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Along the Silk Route Escorted Group Tour 7 September 2017 Along the Silk Route Escorted Group Tour 7 September 2017 Noodle soup, China We are very proud to have received a number of awards over recent years from The Guardian and Observer, The Telegraph newspaper and Ultratravel magazine, and Wanderlust, as voted by their readers. We are a Which? Recommended Provider achieving the maximum five star rating across all categories and have also won awards with The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Condé Nast Traveller. Additionally, we have achieved two stars from the Best Company organisation for our great working environment. These awards are widely recognised as being the most respected in the travel industry as they are professional surveys of the publications’ readerships. With over 500 travel companies for you to choose from in the UK alone, we hope you find these awards are an additional reassurance of the quality of service you can expect from Audley. Contents Introduction to tour ______________________________ 4 Day by day summary of Along the Silk Route arrangements__ 6 Price _________________________________________ 9 Why travel with us? ______________________________ 10 Introduction to the region _________________________ 11 Photographs of the region __________________________ 18 Your itinerary in detail ____________________________ 20 Accommodation information ________________________ 44 Charity support _________________________________ 51 General information ______________________________ 52 Terms and conditions _____________________________ 55 4 Introduction to our Along the Silk Route tour • Introduction to our Along the Silk Route group tour Following in the footsteps of the great traders and explorers of old, this grand tour takes you along the route of the ancient Silk Road through western China and over the high passes into Central Asia to the fabled khanates of Bukhara and Samarkand. The tour combines the world-renowned cultural and historical sites of the Silk Route with some of the planet's most stunning scenery. En route you'll visit the magnificent Buddhist Grottoes at the oasis town of Dunhuang, haggle with the locals at the incredible Kashgar Sunday Market and cross the towering 3752m Torugart Pass into Kyrgyzstan, one of Asia's hidden gems. Commencing in Beijing, this three-week tour is timed to avoid the worst of the summer heat, and hopefully coincide with the alpine flowers in Kyrgyzstan. Much of the route is covered by private coach, though a few reliable domestic flights cover the great distances quickly and conveniently. Due to the remoteness of many of the regions, accommodation is often simple in nature, but always clean and comfortable. • IS THIS TRIP FOR YOU? Travelling in Central Asia requires flexibility, patience and understanding; flight timetables and other arrangements often change at short notice, accommodation is simple and there are long drives on unsealed roads. It should be remembered that Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are still very much third world counties and western China is similarly still developing. If, however, you are looking for stunning scenery, fascinating culture and have a keen sense of adventure, this is absolutely the trip for you! • Group size The group size is kept to a maximum of 16, this ensures that the trip is a more personal experience and that you can always hear and speak to your guides. The small group size also ensures that your experience of a particular sight is not marred by the presence of too many people. Your main mode of transport will be a coach that seats 20-30, so there is plenty of space for everyone. Please note that on this trip there are quite a few long days travelling, due to the sheer distances you will be covering, often on poor roads so be prepared for some bumpy conditions. The amazing scenery should make the journeys worthwhile. There is a minimum requirement of 10 passengers to run this tour, so the first 10 people to book will be done so on a provisional basis until minimum numbers are reached. Deposits for those first 10 people will be fully refundable should the tour not operate. • Single travellers We welcome single travellers on tours. You have two options - you can choose to share a room with another single traveller on the tour and pay the standard tour price (this option will only be available if another single traveller of the same sex is also willing to share), or you can choose to guarantee the sole occupancy of your room, in which case a single supplement is payable. • Group tour leader An experienced English guide will meet you on arrival in China and travel with you throughout your group trip. Along the way we will also be using expert local guides who are carefully selected for their in-depth knowledge of the area. • Meal arrangements Daily breakfast is included at your hotel and a number of lunch and dinners are included (where stated) at the hotel, a local restaurant or, on occasions where you are travelling, as a simple packed lunch. Your tour leader or guides will be able make suggestions for dining where this is not included. • Special dietary requirements Special dietary requirements should be highlighted by you on the booking form. However, you must be aware that it is unrealistic to expect specialist diets to be catered for in some of the destinations we will be visiting. We will advise hotels and airlines of your request but we cannot guarantee their availability. • Tour health & fitness requirements To ensure that all participants get the most out of the tour, it is important that you are fully aware of the level of activity and fitness and medical health required to successfully complete this itinerary. Please read this dossier carefully prior to confirming your place on the tour, and having established the facts, it is your responsibility to contact us with any concerns regarding individual levels of fitness, health or ability. Please be aware that our tour leaders have the right to exclude 4 Introduction to our Along the Silk Route tour Introduction to our Along the Silk Route tour customers from the tour if they feel they are not sufficiently fit, healthy or able to complete the tour without affecting its safety, comfort or smooth progress. If you would like to discuss any of these issues further please contact us. • Activity level - medium A good level of fitness is required for this trip and you should be physically active. You should be aware and prepared for all or any of the following on this trip: • High altitude - the tour crosses passes at more than 3,500m. • Extremes of temperature - this will vary considerably depending on date of departure, but be prepared for possible highs of 35-40C (Turpan and Bukhara particularly) and lows of 0-5C (Kyrgyz passes). • Long drives on rough, occasionally bumpy roads, in a range of vehicles including coaches and 4x4 cars for up to 12 hours per day (and potentially more dependent on local conditions). • To carry or wheel your own luggage through airports and from the vehicles to hotels and vice versa. • To join all day walking tours of cities, monuments and historic sites. (All of these are optional). • Border crossings may require you to walk with your luggage. The longest of these is the Irkeshtam Pass between China and Kyrgyzstan, where a walk may be up to 7km long through No Man's Land. NB: This pass is only used in the event of the Torugart Pass closing and we shall endeavour to find alternative vehicular transport for this. This may involve hitching a lift with goods trucks. • Where significant changes to the itinerary are required (e.g. following closure of the Torugart Pass), accommodation may be simpler than specified with shared facilities. We will endeavour to ensure this does not happen but in some cases options are likely to be very limited. Visas China A visa is required by all visitors to China. The visa should be applied for at least one month before departure. Please note passports must be valid for six months from the day of issue of your Chinese visa and that you need at least one blank page in your passport for your visa. You will also need to have at least six months' validity on your passport from the date of your planned return. If you are a UK citizen, all visas for China have to be made through the Chinese Visa Application Service Centres (CVASC) in Manchester and London. Applications can be made directly or by post. Please see www.visaforchina.org.uk for more information. If you would like us to arrange the visas on your behalf, the Audley Travel visa service will send you the appropriate forms. Please note that as our visa agency also has to apply through CVASC, and pay the CVASC handling charge, the cost of applying in this manner is higher than applying directly through CVASC. Kyrgyzstan UK citizens, along with citizens of the USA & Canada, do not currently require a visa for stays of up to 60 days in Kyrgyzstan. Your passport must be valid for six months after the date of departure from Kyrgyzstan, and we would advise you have two unused visa pages in your passport (i.e. a blank double page). Other nationalities need to apply for a visa in advance. Uzbekistan Visas for Uzbekistan need to be arranged in advance of travel. If you wish, we can send you the documents in order to apply for this through a visa agency called Travcour for £113. Alternatively, you can arrange this by yourself. Ordinary single entry tourist visas are normally valid for one calendar month. Please note passports must be valid for six months from the date of departure from Uzbekistan. Important Note: We cannot under any circumstances guarantee that your visa application for any country will be accepted.
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