Walk the Silk Road with people who pray on time

Small-group heritage tours from Kuala Lumpur to Samarkand, Istanbul, Granada and Petra. An ustaz travels with every group, every meal is halal, and each day is planned around salah.

  • Halal meals, checked by us
  • Prayer stops in the schedule
  • A mutawwif on every departure
  • Women-friendly rooming

From KLIA to Istanbul, the Silk Road way

Our Uzbekistan trip follows the old caravan cities west. Add the 4-day Istanbul extension, from RM 2,690, and finish with Jumu'ah at Süleymaniye.

Route map: Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Istanbul Kuala LumpurDepart KLIA TashkentHazrati Imam SamarkandRegistan BukharaJumu'ah at Kalyan Istanbul4-day extension Route map: Kuala Lumpur to Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara and Istanbul Kuala LumpurDepart KLIA TashkentHazrati Imam SamarkandRegistan BukharaJumu'ah at Kalyan Istanbul4-day extension
  1. By airKLIA to Tashkentabout 7 hours
  2. Afrosiyob trainTashkent to Samarkand2 hours 10 minutes
  3. Afrosiyob trainSamarkand to Bukhara1 hour 40 minutes
  4. By airBukhara to Istanbulabout 5 hours

10D8N Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara

We leave on Saturdays so that Friday falls in Bukhara. Here is the trip day by day, with where we pray and what we eat.

Next departures
7 Nov 2026, 13 Mar 2027, 10 Apr 2027
Group
16 to 24 travellers, led by Ustaz Hafiz Rahman
Price
from RM 8,990 per person, twin sharing

Meet the group and your mutawwif at KLIA Terminal 1 at 8pm for a short briefing. We pray Maghrib and Isyak jamak at the airport surau, then take the overnight flight to Tashkent, about 7 hours.

  • Meals: dinner on board
  • Prayer: KLIA surau before boarding

Land at dawn and pray Subuh at the airport. After breakfast, visit the Hazrati Imam complex and the Muyi Muborak library, which keeps the 7th-century Uthman Quran. Afternoon at Chorsu bazaar, then plov at the Central Asian Plov Centre.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Zuhur at Hazrati Imam mosque

Take the morning Afrosiyob train to Samarkand, 2 hours 10 minutes. Check in and rest, then walk to the Registan for the late-afternoon light on its three madrasas.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Zuhur and Asar jamak at the hotel

Walk the avenue of blue-tiled mausoleums at Shah-i-Zinda while it is still cool. Then Bibi-Khanym mosque, Siyob bazaar for dried apricots and non bread, and Gur-e-Amir after dark.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Zuhur at Hazrat Khizr mosque

Drive 25 km to the Imam al-Bukhari memorial complex. Ustaz Hafiz gives a short talk on Sahih al-Bukhari before we pray in the complex mosque. In the afternoon, watch mulberry paper being made by hand at the Konigil mill.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Zuhur at the Imam al-Bukhari complex

Afrosiyob train to Bukhara, 1 hour 40 minutes. Spend the evening around Lyabi-Hauz, the old pool square under mulberry trees, with dinner in a restored merchant's house.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Asar at the hotel on arrival

Morning at the Ark fortress, then Jumu'ah with the local jemaah at Kalyan mosque, beneath the 12th-century Kalyan minaret. The afternoon is free for the covered bazaars, with a ladies-only hammam slot booked for those who want it.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Jumu'ah at Kalyan mosque

Visit the Bahauddin Naqshband complex outside the city, the four small towers of Chor Minor, and the Sitorai Mohi Hosa summer palace. Last dinner in Bukhara with local musicians.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Zuhur at the Bahauddin complex

Train back to Tashkent, about 4 hours. After a farewell dinner, ride the Tashkent metro to see its chandelier-lit stations.

  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
  • Prayer: Zuhur and Asar jamak qasar before boarding

Morning flight to Kuala Lumpur, landing at KLIA in the evening. Travellers on the Istanbul extension fly west instead.

  • Meals: breakfast
  • Prayer: Subuh at the hotel

Four trips with dates you can book

Prices are per person, twin sharing, and include return flights from KLIA, halal meals, entrance fees, tips and an ustaz from Kuala Lumpur.

  • 6 seats left in November

    10D8N

    Uzbekistan: Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara

    Saturdays: 7 Nov 2026, 13 Mar 2027, 10 Apr 2027

    • Jumu'ah at Kalyan mosque, Bukhara
    • Ziarah to the Imam al-Bukhari complex
    • Afrosiyob fast train between cities

    from RM 8,990 per person

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  • 9D7N

    Turkey: Istanbul, Bursa and Cappadocia

    21 Nov 2026, 3 Apr 2027

    • Jumu'ah at Süleymaniye mosque
    • Bursa's Ulu Cami, the first Ottoman capital
    • Sunrise balloon flight, optional at RM 1,150

    from RM 6,490 per person

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  • 12D10N

    Andalusia and Morocco: Granada to Marrakech

    6 Mar 2027, 2 Oct 2027

    • Alhambra and Generalife, timed tickets included
    • Ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar
    • Jumu'ah at Koutoubia mosque, Marrakech

    from RM 11,890 per person

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  • 7D6N

    Japan in autumn: Osaka, Kyoto and Nara

    14 Nov 2026, for the maple season

    • Zuhur at Kobe Mosque, Japan's oldest
    • Halal wagyu dinner in Kyoto
    • Autumn leaves at Eikando and Arashiyama

    from RM 7,990 per person

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What changes when a tour is built around salah

Most heritage tours squeeze prayer into the gaps. We plan the gaps first.

  • An ustaz on every departure

    Ustaz Hafiz Rahman or Ustazah Salmah Idris flies with each group from KLIA, leads jamak and qasar prayers, and gives a short tazkirah at the sites.

  • Prayer times come first

    Each day is planned around Zuhur and Asar. The coach carries prayer mats, a qibla compass and water for wudhu.

  • Halal meals we have eaten ourselves

    Every restaurant is halal-certified or Muslim-run, and we eat at each one on our scouting trips before we bring a group.

  • Rooming that suits women

    Women travelling alone share with another sister or take a single room at cost. Ladies-only hammam slots are booked in Bukhara and Istanbul.

  • Friday in a historic mosque

    Departure days are set so that Jumu'ah lands in Bukhara, Istanbul or Marrakech, never on a coach or a plane.

  • Groups of 16 to 24

    One coach and one prayer row. We are a licensed Malaysian agency, KPK/LN 0000, with an office on Jalan Sultan Ismail.

What our travellers told us afterwards

From the feedback forms of our last three seasons, shared with permission.

My mother is 72 and walks with a stick. Ustaz Hafiz had a wheelchair waiting at Shah-i-Zinda without us asking, and every lunch stop had a clean place to pray.

Nurul AinaShah Alam, Uzbekistan in October 2025

I went alone and was paired with a sister from Ipoh. We prayed Jumu'ah under the Kalyan minaret with the local jemaah, and by Tashkent we were planning Andalusia together.

Siti RohaniKuala Terengganu, Uzbekistan in April 2025

In Kyoto the team handed us a printed list of which ramen shops were halal and which were only pork-free. My kids ate without me checking every menu.

Mohd FaizalJohor Bahru, Japan in November 2025

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