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Mongolian & Silk Road Rail - Tailor Made Journeys
Great Rail Explorer - 32 days
From Beijing - 33 days
Cities visited: Beijing, Ulaanbaatar, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Almaty, Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Moscow, St.Petersburg
From St.Petersburg - 32 days
Cities visited: St.Petersburg, Moscow, Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, Almaty, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Ulaanbaatar, Beijing
The Essentials (code GE1)
Departures Weekly. Contact Sundowners for specific departure dates for your preferred month of travel. Transfers (AT) = arrival transfer included (DT) = departure transfer included Hotels Choose from Budget or Tourist class. (see page 50 for more details). Sightseeing The suggested sightseeing in these itineraries is not included in the brochure prices shown. 2 berth rail supplement - Optional Only available when 2 people travel together. Available on all rail sectors. Visas Required for China, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakstan & Uzbekistan. Sundowners will provide all required visa invitation letters and full visa support including detailed visa guidelines. Add these optional Adventure Breaks (AB) & Extensions (RE) For more details see page 65.
Day 1 Day 2
Beijing Beijing - Suggested sightseeing:The Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Forbidden City, Acrobats, Tiananmen Square, Hutongs, Lama Temple, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven Beijing Depart Beijing aboard the Trans Mongolian Railway Arrive Ulaanbaatar and transfer to your hotel (AT) Ulaanbaatar - Suggested sightseeing: Natural
History Museum, Art Museum, Throat singing performance, Zaisan Memorial, Gandan Khiid, Sukhbaatar Square, National History Museum
Day 1 Day 2
St.Petersburg St.Petersburg - Suggested sightseeing: St.Isaac's, Hermitage, Canal trip, Summer Palace, Russian Gallery, Nevsky Prospect, Dostoyevsky Museum Depart St.Petersburg by overnight train Arrive Moscow and transfer to your hotel (AT) Moscow - Suggested sightseeing: Boat cruise,
Pushkin Gallery, Kremlin, Red Square, Metro, Tretyakov Gallery, Church of Christ the Saviour
Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9
Depart Moscow aboard the Silk Road Railway Silk Road Railway Silk Road Railway Arrive Tashkent and transfer to your hotel (AT) - Suggested sightseeing: Chorsu Bazaar,
Amir Temur Square
Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
Depart Ulaanbaatar aboard the Trans Mongolian Railway Trans Mongolian Railway Arrive Irkutsk and transfer to your hotel (AT) Irkutsk - Suggested sightseeing: A day trip to Lake
Baikal and Wooden Architecture Museum, Trans Siberian Monument, local history museum, Decembrist's Museum
From Beijing
Travel & Accommodation Hotels 20 nights. Twin or Single. Trains 12 nights. Comfortable 4 berth sleepers (optional 2 berth rail supplement also available). Flight Bukhara to Tashkent. Local Bus Tashkent to Samarkand to Bukhara
From St.Petersburg
Travel & Accommodation Hotels 19 nights. Twin or Single. Trains 12 nights. Comfortable 4 berth sleepers (optional 2 berth rail supplement also available). Flights Bukhara to Tashkent; Local Bus Tashkent to Samarkand to Bukhara
Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20
Tashkent to Samarkand by local bus Samarkand - Suggested sightseeing: Registan Square, Gur Emir, Bibi Khanum, Shah-i-Zinda Samarkand to Bukhara by local bus Bukhara - Suggested sightseeing: Lyab-i-Hauz, Traders markets, Kalyan Minaret, Ark Fortress Bukhara to Tashkent by air and overnight (DT) Tashkent to Chimkent by car then aboard overnight train Arrive Almaty and transfer to your hotel (AT) Almaty - Suggested sightseeing: Zenkhov Cathedral, Panfilov Park and State Theatre Depart Almaty aboard the Turk-Sib Railway Turk-Sib Railway Arrive Novosibirsk and depart later to Irkutsk (AT) - Suggested sightseeing: Chapel of St
Nicholas, West Siberian Railway Museum
Day 11 Day 12 Day 13
Depart Irkutsk aboard Trans Siberian Railway Trans Siberian Railway Arrive Novosibirsk (AT) and depart on Turk-Sib Railway - Suggested sightseeing:
Chapel of St Nicholas, West Siberian Railway Museum
Prices
Low season = 15 September to 15 April High season = 16 April to 14 September
Budget Twin Single Tourist Twin Single 2 berth rail (optional) Season
From GBP GBP EUR EUR USD USD CAD CAD AUD AUD NZD NZD
£2,220 £2,840 £2,415 £2,995 ¬ 3,280 ¬ 4,185 ¬ 3,565 ¬ 4,425 $4,445 $5,680 $4,835 $5,990 $4,665 $5,960 $5,075 $6,300 $5,555 $7,095 $5,990 $7,850 $6,335 $8,090 $6,885 $8,550
£2,335 £2,995 £2,445 £3,165 ¬ 3,440 ¬ 4,425 ¬ 3,595 ¬ 4,670 $4,665 $5,990 $4,890 $6,335 $4,890 $6,290 $5,135 $6,650 $5,835 $7,490 $6,110 $7,915 $6,650 $8,550 $6,965 $8,990
£775 £775
Low High
Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18
Turk-Sib Railway Arrive Almaty and transfer to your hotel (AT) Almaty - Suggested sightseeing: Zenkhov
Cathedral, Markets, Panfilov Park and State Theatre
¬ 1,140 Low ¬ 1,140 High $1,545 $1,545 $1,620 $1,620 $1,930 $1,930 $2,200 $2,200 Low High Low High Low High Low High
Depart Almaty by overnight train Chimkent to Tashkent by car and overnight (AT) - Suggested sightseeing: Chorsu
Bazaar, Amir Temur Square
Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Day 31
Tashkent to Samarkand by local bus Samarkand - Suggested sightseeing: Registan
Square, Gur Emir, Bibi Khanum, Shah-i-Zinda
Day 21 Day 22 Day 23
Trans Siberian Railway Arrive Irkutsk and transfer to your hotel (AT) Irkutsk - Suggested sightseeing: A day trip to Lake
Baikal and Wooden Architecture Museum, Trans Siberian Monument, local history museum, Decembrist's Museum
2 berth rail supplement (optional) is per person and only available when two people book and travel together.
Samarkand Samarkand to Bukhara by local bus Bukhara - Suggested sightseeing: Lyab-i-Hauz,
Traders markets, Kalyan Minaret, Ark Fortress
St. Petersburg Moscow
RUSSIA Novosibirsk Irkutsk KAZAKSTAN Almaty UZBEKISTAN Bukhara Tashkent Samarkand CHINA MONGOLIA Ulaanbaatar Beijing Lake Baikal
Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27
Depart Irkutsk aboard Trans Mongolian Railway Trans Mongolian Railway Arrive Ulaanbaatar and transfer to your hotel (AT) Ulaanbaatar - Suggested sightseeing: Sukhbaatar Square, National History Museum, Zaisan Memorial, Gandan Khiid, Natural History Museum, Art Museum, Throat singing performance Depart Ulaanbaatar aboard Trans Mongolian Railway Arrive Beijing and transfer to your hotel (AT) Beijing - Suggested sightseeing: The Great Wall, Ming Tombs, Forbidden City, Acrobats, Tiananmen Square, Hutongs, Lama Temple Beijing End Beijing
Bukhara to Tashkent by air and overnight (DT) Depart Tashkent aboard the Silk Road Railway Silk Road Railway Silk Road Railway Arrive Moscow and transfer to your hotel (AT) Moscow - Suggested sightseeing: Kremlin, Red
Square, Metro, Boat cruise, Pushkin Gallery
Day 28 Day 29 Day 30
Depart Moscow by overnight train Arrive St.Petersburg and transfer to your hotel (AT) - Suggested sightseeing: Summer
Palace, Russian Gallery, Tretyakov Gallery, Church of Christ the Saviour, St.Isaac's, Hermitage, Canal trip
Day 31 Day 32
Day 32 Day 33
St.Petersburg End St.Petersburg
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