The Itinerary Turkmenistan itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Turkmenistan, each 6 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 6
- days
- Central Asia
- region
Planning a trip to Turkmenistan
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Apr–May, Sep–Oct — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 6 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 750 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Embassy or consulate in advance, 10 days. An invitation from a registered company is required first. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Ashgabat · Nisa · Darvaza · Mary · Merv.
-
Best for: A gas crater that has burned for fifty years
Turkmenistan in 6 days: Ashgabat, Darvaza and Merv
Ashgabat → Nisa → Darvaza → Mary → Merv → Ashgabat
A capital built almost entirely of white marble and holding several world records for it, a crater in the Karakum desert that has been on fire since 1971, and the ruins of a Silk Road city that was briefly the largest in the world — in one of the least visited countries on earth.
Going somewhere near Turkmenistan?
Asia has plenty to choose from, or tell us the dates and we'll shape a plan around them.