Private tour — price per person depends on group size:
| 1 traveler | $80 / person |
| 2 travelers | $46 / person |
| 3 travelers | $34 / person |
| 4 travelers | $28 / person |
| 5 travelers | $24 / person |
| 6 travelers | $22 / person |
Imam Muhammad al-Bukhari (810–870) is buried at Khartang, a village 25 km north-west of Samarkand. Born in Bukhara, he spent decades travelling the Islamic world collecting the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. Of some 600,000 narrations he had memorised, he authenticated around 7,500 — the collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded as the most authoritative book in Islam after the Qur'an.
Expelled from Nishapur late in life, he settled at Khartang and died there in 870. The memorial complex over his tomb was rebuilt and reopened in March 2026: 45 hectares, a marble mosque for more than 12,000 worshippers, four 75-metre minarets, the mausoleum and its crypt, and a nine-pavilion museum on the life of the Imam and the science of hadith.
On the way back the tour stops at Dahbed, 12 km from Samarkand, at the complex of Makhdumi A'zam (1461–1542) — a leading master of the Naqshbandi Sufi order. His mausoleum and mosque date from 1618; the khanqah, with twelve domes and a deep wooden iwan, stands among ancient plane trees.
Visitors of all faiths are welcome at both sites. The mosque and mausoleum are free to enter; only the museum charges a ticket.
Morning pickup at 09:00 from your Samarkand hotel in a private air-conditioned car, then a 30-minute drive north-west through farmland to Khartang.
Two and a half hours at the Imam al-Bukhari complex while it is cool and quiet — the mosque, the mausoleum and the nine-pavilion museum, at your own pace.
On the way back, the Sufi khanqah at Dahbed — twelve domes, a carved wooden iwan and old plane trees, a much smaller and quieter site.
Door-to-door drop-off at your hotel around 1:30 PM, leaving the afternoon free for Samarkand itself.
Pickup from your hotel and the drive north-west out of the city towards Khartang (~25 km).
The rebuilt complex over the tomb of Imam al-Bukhari, reopened in March 2026. The marble mosque holds more than 12,000 worshippers beneath four 75-metre minarets; the mausoleum stands beside it, with the Imam interred in a crypt below. The nine-pavilion museum traces his life, the collection of the hadith, and the spread of Islam across Central Asia.
Back towards Samarkand as far as Dahbed, where the Makhdumi A'zam complex stands (~12 km from the city).
The shrine of Makhdumi A'zam (1461–1542), a leading master of the Naqshbandi Sufi order and founder of the Dahbediya school. The mausoleum and mosque were built in 1618 by order of Yalangtush Bahadur; the khanqah alongside carries twelve domes and a deep carved wooden iwan, shaded by ancient plane trees.
Short return drive into the city. Door-to-door drop-off at your hotel around 1:30 PM.
A working country bazaar, the Konigil paper mill and a silk carpet workshop.
