10 DAYS | 14-23 June 2025
ONLY 16 SPOTS AVAILABLE
(Trip level: 1 – easy, 2 – moderate, 3 – challenging)
THE TOUR
Since 2023, Outdoor Adventure Girls has been offering bespoke travel tours for their 40,000 members. The international trips will focus on outdoor adventure, pushing guests out of their comfort zone and creating incredible connections with other women in the most sought-after bucket list destinations on Earth.
For this OAG Overseas tour, we are heading to Uzbekistan, known for its mosques, mausoleums and other sites linked to the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean. This bucket list trip will stop at all of the major spots including Tashkent, Samarkand and Bukhara.
As well as giving guests some incredible experiences along the route including a visit to the Ulugbek Observatory, Samarkand city tour, Bagizagan Winery tasting, a visit to the Poikalon Complex: Kalon Minaret & Mosque and a trip to the Red Sands Desert. All of this and more is why we are so excited to take you here in 2025.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
✓ 9 x nights accommodation for the duration of the trip
✓ 9 x breakfasts, and 6 x dinners
✓ Intrepid local guide and OAG host
✓ Welcome and introduction with your OAG host
✓ Explore the incredible city of Tashkent with a guided city tour
✓ Visit the stunning Lyabi Khauz complex, the modern centre of Bukhara
✓ Take the famous high-speed train through the country
✓ Admire the Registan Square and Amir Temur Mausoleum Gur-i Amir Сomplex
✓ Join a Samarkand city tour and stop at iconic spots such as the Registan
✓ Stop at the Bagizagan Winery for a private wine tasting
✓ Enjoy a traditional cooking class and learn about local life
✓ Explore the city of Bukhara and visit its hundreds of well-preserved mosques and bazaars
✓ Take a day trip to the 15th largest desert in the world, the Kyzylkum Desert
✓ Head on a full-day citadel tour of Khiva, home to more than 60 cultural sites and mosques
✓ End the trip with private rooftop drinks at sunset
✓ Welcome gift bag from OAG
✓ Group transfers to and from the airport (please see note below about exclusions)
✓ OAG host available throughout the trip
✓ WhatsApp group to connect with other guests
ITINERARY
*Please note this itinerary is subject to change.
Day 1: Tashkent
Meals: Dinner
Xush kelibsiz! Welcome to Uzbekistan. Your adventure begins in the largest city in Central Asia, Tashkent. Your welcome meeting will commence at 18:00. If you arrive early, take a walk to see some of the contemporary architecture that sets this city apart from many other Silk Road destinations. Your welcome meeting will be followed by a welcome dinner at a traditional restaurant.
Included Activities
• Welcome dinner!
• Arrival transfer (please see below for exclusions)
Accommodation: Regal Stay or similar
Day 2: Tashkent
Meals: Breakfast
After breakfast, enjoy a morning of sightseeing in Tashkent. Visit the stunning Khast Imom Complex, Chorsu Bazaar, Metro Stations and Amir Timur Square. Finish at Broadway Alley where you can find a spot for lunch and enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
Included Activities
• Tashkent city tour
Accommodation: Regal Stay or similar
Day 3: Tashkent – Samarkand
Meals: Breakfast
Have an early breakfast this morning to meet your high-speed train to Samarkand at 8:00. Today you’ll visit the beautiful Ulugbek Observatory followed by the Afrosiab Museum. Later, take part in a paper-making workshop.
Konigil, a village near Samarkand has the “Meros” paper mill, founded by well-known masters the Mukhtarov brothers. Thanks to their efforts the local factory revived an ancient tradition based on old Samarkand technologies. You’ll also get the opportunity to visit the ceramic workshop. Enjoy the rest of the day at leisure.
Included Activities
• High-speed train ticket
• Ulugbek Observatory
• Afrosiab Museum
• Meros – paper-making workshop and ceramic workshop
Accommodation: Khan Hotel or similar
Day 4: Samarkand
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Today enjoy more of what Samarkand has to offer and spend time at the Shahi Zinda Complex, Gur-e-Amir Mausoleum and Registan Square before hitting the shops at the Siab Bazaar (closed Mondays). After a busy morning of sightseeing, relax at Bagizagan Winery with a local wine tasting. This evening, experience a master class of preparing a traditional Uzbek meal with a local family in Samarkand and dine together.
Included Activities
• Samarkand city tour
• Bagizagan Winery wine tasting
• Cooking class with dinner
Accommodation: Khan Hotel or similar
Day 5: Samarkand – Bukhara
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
This morning, depart to Bukhara by high-speed train. Enjoy a half day exploring the city. See the sights of Sitorai Mohi Hosa, Chashma Ayub Mausoleum, Ismail Samani Mausoleum and Bolo Khauz. This evening, have dinner with a traditional folklore performance in Medressa.
Included Activities
• High-speed train ticket
• Bukhara city tour
• Dinner and folklore performance
Accommodation: Hotel Malika or similar
Day 6: Bukhara
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
A UNESCO World Heritage-listed site, Bukhara is widely regarded as Central Asia’s holiest city. This morning, visit the Lyabi Khauz Complex, the ruins of the 5th-century Ark Fortress and the imposing Poikalon complex. You’ll have free time to explore the city at your own leisure before the evening when you’ll visit the private house of Rahmon, a 6th-generation suzani embroidery master. He is the only male master and is the master No. 1 in suzana embroidery in Bukhara. In his house there is a gallery where you can see his works, and there are also works preserved from generations. For dinner tonight, partake in a master class on how to cook a national meal “Dimlama” (stewed meat with vegetables).
Included Activities
• Ark Fortress
• Poikalon Complex: Kalon Minaret & Mosque
• Lyabi Khauz Complex
• Local visit with Rahmon
• Master class with dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Malika or similar
Day 7: Bukhara – Khiva
Meals: Breakfast
Today, take the drive to Khiva. You’ll travel through the Kyzyl-Kum (Red Sands Desert) – the largest desert area in Central Asia. It’s long been inhabited by various nomadic people. Stop for photos, lunch and a walk in the desert to learn about the unique flora and fauna of the region.
Accommodation: Hotel Minor or similar
Day 8: Khiva
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Take a full day to explore Khiva with your leader. This city is well preserved and perfect for exploring on foot, with impressive walls that mark the boundaries of the Old City. During your day, you’ll visit Muhammad Aminhon Madrassah, Kalta Minor, Kunya Ark, Muhammad Rahimhon Madrassa, Islom Hoja Minaret & Medressa, Juma Mosque and Tosh Houli Palace. Relax this afternoon before dinner with aperitif rooftop drinks with panoramic views of the sunset. To wrap up your day, do a cooking class with a local family where you’ll learn to make traditional Khorezmian cuisine.
Included Activities
• Full day tour
• Aperitif rooftop drinks at sunset
• Cooking class with dinner
Accommodation: Hotel Minor or similar
Day 9: Khiva – Urgench – Tashkent
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
After breakfast, head to the airport to take a morning flight back to Tashkent. Then we enjoy a free afternoon in Tashkent before your farewell dinner at a traditional restaurant.
Included Activities
• Morning flight back to Tashkent
• Farewell dinner
Accommodation: Regal Stay or similar
Day 10: Tashkent
Meals: Breakfast
Services end after breakfast. Check out of the hotel before noon.
Included Activities
• Departure Transfer (see below for exclusions)
ACCOMMODATION
Our accommodation for the trip will be an array of 3-4* hotels. We have carefully chosen the accommodation to maximise your experience on this bucket list trip.
*You will be sharing a room with another guest, in a room with twin beds, with an ensuite. Rooms will be allocated randomly, unless specified otherwise.
PRICE
£1,899 per person including all as stated above and must be booked via Intrepid Travel.
WHAT’S NOT INCLUDED
✕ Flights to and from the trip (please speak to Intrepid about flights)
✕ Travel insurance for the trip
✕ Any additional meals or drinks not stated above
✕ Any additional activities not stated above
✕ Airport transfers if you arrive or depart outside of the recommended times
*There will be one transfer per trip for arrival and one for departure. Attendees will be recommended a flight, but if you book alternative flights, transfers will not be provided and will be at the cost of the guest.
INSURANCE
It is the attendee’s responsibility to have the appropriate travel insurance for this trip. It is compulsory for all guests to have travel insurance. Please let us know you have appropriate travel insurance before the trip.
FLIGHTS
Flights are not included as we wanted to give you the option of where to fly when and where you want. However, if you want help booking flights, Intrepid Travel is on hand to help you throughout the booking process and can book flights for you if required.
BOOKING
To book your spot, get in touch with Intrepid Travel and use the reference ‘OAG Uzbekistan.
To secure your place on this tour, you must pay a non-refundable deposit of £200 per person. To book please email [email protected]m or contact the Intrepid Team on 0808 274 5111.
Do you want to pay in installments? Once you’ve reserved your space you can arrange this with Intrepid – no extra fees.
You can read the terms and conditions via the trip itinerary PDF.
ABOUT INTREPID TRAVEL
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