Classic Safari Challenge

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

The route in detail

GREAT GAME CLASSIC CAR RALLY – LIST OF HOTELSPlease note this itinerary is provisional and hotels are subject to change. Updated 18 July.

TURKEY

Hotel

Day -2 & -1, August 25  - Istanbul

Pera Palace Hotel
Meşrutiyet Caddesi No:52
Tepebaşı - Beyoğlu 34430
Tel   +90 212 377 40 00, Fax  +90 212 377 40 55
www.perapalace.com  

Day 1, August 26 –  Istanbul / Ankara (419 km)

Ankara Hilton
Tahran Caddesi No:12
06700 Kavaklidere
Tel: +90 312 455 01 59, Fax: +90 312 455 00 52
tolga.tuzer@hilton.com, www.ankara.hilton.com

Day 2, August 27 – Ankara / Cappadocia (314 km)

Yunak Evlerihttp://www.yunak.com
Tlf  : +90 384 341 6920, Fax: +90 384 341 6924
Day 3, August 28 – Cappadocia / Nemrut Dagi,  (418 km)
TBC
Day 4, August 29 – Nemrut Dagi / Van lake (568 km).
TBC

IRAN

Hotel

Day 5, August 30 – Lake Van / Tabriz (317 km)

Gostaresh Hotel

c/o Aliyeh Jafari - Marketing Manager

Pars Tourist Agency

Zand Ave., 71358-18415, Shiraz, Iran

www.key2persia.com

Tel:  +98 711 2223163 / 2240645, Fax: +98 711 2229693

Day 6, August 31 – Tabriz / Khalkhal (275 km)

Tourism Hotel

Day 7, September 1 – Khalkhal / Minu

Esteghlal Hotel in Mino Dasht (near Gorgan)

Day 8, September 2 – Minu / Mashad (326 km)

Ghasr Hotel

Day 9, September 3 – Mashad

rest day

Turkmenistan

Hotel

Day 10, September 4 – Mashad / Ashgabat

TBC

Uzbekistan

Hotel

Day 11, September 5 – Ashgabat / Khiva (600km)

Asia Khiva – TBC

Day 12, September 6 – Khiva / Bukhara (420km)

Bukhara Palace - TBC

Day 13, September 7 – Bukhara

Rest Day

Day 14, September 8  - Bukhara / Samarkand (270km)

President Hotel - TBC

Day 15, September 9 - Samarkand

Rest Day

Tajikistan

Hotel

Day 16, September 10 – – Samarkand / Dushanbe (294km)

Hyatt Regency Dushanbe

26/1, Ismoili Somoni Prospekt,
Dushanbe, Tajikistan 734026
Tel: +992 48 702 1234    Fax: +992 48 702 1235
Email:
dushanbe.regency@hyatt.com

Day 17, September 11  - Dushanbe /Kalai Thumb

TBC

Day 18, September  12 – Kalai Thumb / Khorog

Khorog Serenahttp://www.serenahotels.com/serenakhorog/default-en.html

Afghanistan (Day 19)

To Wakham Valley, then to Iskashim in Tajikistan, (driving distance: 100 km to boarder + driving in Afghanistan)

Tajikistan

Hotel

Day 19, September 13 –Iskashim

Hansy Guest house

Day 20, September 14 – Iskashim / Murgob (420 km)

Home stay

Kyrgyzstan

Hotel

Day 21, September 15 – Murgob / Osh (382 km)

TBC


Day 22, September 16 – Osh / Bishek (550km)

Hyatt Regency
191 Sovetskaya Street (Soviet)
http://bishkek.regency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

Day 23, September 17 – Bishek

Rest day

Day 24, September 18 - Bishek / Naryn (324 km)

Celestial Mountains Guesthouse

42 Razzakov St

Tel: 0096-3522 50412 or Bishkek office: 0096 312 212562

China

Hotel

Day 25, September 19 - Naryn / Kashgar(Kashi) (350 km)

Petroleum Hotel

塔里木石油邦臣酒店(Tarim Petroleum Barony Hotel)

地址:中国新疆喀什市色满路242号 

dd:NO.242 Seman Road Kashigar  Xijiang China

Tel:0086-998-258 6888      258 2777

Day 26, September 20 – Kashgar

Car inspection day / Rest Day

Day 27, September 21 – Kashgar / Aksu (470 km)

HongFu Jinlan Hotel

Tel:0086-997-228 3555   228 1555(F)

Day 28, September 22 – Aksu / Kuche

Loulan Hotel:

Tel: 0996-2022999 2031566

email: loulanhotel@163.com

Tel: 0996-2022999 2031566, email: loulanhotel@163.com

Day 29, September 23 – Kuche / Turpan  (280km)

Tu Ha Petroleum Hotel

吐哈石油大厦(TU HA PETROLEUM  HOTEL)

地址:中国新疆吐鲁番文化路230 

Add:  No,230 Wenhuan Road, Tel:0086-995-857 8999

Day 30, September 24 – Turpan/Hami (372 km) 

Jiageda Hotel

加格达宾馆(JIAGEDA HOTEL 

地址:中国新疆哈密爱国北路8 

Add:No.8 Aiguo North Road Haimi Xinjiang China

 Tel:0086-902-223 2140

Day 31, September 25 – Hami/Dunhaung (420 km)               

Dunhuang Hotel

14 Yanggun East Road

Tel: 0937-8859128 8822538 8822008

Day 32, September 26 – Dunhuang

Rest Day

Day 33, September 27 – Dunhuang/ Golmud

Golmud: Yan Hu Greand Hotel,  26 Huang he zhong lu Gelmud Qinghai China  

 Tel: 0086- 979- 8436888  F 8436388

Day 34, September 28 – Golmud/Tuotuohe

 兴旺宾馆( XING WANG HOTEL,  Tel:0086 15719796405

Day 35, September 29 – Tuotuohe/Nakqu

Naqu Hotel   那曲饭店(NA QU HOTEL

  地址:西藏那曲县浙江东路262 

  Add:  No.262 Zhe Jiang DongLu,   Tel:0086-896 -3822424

Tibet

Hotel

Day 36, September 30 – Nakqu / Lhasa (326km)

The  St. Regis Lhasa Resort

拉萨瑞吉度假酒店(ST REGIS LHASA

  地址:中国西藏拉萨市江苏路22 

  22 Jiangsu Road   Tel:0086-891-680 8888

Day 37, October 1 – Lhasa

Rest Day

Day 38, October 2 - Lhasa to Shigatse (287km)

日喀则饭店(SHIGATSE HOTEL)

地址:中国西藏日喀则市上海中路12 

Add:NO.12 SHANGHAI MIDDLE ROAD,SHIGATSE TIBET CHINA

Tel:0086 -892-880-0336

Day 39,  October 3 - Shilgatse To Tingri (287km)

Everest Hotel, Tingri

Day 40, October 4 – Tingri to Everest Base Camp (360km)

Base Camp Yurts

Day 41, October 5 -  Everest Base Camp return to Zhangmu (360Km)

Zhangmu Hotel
telephone: 0086-892-874-2221.

Nepal

Hotel

Day 42, October 6 -  Zhangm to Kathmandu ( 116 km).

Yak and Yeti
GPO Box no. 1016, Durbar Marg,
Tel : +977-1-4248999, 4240520, Fax: +977-1-4227781/ 4227782
 
www.yakandyeti.com, info@yakandyeti.com

Day 43, October 7 - Kathmandu to Hetauda (120 km)

Hetauda Resort
Piple, Hetauda-5, Makawanpur, Phone No.: 00977-57-523256

http://hetaudaresort.com/

India

Hotel

Day 44, October 8 – Hetauda to Siliguri (500km)

Cindrella Hotel
3RD MILE, SEVOKE ROAD, SILIGURI - 734401.
PHONE 0091 353 2544130, 2547136, FAX 0091 353 2531173
EMAIL cindrela@bsnl.in, cindrella@bsnl.in
WEBSITE www.cindrellahotels.com,
www.cindrellahotels.in

Day 45, October 09 – Siliguri to Murshidibad (380km)

TBC

Day 47, October 10 -  Murshidibad to Calcutta (210 km)

The Oberoi Grand Hotel
15, Jawaharlal Nehru Rd, Kolkata, West Bengal 700013, India
033 2249 2323
http://www.oberoihotels.com/oberoi_kolkata/index.asps