Uzbekistan Cultural, religious historic sites Trips

The trip to Turmenistan and Uzbeckistan was well organised, exciting and informative. The guides were knowledgeable and very approachable. The accommodation was good and the wonders seen were amazing. Would highly recommend this trip.

I loved the trip. The tour leader could improve her English. I always understood what she was trying to say but she mispronounced several words and needs to learn the Past Tense in English.

The Silk Road of Uzbekistan is great trip, the country is much easier and safer to travel than expected, except for non English menus the guide helped translate. A unique country well worth a visit. The trip covers 3 major cities on the Silk road Samarkland, Bukhara and Khiva with a range of great sites in each and our hotels were central to easily enable exploring. The Yurt camp was a great contrast and worth the travel. Large spacious coaches and an entertaining guide Muhammad made the travel days go quickly. The desert castles optional excursion is worth it but also enables a rest day for those wishing to recover from Day 1 and Day 2 of the trip which were full on after early morning flights.

I’ve used Explore several times and like the balance of their trips. The Uzbekistan trip did not disappoint, itinerary was excellent , tour and local guides were extremely knowledgeable and communicated clearly. Hotels were clean and friendly and crucially good locations which is useful for free time. Uzbekistan is wonderful.

It was an excellent trip with a delightful group many of whom are committed ‘explorers’ who had visited many countries. We all enjoyed the company of our young Uzbek leader whose English was exceptional as well as his pride in his country and his ambition for sustainable tourism. My first trip with ‘Explore’, I was impressed by their determination to fund local family-run small hotels in or just outside the gates of the old cities. Mohammed gave us good tips where we could eat at night and it was splendid to have free time to wander the streets and workshops in our own ways . Everywhere we found great friendliness and welcome even without a common language, though the Uzbeks language skills, particularly among the young are impressive and shaming. Their charm, business sense, command of technology, long tradition of beauty, colour and design in their architecture and crafts, their energy and ambition bodes well for their future prosperity.

A really enjoyable and interesting trip with a lovely group and very helpful leader, as well as local guides in each city. We learned a lot about the history and culture and travelled on all sorts of different modes of transport. Most of the hotels were excellent, but the one in Samarkand had been changed and didn't match up to the "upgraded" category on either facilities or location. I had a very small room without bedside light and very little storage space. Having said that, the other hotels were lovely! The meals included on the trip were excellent and there were helpful recommendations for the other nights, although most of us had guidebooks too. Worth doing some reading up about the Silk Road beforehand.