Itinerary

1. Day 1: Dashoguz - Kunyaurgench - Darvaza

   • Meet the Turkmenistan tour guide at the Border “Dashoguz” passing customs and migration control. 

   • Have lunch in a local cafe.

   • Drive to Kunya Urgench (105 km) and visit the State historical reserve “Ancient Kunyaurgench”, a huge complex with ruins and monuments of modern Kunya Urgench. Famous scientists, like Ali Biruni and Avicenna, had worked here. This city fought back against the army of Genghis Khan.

   • Transfer to the Darvaza Gas Crater (250 km, 5-6 hours), located in the middle of Karakum desert, and it’s a huge burning hole with long flames. The light of the flames is visible many kilometres from the place.

   Dinner (barbeque) and overnight at tent camp.

2. Day 2: Darvaza - Ashgabat

   • Have breakfast and drive to Ashgabat (250 km). On the way, stop at Yerbent village, a very colourful and bright example of the former nomadic life of Turkmen tribes. 

   • Accommodate in a hotel and have lunch.

   • Later, visit places of interest like the National Museum of Turkmenistan, State historical reserve “Nissa” UNESCO world heritage, Memorial Complex in Kypchak village.

   • Also, explore parks and squares and “Gulistan Bazar”, also known as a “Russian Bazar”. 

   • Have dinner and drive back to the hotel.

3. Day 3: Ashgabat - Маry - Меrv - Маry

   • Transfer to the airport and take a flight to Mary. 

   • Have breakfast and drive to Bayramali (30 km). Tour around State Historical Reserve “Ancient Merv” – “Queen of the World” was one of the important capitals of Islam, alongside Bagdad, Cairo and Damask. Merv was the most prosperous during the XI-XII centuries when it was the capital of the Great Seljuk Empire. This Empire stretched from the Amudarya river until the Mediterranean Sea. 

   • Drive back to Mary and have lunch. 

   • Visit Museum of Ethnography of Mary Region. 

   • Reach your hotel accommodation.

   • Enjoy dinner with a folk show.

4. Day 4: Маry - Turkmenabat - Farap

   • Have breakfast and drive to Turkmenabad (280 km 4 hours) with your Turkmenistan tour guide. 

   • Visit ancient fortress Amul.

   • Have lunch and drive to the “Farap” border (45 km) across the Amu Darya river.

   • Pass customs and migration control—end of the tour.