Trip to ancient Turkestan for 2 days

Transfer to the BP Gisht-Kuprik (30 km). Border crossing (walking) to Kazakhstan usually takes about 20 min- 40 min.

Meet the driver and guide at the Kazakhstan side of the border.

Continue to Turkestan en-route visiting:

- The open-air museum of the ancient settlement near Otrar (14 km) - the ruins of fortified citadel, shahristan (the overview of the buildiings and houses), the entrance gates to the archeological complex (reconstructed). The place was once an important trade point with powerful governors. The fortress was occupied by Chengis Khan and almost destroyed in XIII century.

Later on the city was noted as the place where Timur the Great planning to start China campaign caught a flu and died in Otrar in cold February 1405.

- Continue to mausoleum of Arystan-Bab (XIX century), which was the spiritual mentor of Khoja Ahmed Yassavi.

Transfer to Turkestan.

Upon arrival check in the hotel.

Resting time in the evening. Overnight at the hotel.

- The memorial complex Azret-sultan besides the mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi complex is sometimes called as historical and cultural reservation, includes many constructions, most significant of them are:

- Darvaza (XIX c.)- the gates;

- Medieval bathhouse (monsha);

- Mausoleum of Rabiya – Sultan Begim (daughter of the astronomer Ulugbek);

- Mausoleum of the Kazakh khan Esimkhan;

- Underground mosque Khilovat (XII-XV century);

- Shildekhan and other historical monuments;

- Visit Juma mosque built in 1878;