Darvaza Gas Crater overnight
24 hDuration
2–10 guestsPrivate for your party
English-speakingGerman & French on request
Free cancellationFull refund up to 48 hours before the start
About this experience
Drive into the Karakum desert, dinner by the burning crater, night in a tent under the stars.
What you’ll do
Day 1
Ashgabat to Darvaza
Desert drive via the mud and water craters; camp set up before sunset; dinner by the fire.
Day 2
Sunrise at the crater
Breakfast, then back to Ashgabat or onward to the Uzbek border.
Included
4x4 transport
Driver-guide
Tent, mattress and sleeping bag
Dinner and breakfast
Meeting point
Pickup from your Ashgabat hotel at 14:00.
What guests say
“Does what it says. Cold at night in October, bring layers. The driver knew a spot on the rim away from the other camps.”
Ryan Cooper · October 2026
“Dinner cooked over coals, then the crater after dark with nobody else there, then a tent fifty metres from the edge. Woke at 5 to watch it fade in the dawn. Basic camp, extraordinary night.”
Ingrid Johansson · April 2026
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Doing a full Turkmenistan tour?Part of our group tours in this country — or we add it to any private itinerary.
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