TOUR OVERVIEW
Beginning in Tehran we’ll visit the former US Embassy, the Holy Defence Museum, Nature Bridge, and experience the night-life and the hipster café culture. We’ll then stop at the famous red village of Abyaneh before seeing all that Isfahan, Meybod, Yazd and Shiraz have to offer, including gardens, mosques, ruins, stunning views, Persepolis and much more.
In there you’ll get a chance for a really unique desert experience where we’ll go dune bashing and ride buggies, before staying with locals in a small village where we’ll spend the night cooking shashlik, smoking shisha, and perhaps even having a little drink.
From Shiraz, we'll fly to Masshad in the north of Iran, from where we'll cross the land border into Turkmenistan. Despite sharing a lot of history and being separated by a single mountain range, it feels like stepping into a different world.
Arriving in Ashgabat, we'll explore the white marble city that Turkmenistan is famous for. We'll show you all the unbelievable monuments and buildings, plus some of our own favourite spots, and then we'll head out into the desert for a night by the fiery crater that is the Gates of Hell, before heading into the west of the country.
We'll swim in an underground cave, see a cemetery full of goats' horns, stand on top of a canyon and stay in both Balkanabat and Turkmenbashy, before returning to Ashgabat where our tour will end.
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If you'd like to see some more while you're here, the Turkmenistan section of this tour can be extended, by doing our
Iran and Turkmenistan Nowruz Easter Comprehensive Combo Tour
, if you're looking for something more condensed, check out our
Iran and Turkmenistan Easter Budget Combo Tour
.