Silk Road Tours


Silk Road Holidays

Our Silk Road Tours

Silk Road Tour from Beijing to Kashgar

Grand Silk Road Tour

Silk Road by Train

Silk Road Tour along the Taklamakan Desert

Trekking Near Boghda Peak

 


ROMANCE OF THE SILK ROAD

The Silk Roads pass through some of the most enchanting and remote areas of the world.

Although initially developed as military routes by the Chinese emperors to safeguard the remote western borders of their vast empire against the barbaric raiders from the Central Asian Steppes, these routes soon became popular but extremely dangerous trade routes on which a variety of precious cargo included silk was traded.

Apart from the hazard of raids from the barbarians the travelers constantly faced death from the natural elements, the vast expanse of waterless deserts which engulfed thousands of caravans in their ever restless sand, the high snow covered passes which killed men and beast from constant avalanches, falls, altitude sickness and extreme cold and the wild beasts which roamed this great wilderness. Traveling on these routes was always great adventure which only the most daring ones would undertake.

Even today traveling on these routes is the adventure of a lifetime. The two routes that we have chosen to trace passes through the most incredible landscape in the world including most of the famous mountain ranges in Asia (Himalayas, Hindkush, Karakorums, Pamirs, Tienshans, Altays and Farghana).

You will witness unbelievable mountain panoramas, beautiful valleys, high passes, high altitude deserts, lush green steppes, beautiful and deepest lakes and Central Asian deserts. You will see the legendary rivers of Oxus and Sirdarya, the rich historical monuments of Bokhara and Samarkand and witness the interesting lifestyle of the people enroute.

These people who were the first to tame and ride the horses were once the most incredible power in the world, these simple tents dwelling nomads who roam the lush steppes of the Central Asia once united under the flag of the great Chinges Khan and concurred half the world from Japan to Europe.