Testimonials

John Rowland, Cumbernauld, Scotland

Another brilliant trip with Redspokes. Uzbekistan is a fascinating and very hospitable country.

This trip allowed me to indulge my passion for both cycling and art and culture.

Ms Ruth Murphy, Wellington, New Zealand

This trip had the best of everything and exceeded expectations. Stunning rural landscapes and remote mountain villages where we interacted with the locals while camping in beautiful spots.

The legendary cities of the Silk Route which will only increase in popularity as the world discovers them.

The small group size and use of local guides and crew provides a unique perspective and experience.

Malcolm Grant, Perth, Scotland

What an amazing trip to Uzbekistan! The cycling was as challenging as you wanted to make it and the sightseeing was outstanding. The Uzbek people we met were so friendly and welcoming. The trip guides and support crew were constantly supportive and extremely helpful. I would thoroughly recommend the trip.

Muriel Thomson, Aberdeen, Scotland

Once again another superb redspokes trip shared with a lovely group. The trip was very well run with a great back up team. The back up team provided us with wonderful local dishes on the cycling/camping part of the trip and we certainly never went hungry! The cycling was rough and tough in places but very doable and the scenery throughout was fantastic. You certainly had a sense of being right out in the wilds of the country.

A visit to the new local village school at Aktash as we passed through added to the trip - it was great to see all the children looking so smart in their new school uniforms and obviously loving their shiny new school.

Shamil our cycle guide was excellent and he had a great knowledge of the history of his country. The visits to Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva made this a very different cycling trip and added to give a flavour of the history of this area and it's importance on the Old Silk Route. All in all another tremendous redspokes experience.

Ian Burnett, Arakoon, Australia

A great tour over spectacular mountain ranges and the steppe of eastern Uzbekistan. There was plenty of interesting cycling including some long, fun descents.

Our guide, Shamil was super friendly and really knowledgeable, particularly about the history of the Silk Road cities of Samarkand, Bukhara & Khiva. The support crew, lead by Umid were also excellent. The food provided at lunches and the camps was delicious and plentiful. Our interactions with the curious and hospitable locals were also a highlight. A definite recommend!

Cathy, Manchester, England, UK

This is an excellent trip to an amazing location which ticked all of my boxes in terms of scenery, sights, history and people. Loved it.

Cressida Dawson, Valais Switzerland

This was an amazing trip. You see bits of Uzbekistan that you wouldn't if you were on the normal tourist route. We've never been anywhere where the people have been so friendly. We had great guides - Shamil and Khamdam who were so well informed and interested in their subjects. The second week of sightseeing was seamlessly well organised and almost as exhausting as the cycling! Be warned though - this is not a trip for the faint hearted - the cycling is hard and the camping is basic and was quite chilly when we went.

Eva Mary Strnad, California, USA

Trip highlights are the incredibly beautiful, massive, historical sights. Our guide, Shamil was absolutely outstanding. The food, especially while camping, was delicious. We went in September and enjoyed excellent weather and daily sunshine.

Giselle Whish, Paddington, Australia

This cycling tour of Uzbekistan was jam packed with unique experiences, exceeded all my expectations and left me with many wonderful memories of the landscapes, people, culture and history. The cycling was challenging with many different terrains to tackle but ultimately hugely rewarding as we were guided through mesmorising remote wilderness steppes. The tour provided opportunities to appreciate the rich history and culture of this fascinating central Asian region.

Liz Hewitt, Great Yarmouth, England

Shamill was wonderful as were the crew - the cook and his mate and the drivers were amazing.

How Sanjar got his vehicle over the terrain was a sight to behold. The whole team went out of their way to help us.

Helen Williams, Auckland,New Zealand

Doug Pulleyblank, Vancouver, Canada

Over three mountain ranges, ending up in three of the most amazing cities of the silk road! Incredible rock formations in the mountains, some very cool single-track, camping with herds of horses wandering around — everything in Uzbekistan seems to be about water management as we followed rivers and streams from the mountains towards the desert. As on other tours, great people, great biking, great food, great guides.

John Homer, Cullompton, England, UK

Two tours in and i am booked on a third. The Red Spokes team keep close to their customers experience and you feel they really want you to have a great time.

I would highly recommend the experience and I cant wait for my next tour.

Jeremy Whish, New South Wales, Australia

The trip was really enjoyable. The road surfaces were rough which was a challenge at times, but the support team were fantastic and the felling of accomplishment at the end of the ride was really satisfying.

Ines Versteegden, Amstelveen, Netherlands

This was a great journey! Cycling through the mountains and small villages was beautiful. The tracks were not too difficult to ride and the scenery was great, relaxed distances, quiet roads. Camping at splendid locations. Super staff: very friendly, always helpful and assisting with the bikes when having a puncture. Good guiding too, during cycling as well as city tours. The cooks prepared good and delicious food, and plenty of meatless options if desired. Next the visits to the historical cities, magnificent, interesting guided tours. Also some time to relax and admire all. This part of the tour was more busy, but worth it. All was well organized.

Mark Glaisher, Gillingham, England, UK

There were plenty of contrasts during our trip through Uzbekistan! The carefully chosen route passed into the mountains and across plains, and often there was hardly a building in sight, let alone a village. Coming to remote settlements we were made really welcome – cyclists are not common. Once we reached the bigger towns there was the bustle of buses, motorbikes, donkey carts and so on, whilst the travel for the classic tourism sites (Bukhara, Samarkand and Tashkent) was by High Speed Train. This was my fourth redspokes trip, and as on previous ones the support was really good. Our local guide filled in gaps in our knowledge, and the crew was on hand for the food stops during the day and to give any mechanical help. After a day’s riding, arriving at the camping place with the facilities set up and the afternoon tea on the go, was great. Such a variety of food, too; freshly prepared with little repetition, and there was always provision for me, a vegetarian. A memorable tour for all the right reasons.

Sarah Howes, Tonbridge, England, United Kingdom

This was my first time travelling with Redspokes and the cycle tour in Uzbekistan did not disappoint – it was a fantastic experience. Although a regular cyclist, mountaineer and camper, I’d never done a cycling trip like this before or visited this part of the world so for me it was such an adventure! Riding through the arid and desolate landscape, dotted with colourful oases and villages that seemed straight out of the Old Testament (albeit now with electricity, cars and mobile phones!) meant we truly saw the real Uzbekistan. Riding over the vast high plateaux was exhilarating and great fun! There was also some very challenging terrain at times.  The support crew were absolutely fantastic and looked after us really well. They provided plenty of food & drink, and a huge variety, three times a day. Camp was always tidy, well organised, bikes checked and fixed/adjusted and even hot water for the shower tent. Sightseeing in Bukhara, Samarkand and Khiva was absolutely fascinating and a great complement to the ‘wild’ part of the trip.