Villages on the hillsides and stone houses among almond and pomegranate gardens
   • The legend linking Nokhur with the prophet Noah
   • The Hur-Huri waterfall, 53 metres high
   • The “House of the Dev” cave and “Three Wells”, the highest point of the Kopet Dag
   • Dinner and overnight at a guest house in Nokhur
4. 04

   Ashgabat

   • Back to Ashgabat
   • Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque at Kipchak, the largest in Central Asia
   • Ertugrul Gazi Mosque, a gift from Türkiye, with fine doors made without nails and hand-written Quran inscriptions
5. 05

   Ashgabat bazaars

   • Melons, pomegranates, dried fruit and vegetables straight from the fields
   • Golden pastries, juicy manty, camel-milk chal and lamb shashlik
   • Ashgabat Mall and the Arkach shopping centre
6. 06

   Departure

   • Transfer to the airport

Route