Turkmenistan Travel Info

Our travel agent in Turkmenistan, Rejep (the company website) was very attentive during the whole process including all of the emails that went back and forth during the trip preparations. This included securing our Letter of Invitation (LOI) which is a requirement to get a visa to enter the country. He tried to save us money at every turn and was very accommodating to our wishes. Be aware that in addition to the $100 visa fee charged by the government you will have to pay $100 to the travel person making the arrangements for the LOI for each person traveling. Be sure to allow yourself enough time for the activities you plan. The LOI effective for a range of dates but the number of days you may be in the country is also limited in the LOI and those days include your arrival and departure days regardless of the time you arrive or depart. Let’s say you want to spend 10 days in country. If you get in at 1 AM or 7 PM the day you arrive is day 1. The day you leave whether it is 3AM or 10 PM that is day 10. So that actually leaves you 8 days to do your site seeing and take care of business as necessary.