About Destination

Description: Landing in Ashgabat International Airport. Obtaining a visa at the Airport and paying in cash there. After receiving your visa at the Airport, you will take the COVID-test there (in Airport) costing 35$. Al payments in cash in US dollars. Claim baggage. Please be prepared that all these procedures may take about 1-2 hours. Tour guide will meet you with signboard at the meeting area. Transfer to the hotel. Short rest. Ashgabat city tour starts with the historical monument “Old Nisa” fortress, which was the capital of the Parthian Empire (since 2007 under the protection of UNESCO). After excursios in Old Nisa fortress, a sightseeing tour of Ashgabat city. Evening visit to one of the city's shopping and entertainment centers – Berkarar and etc. Overnight at the hotel.

Description: Breakfast at the hotel. Before drive to Darvaza we can visit the Eastern Bazaar (at your request), shopping and buying national souvenirs - all of them handmade things. Trip to Darvaza – Gas Crater, which is a huge flaming crater located 270 km to the north of Ashgabat, 4 hours of journey. Continue with moving to the Water, and Gas Crater. In the evening, enjoy the spectacular and fascinating view of the gas crater. Stay in a camp with tasty catering - dinner at picnic-style- the perfect way to enjoy this highlight. Enjoy a delicious fire-cooked meal for dinner at picnic-style Overnight at the camp in the yurts

Description: Breakfast at the camp. Departure from the camp to Ashgabat. Тhe trip will take approximately 3-4 hours by car. Arrival to Ashgabat, transfer to the hotel, short rest. Visiting the Turkmenbashi Ruhy Mosque and Mausoleum in Gypjak city. Evening visit to one of the city's shopping and entertainment centers – Arkach and etc. Overnight at the hotel.

Description: Breakfast at the hotel Drive to the Kow-Ata underground lake 1,5 hours of journey by car. Kow-Ata underground lake that is located 107 km from Ashgabat (1,5 hours). The Turkmen name Kow-Ata means Father of caves. At first glance, this underground area appears like a magnificent auditorium: the overall length of the cave is 230 m, its height reaches 20 m, and its width is at some points 57 m. The bottom of the cave is covered with lumps of dissolved limestone (stalagmites), and its warm and gushing water is clear and emerald colored. The water has a constant temperature of 33-37°C. (You can swim in a lake). Continue with Nokhur. The village itself fills a small depression valley in the mountains of the Kopet Dag Range, and the houses are been built with local boulders cemented with mud. Apart from the main street through the middle of the town, the streets are so narrow that they only just fit a car between the high stone retaining walls on each side. The Nohkuri people who populate this remote mountain village are quite different to other Turkmen tribes. They live in a handful of villages in the mountainous border area spanning Turkmenistan and Iran. Nokhur is the largest village with just a thousand or maybe two thousand people. Return to Ashgabat. Transfer to the International Airport - depend on your flight time.