Experience the Silk Road highlights from Bishkek to Ashgabat over 20 days, exploring stunning mountain scenery, ancient cities, and unique cultural sites.
  • Enjoy the stunning mountain scenery and alpine lakes throughout Kyrgyzstan
  • Visit the oldest bazaar in Central Asia in the city of Osh
  • Travel through the Fergana Valley - famous for the production of silk and where the great route started
  • Driving over the scenic Fann Mountains
  • Stunning journey through Tajikistan over its High Peaks and Alpine Lakes
  • Soak in the atmosphere of colourful oriental bazaars and majestic fortresses in Dushanbe
  • Explore the ancient medressas, mausoleums and mosques in Khiva, Bukhara and Samarkand
  • See ships marooned in the desert at the Aral Sea
Accommodation is split throughout this trip between simple hotels and hostels and camping. The variety of accommodation provided is great and often a totally unique experience, including bush camps with no facilities, yurts and simple village pensions. Some are well managed and some very basic. Oasis uses roomy three-person tents but only for two people. They are specially made for us to meet the tougher conditions of an expedition trip and have mosquito netting sewn into the door and windows. It would also be a good idea to bring your own freestanding mosquito net so as to give you the freedom of sleeping under the stars at night. At bush camps you will be living off the truck, so there will be no showers or en-suite facilities, so digging your own toilet pit with the shovels supplied is essential!