Day 1London
Depart Heathrow on your overnight flight to Tashkent.
On arrival into Tashkent this morning, you will be met by your local driver and guide and be taken to your hotel. Later, you will be given a half-day tour of the Uzbek capital city.
Your guide and driver will meet you this morning and take you back to the airport for your flight over the vast and inhospitable Kyzyl-kum desert to Urgench. From here, you will be driven to the infamous walled city of Khiva.
Spend today exploring the alleyways, courtyards and mosques in the small city within Khiva's city walls with your private guide today.
A further day to explore Khiva at leisure.
Leaving Khiva this morning you will be driven through the endless sands of the Kyzyl-kum desert to the Holy City of Bukhara today. En route, cross the mighty Amu Darya taking you into Transoxiania.
Explore the highlights of Bukhara with your private guide and driver today, including the ominous Ark where Connolly & Stoddart famously met their fate in 1848.
From Bukhara, you will be driven to Samarkand today, breaking the journey at Tamerlane's former home town of Shakhrisabz on the way. Arrive into Samarkand later this afternoon.
Spend today with your guide visiting the main sights of Samarkand including the Avenue of Tombs, the Bibi Khanym mosque and the humbling Registan Square.
Today is at leisure in Samarkand to explore as you wish or to photograph this most photogenic of cities.
Return to Tashkent today for your flight back to the UK, arriving later this afternoon.