On our Central Asia trip, you’ll take a combination of buses and trains. All modes of transport we use are clean and reliable, while also bringing a taste of the country’s daily life.

We stay in a variety of accommodation which helps to showcases the places that we visit. In the cities, we’ll stay in hostels that are well-located, buzzing and offer a snapshot into an emerging culture in the region. In the more rural areas- we’ll use more traditional accommodation. One night is spent camping (we provide the tents) and we spend a couple of nights staying in yurts near Lake Issyk-Kul.

Central Asian cuisine has a really mixture and we’ll do our best to give our travellers the chance to sample a whole range of the delicacies on offer. Plov is the staple of Uzbek cuisine and it’s a broth with meats, vegetables and spices and is ubiquitous in the region. There’s also the nomadic cuisine which tends to be hearty fair. There’s laghman- delicious noodles which we try at the Dungan family meal. Breads (non) and salads are popular and a common snack are mantu (dumplings.) In Kyrgyyzstan, we’d recommend – Samsa- a meat pie made with pastry. Throughout the region, there’s a range of fermented dairy products and we’ll be sure to sample a range of these drinkable yoghurts such as Katyk.

There are typically free on arrival, or not required for the majority of Europeans including the UK. There’s also generous visa on arrival policies for North American and Antipodeans but we’d advise checking with our pre-trip team before you travel.

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