The Silk Road Budget Tours & Packages Tours & Trips

Highlights

• Follow the legendary Silk Road through Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan
• Experience the nomad life with a night in a traditional Kyrgyz yurt
• Marvel at the Islamic architecture of Samarkand and Bukhara
• Discover the picturesque mountains and lakes of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

Highlights

• Follow the footsteps of ancient traders on a journey along the Silk Road
• Witness the ‘Door to Hell’ at night, a giant burning gas pit in Turkmenistan
• Experience the life of a nomadic shepherd with two nights in a yurt camp
• Discover the great Islamic architecture and ruins of five different countries
• Explore the villages and lakes of the Fann and Tien Shan mountains

Highlights

• Take a sensational flight over the Himalaya
• Enjoy a short trek through traditional villages and intriguing multi-coloured landscapes
• Stay in village homestays and local lodges to experience Ladakhi hospitality and learn about the traditional way of life
• See colourful Tibetan Buddhist monasteries along the Indus and Sham valleys
• Visit Lamayuru with its lunar landscape and Alchi Monastery with 11th-century paintings

Highlights

• Enjoy views of Lake Issyk-Kul and Aka-Kul
• Hike through six different gorges, including the famously beautiful Jety-Oguz Canyon
• Take the chance to bathe in the Altyn Arashan hot springs
• Discover Bishkek, Burana Tower and the Cholpon-Ata Petroglyphs
• Enjoy panoramic views from the Telety Pass

Highlights

• Survey the tallest mountain range in the world on a sensational flight over the Himalaya
• Travel in jeeps over the Khardung La, one of the highest motorable passes in the world
• Visit the Diskit Monastery, home to a colourful Buddha statue that’s taller than a house
• Meet rare double-humped Bactrian camels
• Cross the wild, glaciated Lasermo La pass

Highlights

• Hike to alpine lakes in the Jergalan Valley
• Explore the southern shores of Issyk Kul on foot
• Get a taste of nomadic life with a yurt stay at Son-Kul
• Walk amid spruce forests in Ala-Archa National Park
• Visit Burana Tower, a 12th-century minaret

Highlights

• Marvel at The Great Wall at Mutianyu
• Explore Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and Summer Palace in Beijing
• Visit Xian and the famous Terracotta Warriors
• Cross the Torugart pass in the Tian Shan mountains on one of the world's most remote high altitude roads
• Take in the magnificent Labrang Monastery and Jiayuguan frontier fortress

Highlights

• Bishkek - begin your overland journey in the emerging and hospitable capital of Kyrgyzstan
• Ashgabat - explore Turkmenistan's off the beaten track capital city on a guided minibus tour taking in the plethora of white marble buildings
• Vardzia - discover this amazing cave monastery which was mostly abandoned centuries ago but is still inhabited by a handful of monks
• Samarkand - spend three days exploring the jewel in Uzbekistan's crown and see the stunning architecture of the Registan plaza
• Darvaza - admire the flaming Darvaza Gas Crater which was created accidentally in 1971 and is known by the locals as the "Door to Hell"