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PRE-TRIP

Tajikistan: Khujand & Dushanbe

INCLUDED IN YOUR PRICE

» Airfare from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to » 6 small group activities
Istanbul, Turkey
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» Accommodations for 2 nights in
» Gratuities for local guides, drivers, and
Dushanbe, 2 nights in Khujand, and 1
luggage porters
night in Tashkent
» All transfers
» 14 meals—5 breakfasts, 5 lunches,
and 4 dinners

PRE-TRIP EXTENSION ITINERARY

Begin your Silk Road journey into Tajikistan, land of legendary hospitality, rugged mountains, and Central
Asia’s oldest cities. Venture into bazaars that drew ancient caravans from distant lands, hear traditional
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maintained through the millennia and into modern times.

Day 1 Depart U.S. Day 3 Explore Dushanbe
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The particulars of your arrival overseas will before exploring Dushanbe. After lunch at
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airline tickets. Dushanbe’s main square, home to Ismoili
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century. Then, we visit the Tajik Museum
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of Antiquities, an extensive collection of
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relics that includes a reclining Buddha
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statue believed to be created in the sixth
schedule, you’ll arrive late on Day 2 or very
century AD. Other exhibits include the many
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cultural and religious artifacts that arrived
in Tajikistan during its heyday at the heart
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a set of unassuming gates into the Gurminj

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