Turkmenistan Tours with Local Experts

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These trips were originally arranged as private tours by individual travellers who are open to welcoming other travellers on the same dates and itinerary. Join an existing tour to travel together and share the cost. Contact us to check availability and confirm the final price per person.

 
 
 
 
  
 
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 Jessie Ki 
 
0 days ago
 
 
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We enjoyed the 2-day tour from Ashgabat to Darvaza gas crater to Shavat border with Darvazatour. Tour team and Gozel is super helpful and responsive since the pre-trip planning. Really appreciate their support throughout our journey and deliver a safe trip. Our tour guide Agamyrat is very caring and helpful to guide us through these 2 days. Appreciate his kindness and help. Thank you very much! Highly recommend this tour guide and this company!
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Richard Varga 
 
1 days ago
 
 
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Overall, I am very satisfied with my experience with Darvaza Tour. We initially had a small misunderstanding regarding the price, but in the end, we managed to resolve everything. It was mainly a communication issue, and I appreciate that we were able to sort it out.

The five-day itinerary is excellent and packed with highlights. We managed to see everything that had been promised, which I really appreciated. However, the schedule is very tight and requires excellent time management. I would recommend extending the tour to six days to make the experience more relaxed and allow more time to enjoy the places visited without constantly rushing.

Mekan is a great person with a big heart. He was always helpful and willing to assist us whenever needed. He is still young and has a lot of potential, with some room to improve and gain more experience and professional skills. However, I believe he is already a very good guide, and with time and experience, he can become even better.

Overall, I had a great experience and would recommend Darvaza Tour to anyone planning to visit Turkmenistan.
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Eunice Leung 
 
6 days ago
 
 
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Thank you Gozel for all your assistance up til the start of the tour, with putting together our applications for the LoI and any questions I had about the trip to Turkmenistan! Thank you to Agamyrat as well for being a great friendly guide and giving very helpful explanations, and to the driver as well (sorry didnt get his name!) for his experience and expertise in navigating difficult roads in record time.
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Carlos Marrero 
 
6 days ago
 
 
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Had an amazing time with our guide, Mekan. He had everything set. All the tours, food, and had great knowledge about the places that we visited. Expressed great love and passion for Turkmenistan. We saw it exactly in the way he sees it, and would love to visit again! If you were to book anyone to show you this amazing country, it would be Mekan.
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Jordy Aalpol 
 
8 days ago
 
 
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Geweldige ervaring, alles super geregeld!
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Ахун Шамратов 
 
12 days ago
 
 
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I had a wonderful experience travelling through Turkmenistan in my private tour. The whole trip was well organised from start to finish, and communication before the tour was always quick. My guide Aiza was perfect, she was like my best friend throughout the whole trip. And drivers were experienced. The drivers were very experienced and knew the routes well, so we always reached our destinations smoothly and without delays.
In the future, I would love to come back to Turkmenistan with my friends for a longer trip and explore more of the country. I would also be happy to recommend Darvaza Tour to friends and anyone I know who is planning to visit Turkmenistan.
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Ryan G 
 
12 days ago
 
 
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Had an amazing time in Turkmenistan! These 4 days were the highlight of my whole 40 day trip!

Shoutout to our guide Aiza who was amazing! She was super funny and nice and she made the whole trip amazing!

Highly recommend taking a tour!
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Matthew Neal 
 
17 days ago
 
 
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We had a fantastic 3 day tour of Darvaza Gas Crater and Ashgabat. I highly recommend the company who were very easy and accommodating to deal with from start to finish. We started planning this trip a year ago and the company gave plenty of help and advice before we agreed to use them. They made the visa process as simple as possible by asking once for our detailed information and then doing it on our behalf before sending us our LOIs. They adapted the itinerary to our preferences and booked accommodation that we wanted. Very quick replies by e-mail and were obliging with any questions I had about other aspects of Central Asia, such as currency. The guide (Ruslan) was extremely friendly and accommodating. It was clear that his main objective was to make sure that we had a good time and he did his very best to achieve this. His English was excellent and it made it very easy to understand what he was explaining to us and he was adaptable to do whatever we wanted. The 2 drivers were also very good who had specific local knowledge of the 2 locations and acted as an additional guide, for which Ruslan translated. Between the 3 of them, the itinerary was often adapted to make sure that we were making the best use of time and doing what we wanted. We were very happy with all 3 of them and it made a change from trips in other countries as it felt like a friend was showing us around his place rather than a formal guide.

The border crossing at Shavat was slow (3 hours), so be prepared for that. Firstly we ate dinner at Bay Town restaurant in Dashoguz. This was upmarket and wouldn’t look out of place in Europe, but had cheap prices. Ruslan chatted to us here and asked our opinions on his plans. Before leaving the town we went to the supermarket to buy supplies for the camp site. This allowed us to pick food which we like to eat.

Darvaza was obviously the highlight of the trip. Seeing it in the dark is amazing and I strongly recommend anyone going and seeing it, particularly before it slowly dies out. We were allowed as much time as we wanted there. Ruslan acted as a great photographer and adapted himself to the angles that we wanted. The dinner and morning afters breakfast was cooked at the camp site by the employees there using the food that we bought. The Yurt itself was spacious and comfortable, a great experience. It was not as cold as I expected in the desert overnight. It had 2 single beds and ample room to move around. There was a separate toilet block and no showers. We awoke early to see sunrise and the surroundings looked very different in the daylight. We left at 7:15am.

In Ashgabat, firstly we had lunch at another very good restaurant with lots of tasty options at very good prices. I had chicken & pineapple curry and we shared a crispy eggplant salad. Then we went to the horse stables booked for 2pm. This was interesting to see the Turkmen horses and ride a horse.

Afterwards we drove around and saw some buildings and went to the Turkmen museum. I commented that we were less interested in ancient history than modern history and then our guide & driver showed their adaptability again to take us to a different museum which had modern history including Russian occupation and the 1948 Ashgabat earthquake. This was interesting and a better museum in our opinions.

We rode the Ferris wheel. This was great and we were given a souvenir fridge magnet too. The views were brilliant. We visited again after dark to see it lit up. After this we went to the bazaar to buy souvenirs. The stall was a recommendation from the driver and there were multiple good and cheap options.

In the evening we had a drive around to see the lit up buildings. The driver was happy for us to stop and take photos. He knew good routes and avoided traffic to make the best use of time. We saw several monuments, the mall and Olympic village.

We ate dinner in a modern shopping centre at a high quality French styled restaurant, frequented by Turkmens. This was very tasty food with local options and a good idea to see how local city life is like.
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Sara Wiatrak 
 
18 days ago
 
 
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The trip was absolutely wonderful! Mekan was an amazing guide, making the whole experience truly special. Everything was perfect, and I couldn’t have asked for a better experience. Highly recommend! ✨
  
 
 
 
 
 
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 Anna B 
 
22 days ago
 
 
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I would like to thank the DarvazaTour team for helping with all the nuances.

What about the guide Mekan, at first I didn’t immediately understand what kind of person he was, but he turned out to be very kind and polite, helped me until the moment of departure and made me a delicious gift. And since lamb is very expensive in California, he decided to please me with lamb. A very attentive young man. I hope that I will still be able to visit this wonderful country and get to know the whole team in person.
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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