Global Perspectives
Scandinavia: Welfare, Design & Peace
Copenhagen · Stockholm · Oslo
- Duration
- 10 days
- Price
- Priced to your group size and dates.
- Group size
- Up to 25 students
Global Perspectives
Cultures of the East: Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan
Tashkent · Samarkand · Bukhara · Astana
- Subject
- Global Perspectives
- For
- Students aged 15 and above
- Duration
- 10 days
- Price
- Priced to your group size and dates
- Group size
- Up to 25 students
- Departure
- Dates set with your school
Overview
The trip
For over a thousand years the Silk Road carried goods, ideas and faiths between East and West, and Uzbekistan's ancient cities were its crossroads.
Students travel from Tashkent to Samarkand on the Afrosiyob high-speed train. In Samarkand, they stand in Registan Square, framed by three madrasas, visit Gur-e-Amir, the tomb of Timur, and the Ulugh Beg Observatory, built by a ruler who was also an astronomer, and see silk paper made by hand in the traditional way. In Bukhara, a medieval trading city with a UNESCO-listed old town, they walk the Lyab-i Hauz plaza and the old trading domes.
The trip then flies to Astana, Kazakhstan, a capital developed on a large scale since it became the capital in 1997. Students study how a modern capital is designed.
Learning outcomes
What students gain
Students will be able to:
- Explain how the Silk Road connected East and West, and why Samarkand and Bukhara grew wealthy on it
- Describe how science and learning flourished in the Timurid era, using the Ulugh Beg Observatory
- Connect a traditional craft, silk papermaking, to the trade routes that carried it
- Compare a medieval trading city (Bukhara) with a purpose-developed modern capital (Astana)
The price covers
What's included
Included
- Return international flights from Nairobi
- Educational visits and expert-led sessions
- Expert guide
- Transport within the route
- Shared accommodation with breakfast
- Visa appointment support where applicable
- Safety briefing
- 24-hour guide support
Not included
- Lunch and dinner
- Entry fees outside the core programme
- Personal spending
Itinerary
The day-by-day itinerary
The full schedule and quote come with your proposal.
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