5-Day Tour Farap – Mary/Merw – Ashgabat｜Turkmenistan

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Day 1: Farap – Mary/Merw

- Meet with your local guide at Alat/Farap border point.
- The meeting time depends on what time you will cross the border.
- Obtaining a border visa (at our LOI).
- And perhaps after crossing the border you will have to take a Covid-test costing $35 US dollars.
- Upon arrival to the border point go through customs procedures and drive to Mary province.
- The trip will take approximately 4-5 hours by car.
- Arrival to Mary province.
- Visit Ancient Merv.
- Drive to Mary city.
–Departure from Mary to Ashgabat by car.
– Arrival to Ashgabat, transfer to the hotel.
– Overnight at the hotel

2-Day, Ashgabat.
– Breakfast at the hotel.
- Ashgabat City Tour
- The Old Nissa fortress.
- The Health trail in the mountains.
- Visit the flagpole
- Olympic city.
- Monument and park of Independence.
- Neutrality tower.
- Magtymguly monument and park.
- Ferris wheel you can ride on.
- Earthquake victims complex.
- Wedding palace.
- Ruhnama Book.
- The sculptural ensemble depicting the founder of the Turkmen nation Oguzkhan and his six sons.
- International Airport.
- Ertogrul Gazy (Turkish) mosque.
– Evening visit to one of the city's shopping and entertainment centers
- Overnight at the hotel.

3-Day, Ashgabat – Darvaza Gas Crater.

– Breakfast at the hotel.
– Visit the Museum of History and Ethnography of Turkmenistan.
- A tour of the museum.
- Visiting the museum complex
- The Museum of History and Ethnography has ancient artifacts found at the excavations of Nisa fortress, Merv and Gonur, collection of vintage Turkmen carpets, rare examples of national clothing, jewelries, and antique weapons.
– Drive to the Gypjak city to visit Turkmenbashi mausoleum and mosque.
– Drive to the oriental (and exotic) bazaar “Altyn Asyr”, shopping and buying souvenirs.
– Trip to Darvaza Gas Crater, which is a huge flaming crater.
- Overnight at the camp in the yurt

4-Day, Darvaza – Ashgabat – Kow-Ata underground lake.

- Breakfast at the camp.
– Departure from the camp to Ashgabat.
– Arrival to Ashgabat.
– Drive to the Kow-Ata lake.
– Return to Ashgabat.
– Evening visit to one of the city's shopping and entertainment centers
– Overnight at the hotel

5-Day, Ashgabat – International Airport.

- Breakfast.
- Free time.
- Check out from the hotel.
- Transfer to the International Airport.
- Flight.
- End of the tour.