Start your exhilarating Golden Eagle adventure in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest, modern and commercially most important city and travel through the Central Asian heart of the ancient Silk Road. Immerse yourself in the age-old grandeur of such glorious and legendary Silk-Road sites as Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva as you journey towards the shores of the largest enclosed body of water on Earth, the Caspian Sea. The Caspian is bounded by Russia in the North, Iran in the South, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan in the West and East. Your Golden Eagle expedition takes you along the northern and western shores to Azerbaijan and from there to Georgia and Armenia, the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. Here, recorded history dates back at least as far as the 8th century. Your voyage will end in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, a city whose views are dominated by the symbol of Armenia, towering Mt. Ararat in neighboring Turkey.

Day 1: Almaty • Day 2: Tashkent • Day 3: Samarkand • Day 4: Bukhara • Day 5: Khiva • Day 6: Ashgabat • Day 7: Turkmenbashi • Day 8: Baku • Day 9: Tbilisi • Day 10: Borjomi & Kutaisi • Day 11: Gori, Uplistsikhe & Mtskheta • Days 12 & 13: Yerevan

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