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Central Asia

Where TREKS goes

Five countries. Mountains, deserts, Silk Road cities and nomadic culture.

Red rock formations of Charyn Canyon in Kazakhstan at golden hour

🇰🇿 Big sky country

Kazakhstan

Vast steppe, red-rock canyons and glacial lakes within a few hours of Almaty. Kazakhstan is the easiest introduction to Central Asian scale — and one of the least crowded.

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Yurt camp beside an alpine lake with grazing horses and snow peaks in Kyrgyzstan

🇰🇬 Mountains and horses

Kyrgyzstan

Ninety percent mountains. Kyrgyzstan is where TREKS travellers go to ride, trek and sleep in yurts under the Tian Shan.

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Tiled madrasas and turquoise domes of the Registan in Samarkand, Uzbekistan

🇺🇿 The Silk Road, tiled in blue

Uzbekistan

Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva in one overland run — plus the markets, food and desert distances between them.

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Empty gravel section of the Pamir Highway beside a turquoise lake in Tajikistan

🇹🇯 The roof of Central Asia

Tajikistan

The Pamir Highway, the Fann Mountains and high-altitude lakes. This is the most demanding — and most rewarded — country in the region.

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Karakum desert dunes at dusk with the glow of the Darvaza gas crater on the horizon

🇹🇲 Desert, ruins and marble

Turkmenistan

Karakum sands, ancient Silk Road ruins and the strange white symmetry of Ashgabat. The least-visited country in the region.

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Coming later

TREKS will expand beyond Central Asia. New regions plug into the same structure.