Sightseeing Tours & Trips in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan

Head to the UNESCO-recognized Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain in Osh and see the National Historical and Archaeological Museum Complex. Wander around Registan Square in Samarkand to check out Bibi-Khanym Mosque and Shakh-I-Zinda necropolis, then tour Khudoyar Khan Palace Museum in Kokand.

See the Islam Khoja Minaret in Khiva and check out the UNESCO World Heritage site of Samarkand's grand architecture. Browse Panjakent Bazaar in Tajikistan and walk through the colorful tiled streets of Old Town Bukhara. Orientation walks in Tashkent, Shymkent, and Taraz help you get your bearings, with overnight train journeys connecting the historic Silk Road cities across 15 days.

See UNESCO-listed Registan Square in Samarkand with its three mosaic-covered madrassas, then walk through Shah-i-Zinda necropolis complex with over 20 uniquely decorated buildings. In Bukhara, visit the 5th-century Ark Fortress and Poikalon complex, browse the Taki Zargaron trading domes.

Walk around UNESCO-listed Ichan Kala in Khiva where you'll find the 218-pillar Juma Mosque and Kunya Ark fortress, then head to Samarkand's Registan Square to see the Ulugbek and Sher-Dor madrassahs. In Bukhara, check out the Lyabi-Khauz Complex with its 17th-century Nodir-Divan-beghi madrassah.

Visit UNESCO-listed Registan Square in Samarkand where three madrasas from the 15th-17th centuries stand together, then head to Khiva's Itshan Kala to see the Dzhuma Mosque with its 213 hand-carved wooden columns. After climbing Mount Sulaiman Tash in Osh, you'll sleep in traditional yurts at Song Kul Lake.

In Samarkand you'll see UNESCO-listed Registan Square with its blue-tiled madrassas, then visit the huge Bibi-Khanum Mosque and Guri-Amir mausoleum where Tamerlane's buried. The tour includes the 9th-century Burana Tower near Balasagun and time wandering Shak-i-Zinda necropolis.