Silk Road Treasure Tours specializes in custom journeys and small group travel to Central Asia, the Caucasus, the China Silk Road, Mongolia and beyond. In 2017, they were recognized as Condé Nast’s Top Travel Specialist for Central Asia.
Here are some of the activities you will enjoy on these tours:
Visiting hidden places along the Silk Road
Guides will take you to unique sites such as a mountain village, bio-reserve, space program launch site, even a burning crater in the desert!
Participation and premium seating at local cultural events and festivals.
You will enjoy celebrations such as Uzbekistan’s New Year Navruz, Kyrgyzstan’s Golden Eagle, and Turkmenistan’s many harvest festivals — even the biennial Nomadic Games in Kyrgyzstan.
The opportunity to cook with local families
Food in Central Asia is fresh and locally sourced. You’ll have a chance to bake fresh bread in Uzbekistan and Georgia, attend a tea ceremony and relax in a chaykhana in Central Asia or Western China, or shop with a local chef and make a traditional meal in the Caucasus.
Meetings with artisans in their homes and workshops
Why not pick up a new skill on your vacation? You can participate in a master class in ceramics, carpet weaving, jewelry, and embroidery.
Wine tastings in Georgia, Armenia and Uzbekistan
These countries have ancient wine making traditions. Get together with local owners and experts and make your own!
Learning local shopping secrets and bringing home your own special memories in one-of-a kind pieces from traditional artisans of silk, carpet weaving, wood carving and goldsmithing
There’s no other way to describe it, shopping is off the hook here!
Curated tours to UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Local archaeologists, historians and scholars make history come alive at centuries-old fortresses, mosques, bazaars, synagogues, monasteries, and castles.
Living the traditions
Live like a khan in Mongolia at an award-winning ger (yurt) camp in the heart of the Gobi desert, or like a nomad in the KaraKum desert or Tiyanshan Mountains.
Experiencing something unique
Trip organizers will take you horseback riding in Kyrgyzstan, on a camel safari in the Kizil Kum desert, trekking through the spectacular Fann mountains of Tajikistan, or a guided hike through a bio-preserve in Uzbekistan. Be sure to bring your camera!
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