| Day-01 |
Arrival
to Islamabad airport and transfer to the
hotel |
| Day-02 |
Departure
for Peshawar 170 km via Taxila about
3-4 hrs drive
|
| Day-03 |
Excursion
to Khyber Pass, Afghan border at Torkham |
| Day-04 |
Drive to Swat Valley via Taket Bahi,
the Gandhara Buddhist Monastery, overnight
at hotel
|
| Day-05 |
Continue
to Besham via Shangla Pass/hotel |
| Day-06 |
Continue to Gilgit on Karakuram Highway7-8
hrs |
| Day-07 |
Proceed
to Karimabad Hunza 2-3 hrs, overnight
at hotel |
| Day-08 |
Day free for local visits
|
| Day-09 |
Drive
to Sost 2-3 hrs/hotel |
| Day-10 |
Continue
to Taskurgan 5-6 hrs, overnight at hotel
|
| Day-11 |
Drive
to Kashgar 290 km at the elevation 1200
m from the sea level and 5-6 hrs drive
from Tashkurgan
|
| Day-12 |
Day
free for sightseeing in KASHGAR. |
| Day-13 |
Drive
to westwards will bring us to the border
between China and Kyjrgystan. After
immigration formalities we change vehicles
and proceed via the Tourgat Pass (4050m)
to Naryn (Kyrgystan) enroute views of
the Tien Shan Mountain range. KYRGYSTAN
covers an area of 198500 square Kilometers
with the population of 4.4 million (1991),
located in north east of Central Asia,
bordered by expansive deserts of Kyrgystan
predetermined, its important position
on the Silk Route, an important artery
of merchandise and information in the
ancient and middle ages.
Many
of the cravens routes of the great Silk
Route changed their intermediate destinations
observing only the main direction from
east to west, but these region the routes
stayed as they were because of close
proximity of the Tien-Shan mountains
with their specific geographical factors.
Today's traveler can find ruins of ancient
cities, trading towns, cravens routes
and sacred places of Tengrian, Zoroastriysk
Buddhism, early Christian and Muslim
religions. Surrounded by celestial Tien
Shan and majestic Pamirs this remote
and mysterious country is filled with
exotic sights, colorful and pleasant
people and ruggedly beautiful scenery.
|
| Day-14 |
Continue
to Bishkek the capital of Kyrgystan was
known as Frunze. |
| Day-15 |
Full
day drives crossing from Kyrgystan to
Uzbekistan. We arrive early evening
at Tashkent.
|
| Day-16 |
Fly
to Urgentch. Upon arrival proceed to Khiva
which is located in the Khoresm Oasis.
Khiva is also an open-air museum with
splendid monumental tombs of central Asian
and Islamic culture. We shall also visit
the ruins of the old city of Choresm. |
| Day-17 |
Bukhara
is probably the most cultural and nostalgic
city we should arrive by early afternoon
in time to take and evening walk through
theme of this ancient city. |
| Day-18 |
Full
day tour includes the 1000 years old tomb
o Ismail Samani founder of the Samanid
dynasty and richly decorated Bolo-Khauz
Mosque, a one time Centre of the he Emir's
of Bukhara. |
| Day-19 |
Full
day excursion to Sakhr-e-Sabz, the birth
place of Tamerlan, while crossing the
Tastakaracha Pass we can view the mountains
surrounding Samarkand. Later we visit
the Ak-Sary palace Tamerlane large residence
complex Jhangirs mausoleum Kok Gumbaz
Mosque, Dorus Tilavet Mausoleum, Shamsuddin
Kulyar Mausoleum and the 15th century
doomed market then drive to Samarkand.
|
| Day-20 |
Sightseeing
in Samarkand, the most inspiring City
.We visit the Rejistah square Madrassas
of Ulugbek Shir-Dor & Tillya Kari
the observatory of Ulugbek Shakhi Zinda
Necropolis and culminating with a visit
to the mosque of Bibi Khanym |
| Day-21 |
Return
to Tashkent and later transfer to the
airport for you departure |
| Day-01 |
Arrival
to Islamabad airport and transfer to the
hotel |
| Day-02 |
Drive
to Chilas 11-12 hrs drive, overnight
at hotel
|
| Day-03 |
Continue
to karimabad- Hunza via Gilgit 5-6 hrs |
| Day-04 |
Departure for Sost 2-3 hrs drive
|
| Day-05 |
Drive
to Tashkurgan via Khunjerab Pass then
continue to Karakuli Lake 3800m, overnight
at Yurt |
| Day-06 |
Strat trek to Janbulak (Yanbulak), meals
and overnight at tents |
| Day-07 |
Trek
to Qoltumak, about 6-hrs and altitude
around 4100m/tent |
| Day-08 |
Trek 2-hrs to Mustag Ata Base Camp 4300m
and back to Janbulak for overnight in
the camps
|
| Day-09 |
4-5
hrs trek to Subash Village/camp |
| Day-10 |
Drive
to Karakuli Lake and continue to Kashgar,
overnight at hotel
|
| Day-11 |
Day
free in Kashgar for sightseeing
|
| Day-12 |
Visit
for Sunday Market |
| Day-13 |
Drive
to Tashkugan 5-6 hrs 290 km at the elevation
of 3600m
|
| Day-14 |
Drive
to Sost and continue to Karimabad/hotel |
| Day-15 |
Day
free for local expoloration
|
| Day-16 |
Departure
for Chilas/hotel |
| Day-17 |
Continue
to Islamabad/hotel |
| Day-18 |
Departure
from Islamabad (drop to the airport) |
