Arrival in Ashgabat
• Meet at Ashgabat International Airport.
• check-in at Sport Hotel 4* (rest and refresh).
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Full-day city sightseeing:
o Ertugrul Gazi Mosque (inside)
o Statue of Lenin
o Statue of the President Arkadag
o Oguzkhan Palace Complex (outside, Presidential Palace)
o Russian Orthodox Church (inside)
o Wedding Palace (outside)
• Excursion:
o Ancient Nisa (UNESCO, Parthian capital)
o Ferris Wheel
o Independence Monument
o Arch of Neutrality
o Memorial Complex “Halk Hakydasy”
o Monument to the Bicycle
• Science Monument (Ylym Monument)
Overnight: Sport Hotel 4* (Ashgabat).
Day 2: Ashgabat → Darvaza
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Drive through the Karakum Desert (~3.5 hrs).
• Stops: mud crater, water crater, Erbent desert village.
• Picnic dinner at the Darvaza Gas Crater.
• Overnight: Darvaza Yurt Camp.
Day 3 –Darvaza → Dashoguz → Kunya-Urgench
• Breakfast at the camp.
• Drive to Dashoguz (~3 hrs).
• Excursion to Kunya-Urgench (UNESCO):
o Mausoleum of Turabek-Khanum
o Mausoleum of Il-Arslan
o Kutlug-Timur Minaret
• Return to Dashoguz.
• Dinner.
• Night train Dashoguz → Ashgabat (11–12 hrs, sleeper cabin).
Day 4 – Ashgabat → Mary
• Early morning arrival in Ashgabat.
• Drive to Mary (~4 hrs).
• Excursion to Ancient Merv (UNESCO):
o Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum
o Kyz-Kala
o Erk-Kala
• Overnight: Margush Hotel 4* (Mary).
Day 5– Mary & Gonur-Depe
• Full-day trip to Gonur-Depe (Margush civilization).
• Return to Mary.
• Dinner.
• Night train Mary → Ashgabat (11 hrs, sleeper cabin).
Day 6 –Ashgabat → Kow-Ata & Gokdepe
• Morning arrival in Ashgabat.
• Visit Turkmenbashi Mosque (Kipchak Mosque) the largest in Turkmenistan (inside). & Mausoleum (inside).
• Excursion to Gokdepe village (mosque & fortress).
• Excursion to Kow-Ata Underground Lake.
• Return to Ashgabat.
• Overnight: Sport Hotel 4* (Ashgabat).
Day 7 –Ashgabat (City Tour + Hammam + Illumination)
• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Visit Local Bazaar (Tolkuchka / Altyn Asyr, Thursday).
• Hammam experience.
• Evening illumination tour of Ashgabat.
• Overnight: Sport Hotel 4* (Ashgabat).
Day 8 –– Departure
• Transfer to Ashgabat International Airport for departure.
