Tour for 15 days

«Journey to the Aral Sea»

Tashkent - Samarkand - Nurata - Aydarkul - Bukhara - Kyzylkum - Mingbulak - Khiva - Nukus - Aral Sea

TOUR PROGRAM

Day 1: arrival in Tashkent
Meeting at the airport
Checking into the hotel
Excursion around Tashkent: Independence Square, Courage Monument, Museum of Applied Arts, Khast Imam Square
Dinner at the restaurant
Overnight at the hotel

Day 2: Breakfast
Transportation to Samarkand (optional
-by Afrosiab speed train
-by Sharq train
-by airplane)
Checking into a hotel in Samarkand
Excursion around Samarkand: Amir Temur’s tomb, Registan Square, Bibi Khonym Mosque, Siab Bazaar

Free time (buying souvenirs at Siab Bazaar)
Dinner at the restaurant
Overnight at the hotel

Day 3: Transportation to Nurata. Check-in at the yurt camp on Lake Aydarkul (270 km)
On the way, visit the Namozgokh mosque and the fortress of Alexander the Great
Dinner by the fire accompanied by traditional Aqyn songs
Overnight in yurt

Day 4: Lake Aydarkul
Breakfast at the yurt camp
Trip to the lake and picnic in nature
Transfer to Bukhara
Check-in to a hotel in Bukhara. Free time
Dinner at the restaurant
Overnight at the hotel

Day 5: Breakfast
Excursion around Bukhara: Lyabi Khauz ensemble, ancient Ark fortress, Poi Kalyan complex
Lunch
Continuation of the excursion: Kukeldash madrasah, Nadir Divanbegi madrasah, trade domes of Bukhara
Dinner at the restaurant
Overnight at the hotel

Day 6: breakfast
Transfer: Bukhara - Shuruk village - Kuljuktau mountains - Dzhangeldy village - Uzunkuduk village - sands - salty dry lake near Uchkuduk (390 km)

Accommodation in a tent camp

Day 7: breakfast
Start of the Kyzylkum program. Visit to the village of Uzunkuduk and its spring, familiarization with the life of the local population.
Lunch in the desert
Continuation of the route to the north of Uzunduk and arrival at the site of the tent camp.
Dinner at the tent camp
Overnight

Day 8: Breakfast
Transfer from Kyzylkum to Mingbulak depression (270 km)
Route: Kyzylkum - Uchkuduk - Kulkuduk - Bakantau mountains - Irlir spring - Mingbulak depression
Transfer to the city of Uchkuduk. Visit the monument to the legendary three wells
Continuing the journey north to the Bukantau Mountains
Visit to the Irlir spring
Visit to the unique petroglyphs discovered in Uzbekistan
Dinner
Moving to the Mingbulak depression
Walking around the area
Dinner at the tent camp
Overnight in tents

Day 9: Breakfast
Transfer: Mingbulak depression - Dzharakuduk - sands - Kirk-kyz Kala fortress - Ayaz Kala fortress
Transfer to the Dzharakuduk tract (a large paleontological complex near the Dzhar hillock, where you can see the fossilized remains of trees)
Dinner
Moving to the territory of ancient Khorezm
Visit to the Kirk-kyz Kala fortress
Visit to the Ayaz Kala fortress
Dinner at the tent camp
Overnight in tents

Day 10: Breakfast

Transfer: Ayaz Kala fortress - Tuprak Kala fortress - Kyzyl Kala fortress - Sultan Uwais Bobo-Khiva complex (170 km)
Lunch on the way at a national café
Arrival in Khiva
Checking into a hotel in Khiva
Free time
Dinner at the restaurant
Overnight at the hotel

Day 11: breakfast at the hotel
Excursion around Khiva: Ichan-Kala, Pakhlavan Mahmud complex, Kunya-Ark fortress, Tash Khauli palace, Avesta Museum
Dinner at the restaurant
Overnight at the hotel

Day 12: Breakfast
Transfer: Khiva - Nukus - Mizdakhkanee complex - Lake Barsakelmes (480 km)
Lunch at a restaurant
Visit to the Mizdakhkan complex, then Lake Barsakelmes (a dry lake in Uzbekistan, one of the main sources of salt production in the country)
Arrival at the camp site. Setting up tents
Dinner at the tent camp
Night in tents

Day 13: Breakfast
Transfer Lake Barsakelmes – Urga village – Lake Sudochie – Aral Sea (290 km)
Lunch on the road
Setting up a camp near the Aral Sea. Descent to the water
Dinner at the tent camp
Overnight in tents

Day 14: Breakfast
Visiting the bottom of the Aral Sea, the site of sunken ships
Lunch at the national house
Transfer: Aral Sea - Muynak - Nukus (450 km)
Evening flight to Tashkent
Meeting at the Tashkent Airport
Checking into a hotel in Tashkent
Celebratory dinner to celebrate the end of the trip

Day 15: Breakfast at the hotel
Transfer to the airport


The price includes:

  • Meeting/seeing off at the airport;
  • Group transfer along the entire route;
  • Accommodation in hotels 3-4* (double rooms), 5* on request;
  • Breakfast;
  • Group excursions with a guide according to the tour program;
  • Comfortable transport with air conditioning;
  • Mineral water for every day (1 liter per person);
  • Nice gifts from the company;

The price does not include:

  • International air travel;
  • Entrance fees to monuments and museums;
  • Lunches and dinners
  • Medical insurance;

Additionally paid:

  • Additional night at the hotel upon arrival or departure;
  • Supplement for single occupancy;
  • Additional payment for individual transfer;
  • Additional payment for business class or VIP on trains along the route;
  • Optional excursions

Cost per person: from $1150 (double room)

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