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Istanbul to Peking

15 weeks from GBP £5,700 plus local payment US$2,700 (What’s this?)

Initially, you’ll find your feet in the many compelling if relatively mainstream sites of Turkey – no less fascinating for that – but unlike 99% of its visitors, you’ll carry on eastward to explore the many fascinating but little-known sites in Iran, which will open before you, as will four of the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, known as the ‘Stans’–the exotic-sounding Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan. These straddle soaring mountains and the steppes, those seemingly endless vast, semi-arid grass-covered plains that nurture nomadic horsemen and their yurts. Then, across the Gobi desert of Mongolia and into China, finishing in style at Beijing. What a trip!

Landscape, history, culture, architecture, peoples or simply the sheer adventure of it all, this journey definitely has something for you…

Included

Transport in expedition truck
Camping fees & equipment: tents, tables, chairs, cooking gear
Crew - Driver & Tour Leader from start to Xi’an, Tour Leader Xi’an onwards
Accommodation; half camping in tents, half simple hotels

Excluded

Flights, visas, transfers, personal insurance, drinks, meals out, tips
Meals out or taken while in hotels or hostels - allow $20 day

Side trips / Optional extras

Turkey - Ihlara Valley 2-3 hours tourist card that included many entries for Goreme US$ 50
Uzbekistan - Samarkand – entry $10, Ave of Mausoleums $5, Registan $7, Bibi Khanym Mosque $5, Afrasiab ruins & museum $4 US$ 10

Departure Dates

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Map

Map of Istanbul to Peking

 

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