There is no doubt that Uzbekistan’s status as popular touring destination has much to do with its fascinating architecture from various periods, and its rich cultural heritage going back thousands of years. But visiting Uzbekistan during cultural celebrations and festivals can enhance your vacation and add even more unforgettable experiences. The most cherished and gracious of all Uzbekistan’s national holidays is the spring festival of Novruz which falls on March 21. The holiday coincides with the day of vernal equinox - the start of spring, and traditionally honours the rebirth of nature, hence the name (Novruz means “New Day”).

Countries: Uzbekistan. Excursion tour in Uzbekistan - 9 days

The question about where should You spend May celebrations is not going to be the question at all in case You make up Your mind to spend it at Chimgan mountains. May Alpiniad in Chimgan mountains is annual and always solemn event for mountaineers not only from Uzbekistan but also from close countries, when possibility to pass by loved and by untrodden routes appears, when You have a chance to rise Your mountaineer’s rank, to look at beginners, and when these beginners have a chance to get the rank of «the first step in mountaineering school» leaver.

Countries: Uzbekistan. Mountain festival in Chimgan, Tian-Shan mountains - 12 days

The Lenin Peak (7,134 m) today is one of the most popular, easy of access and because of that most frequented peaks among 7,000m-odd summits of Pamir. It’s a common belief that the Lenin Peak is one of the easiest of the CIS’s four 7,000m-odd peaks to climb. To the certain extent that’s true but not in all. One should remember that the altitude over 7,000m makes the peak an object of high-altitude climbing. The route in itself is not a technically difficult one and normally is carried out by mountaineers climbing in a roped-up-pair manner.

Countries: Kyrgyzstan. Program of ascension to Lenin Peak - 21 days

This exciting and informative tour will enlighten you on the history and culture of Uzbekistan and its world-famous ancient cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva, which still keep traces and legacies of the trade Silk Road cultural exchange and once-great empires of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and especially Timur, better known as Tamerlane in the West, who made Samarkand his capital. A military genius whose conquests shook the world in the 14^th century, Timur was also a great patron of the arts. Samarkand still boasts a number of magnificent architectural monuments built during the reign of his dynasty, including his mausoleum Gur-e Amir, a gem of medieval Islamic architecture, where he lies under a huge jade slab.

Countries: Uzbekistan. Heritage Tour of Uzbekistan - 8 days.

We offer you the opportunity to set out on an exciting journey during which - besides classic excursions round the famous Oriental cities with rich historical legacies - you can visit the least explored corners of Uzbekistan. The beautiful landscapes of the hot Kyzyl Kum Desert and its flora and fauna, endless steppes and peculiar rocks, mysterious ancient Zoroastrian forts, dinosaur and tree fossils are just a small part you can see there. You can also visit lonely desert settlements to learn the locals’ customs and mode of life, and get to the shore of the shrinking Aral Sea after covering several hundred kilometers across the desert.

Countries: Uzbekistan. Adventure Jeep Tour - 16 days.

During the thousand of years this famous road had jointed China to the Mediterranean and at the same time - two old hugest civilizations of that period - Oriental and Western. Many years this road was used for numerous caravans with expensive materials, silk, exotic spices and precious stones and as result- many grandiose palaces, majestic mosques and madrassahs appeared along the road. Today you also can go trough the same old road! Along ancient ways of the Great Silk Road!

Countries: China - Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan - Iran
Heritage Tour of China and Central Asia - 35 days.

This tour will guide you across two Central Asian republics - Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - where two powerful states - Bactria and Sogdiana - were located in ancestry. The ruins of ancient fortresses of Merv, Khwarezm, Penjikent and Afrosiab are preserved till nowadays and remind of the bygone might of perished empires. Well, let’s meet the ancestry! The tour “Sogdiana - the Pearl of the East” will guide you across two Central Asian republics - Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - where two powerful states - Bactria and Sogdiana - were located in ancestry.

Countries: Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan. Heritage Tour of Central Asia - 15 days.