A trip to Turkmenistan is full of surprising contrasts. The futuristic, white-marble city of Ashgabat sits side by side with the Karakum Desert and the ancient cities of the Silk Road.
People come here for unique experiences—spending the night by the Darvaza Gas Crater, exploring the Yangi-Kala canyons, and seeing hundreds of dinosaur footprints on the plateau in the Koytendag Mountains. And that’s just a fraction of what tours to Turkmenistan have to offer.