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Tour Company	: X-Trekkers
Code Group	: Trekkers-Uzb-Tadj
Date of the tour	: 3-17 September
Exit	: Bangkok
Duration	: 15 days
Meals	: breakfasts in hotels
Category of difficulty	: AA

Transport: “Mersedes” (21 seats) in Uzbekistan. Bus 4 WD in Tadjikistan
Accommodation in Uzbekistan Tashkent: Hotel «Uzbekistan».
Accommodation in Samarkand:: hotel «Malika» ** or «Kamila» **
Accommodation in Bukhara: the hotel «Malika»**or «Caravan»**.

The Fan Mountains
The Fan Mountains or it is simple Fans are about hundred the most beautiful tops, over ten of which are above 5000 meters at the altitude point and have the walls with difference of heights up to 1500 meters.
A southwest part of Pamiro-Alai between Gissarskiy and Zeravshanskiy ranges area that is translated accordingly as "Fortress" and "Giving gold" - this area till now keeps gold-bearing mines. Conditionally mountains Fanskie are limited to Zeravshanskiy range from the north, to Gissar mountain range from the south, to the Fan-darja River from the east and to the river Archimaydan from the West. Marguzorskie lakes area is often also related to Fans (to the west of the Archimaydan River).

Date	Destination	Overnight Accommodation	Meals
Day 1 (Wed, Sep 3)	Bangkok – Tashkent by Uzbekistan Airways 2235 – 0305+1	-	-
Day 2 (Thur, Sep 4)	Arrive in Tashkent via Bangkok 0305. Transfer to hotel for rest.	Uzbekistan 3*	B
Day 2 (Thur, Sep 4)	After lunch, drive from Tashkent to Samarkhand (350km, 5 hrs) En route stop at picturesque local markets for taking pictures. Arrive in Samarkand and transfer to hotel. Rest of day free & easy.	Malika 2/Kamila 2
Day 3 (Fri, Sep 5)	Samarkhand sightseeing After breakfast proceed for full day city tour of Samarkand.	Malika 2/Kamila 2	B
Days 4 - 9 (Sep 6-11)	6 Day Fan Mt Trek D4: Transfer: Samarkand – Check-Point “Japtero” - Urtakishlak village Pendjikent town – Zeravshan valley - Madovra village – Base camp Artouch (H-2200) (170 km). After breakfast, drive to border, to Penjikent (60 km, 3 hrs) and change vehicle further to base camp Artuch (70km; 3.5 hours; 2200m). Meeting on the Tajik/Uzbek border “Jartepo” at 9-00AM. Crossing through border and transfer to Tajik town Penjikent (30kms from the border). Excursion in Penjikent with visiting ancient Sogdian town, archeological museum and republican historical-ethnographic museum. On the second half of the day, lunch and after transfer from Penjikent to the base camp "Artouch".	Artuch – Tent	BLD
	D5: Trekking day. Base camp “Artouch” - Ckukurak pass (H-3180) - Kuli-Kalon lake (H- 2900) (10 km, 5 hours, +700 m). Cross the Ckukurak pass to Kuli-Kalon lake hollow with it's numerous streams and lakes. Camping near Bibijannat lake with magnificent panorama of the steep glaced north face of the peak Chimtarga, the highest peak of Fann mountains.	Tent	BLD
	D6: Trekking day. Kuli-Kalon Lake - Dushakha Lake - over the Alloudin pass (H-3860) - to the Short relaxing walk to Alouddin lake (6 km, 6 hours, +950 m).	Tent at 2200m	BLD
	D7: Trekking day. Alouddin Lakes - Mutnoe lake (H-3600) (8 km, 5 hours, +800 m) Go to Mutnoe lake, lunch and SS surrounding high peaks in Fann mountain and back to base.	Aloudin base camp – tents	BLD
	D8: Trekking day. Mutnoe lake - Kuli-Kalon lake Go to Kuli-Kalon lake Full day SS surrounding Kuli-Kalon lakes and places. Further descent to a campsite by accommodation in local guest house.	Tent	BLD
	D9: Hiking: Kuli-Kolon Lake – Base camp Ar touch. Transfer: Base camp Artouch - Penjikent - Samarkand (170 km, 4 hs). Drive to Samarkand via Penjikent (time at the border 17.30)	Hotel	BL
Day 10 (Fri, Sep 12)	Samarkhand sightseeing After breakfast visit Siab market – colorful main farmers’ market. After lunch at local restaurant visit to Shakhi Zinda (The Living King) – necropolis of Samarkand rulers and nobles. The name refers to its original, innermost and holiest shrine – the grave of Qusam ibn-Abbas, a cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, who is said brought Islam to this area. Also visit to Ulugbek Observatory (1420) – the remains of an immense (30 m. tall) astrolabe for observing star position, part of three-storey observatory and Afrasiab ruins and museum with fragments of 7th century frescoes	Malika 2/Kamila 2	B
Day 11 (Sat, Sep 13)	Drive to Bukhara (stopover in Shakhrisabz & Gizduvan) After breakfast at the hotel drive to Shakhrizabz (170 km). Arrive and visit Ak Saray (White Palace) – Summer residence of Tamerlane (14 c.), K o k Gumbaz (Blue Dome) – Friday mosque (15 c.), built by Ulugbek in honor of his father and Dorut Tilyavat (House of Meditation) – burial complex of Timur’s forebears. Also visit Crypt of T imu r – an underground room, which was discovered in 1963. Lunch at private house. After lunch drive to Bukhara (300 km). Arrive and transfer to hotel for dinner and overnight	Malika 2/Caravan 2	B
Day 12 (Sun, Sep 14)	Bukhara sightseeing After breakfast at the hotel visit Poi Kalon Ensemble (Pedestal of the Great). The square separates the Mir- I-Arab Madrassah and the Kalon Jummi mosque. The Kalon Minaret (in Tajik means Great) is one of the defining symbols of Bukhara. When it was built by the Karakhanid Arslan Khan in 1127, the Kalon Minaret was probably the tallest building in Central Asia. It’s incredible piece of work, 47 meters tall, which in 875 years has never needed any but cosmetics repairs. Also visit 3 remaining domed bazaars – Taqi Zargaron (1570), or Jeweler’s Bazaar, Taqi Telpak Furushon or Cap Makers’ Bazaar and Taqi Sarrafon, or Moneychangers’ Bazaar, which were among dozens of specialized bazaars in the town, Magok-I-Atori Mosque – the remains of a Buddhist monastery, a Zoroastrian temple and the mosque of the Arab invaders, all sharing the same space and Lyabi Hauz Ensemble. Lyabi Hauz, a plaza built around a pool in 1620 (the name is Tajik for “around the pool”). To the east, the Nadir Divanbegi Madrassah, built in 1630, on the west side of the square, and built at the same time, is the Nadir Divanbegi Khanaka. North across the street, the Kukeldash Madrassah, once was the biggest Islamic school in Central Asia. After lunch at local restaurant visit the Ark fortress – royal town-within-town, as old as Bukhara itself, home to the rulers of Bukhara for over a millennium, Bolo Hauz Mosque (“Mosque Near the Pool”) (1712) – the royal court mosque, Ismoil Samani Mausoleum – the town’s oldest building (completed around 905) and one of the most elegant structures in Central Asia, and Chashma Ayub (“Spring of Job”) – built in 12 century over a spring. Legend says Prophet Job, a millennium before Islam came to the Zerafshan Valley and witnessed a great and terrible drought. Job struck the dusty earth with his staff and a cool source of spring water brought liquid salvation. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight. Lunch and dinner. Overnight in hotel.	Malika 2/Caravan 2	B
Day 13 (Mon, Sep 15)	Bukhara sightseeing After breakfast at the hotel visit Chor Minor (Four Minarets) (1807)– one of the most charming and quirky buildings in Bukhara and Sitora-I-Mohi Khosa – the Emir’s summer palace, built by the Russians in 1911 for the last Emir Alim Khan. After lunch at local restaurant visit Bakhauddin Naqshbandi Ensemble – Bukhara’s holiest sight, a place of shrines, stories and superstitions, of burgeoning faith and parallel Islam. It is also the burial place of one of Sufic Islam’s founders of holiest saint, Khazreti Muhammed Bakhauddin Naqshbandi (1318-1389). Transfer to train station for train at 20.00 to Tashkent	Overnight sleeper train to Tashkent	B
Day 14 (Tue, Sep 16)	Arrive in Tashkent 07.00. Transfer to hotel. Full day sightseeing: Kukeldash madrassah, Hast Imam square, Chorsu market, Peoples' Friendship square, Abul Kasym Madrassah, Applied art museum, Amir Temur square, Sheykhantaur complex	Uzbekistan 3*
Day 15 (Wed, Sep 17)	Transfer to airport for flight to Bangkok ETD 1045 hr ETA 1900 hr		B

The price of the program:
Price per person in SGD: (Subject to changes)

Train Bukhara – Tashkent	2 Berth	4-Berth
08 Pax	$ 4450	$ 4430
09 Pax	$ 4350	$ 4330
10 Pax	$ 4050	$ 4030

Single supplement (in Uzbekistan)– $ 180 p\p
Half board supplement (In Uzbekistan) – $ 150 p\p
Full board supplement – (In Uzbekistan) $ 220 p\p

Services included in Singapore:
• Airfare + taxes by Uzbekistan Airways (HY) BKK-Tashkent-BKK (as of today = $1100)
Every Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat from BKK
03 Sep BKK TAS 2235 0305+1
17 Sep TAS BKK 1045 1900
• Briefing prior departure
• 15% discount from X-Boundaries@Seah Street

Services included in Uzbekistan:
• visa support to Uzbekistan
• all land transfers
• meeting on the borders and seeing off at the airport
• services of English guide
• accommodation at hotels (double standard rooms with breakfast)
• sightseeing according of the program
• entry fees
• guide consultations
• bottled water on transfers 1,5 l/day/person
• Train ticket Bukhara - Tashkent

Services included in Tajikistan:
• visa support to Tadjikistan
• full board
• mountain guide and local guide
• English interpreter
• porters (12kg cargo p/p)
• necessary equipment dishes, folding tables, chairs, toilet tent, dinning tent, cooks, kitchen equipment with gas
• ecological taxes
• special permits in Tadjikistan
• tents during trek on double basis
• guide consultations
• bottled water on transfers 1,5 l/day/person.

Not included: Visa fees, flight + taxes to Bangkok, tips (not compulsory), sleeping bags, mattress, travel insurance (AIG Classic Plan – S$ 108), vaccinations, other medical costs, additional excursions not mentioned in the program; personal extras like luggage overweight, laundry, phone, fax, e-mail services; alcohol drinks; mini bar and other extra services at the hotels; and others not mentioned.
Please note that if payment is by credit card or NETS, a surcharge of 2% will be added.

Visa Issues
1. You can apply the 2 multiple, tourist, Uzbek visa on arrival at the airport of Tashkent.
2. You will receive the Tadjik visa on the Uzbek-Tadjik border on the checkpoint "Jartepo". Before arrival to Tajikistan, your visas already will be ready.

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