Tour Aral Sea Adventure
Cities:
Tashkent – Nukus - Muynak - Aral Sea – Muynak – Nukus – Khiva – Bukhara - Nurata - Samarkand - Shakhrisabz – Samarkand - Tashkent
Length:
14 days/13 nights
Description:
Tour “Aral Sea Adventure” - is a real adventure that will allow us to visit the disappearing sea on our planet, visit the place where fishing boats once moored, where life once boiled, see beautiful landscapes and enjoy nature. We will visit the pearls of Uzbekistan, the ancient cities of Khiva, Bukhara, Shakhrisabz and Samarkand. We will spend an unforgettable time in the Kyzyl Kum desert near the lake Aydar Kul.
Itinerary:
Day 01: Arrival to Tashkent
Meeting and assistance on arrival. Transfer to the hotel. Check in.
Morning time rest at leisure.
Afternoon sightseeing tour around Tashkent. Visit to the heart of the old town Khast Imom square Barak Khana Madrassah, Abu Bakr Kaffal ash Shahi mausoleum and Muy Muborak Madrassah with the well-known Holy Koran compelled by caliph Othman in the 8th century. Walk through the old street to Chorsu bazaar.
Overnight at hotel
Day 02: Tashkent - Nukus - Aral See – 450km
Morning transfer to the airport for flight to Nukus.
Upon arrival to Nukus we are going to take off-road vehicles and drive up to Muynak, where the harbor of the Aral Sea was originally, today this place is famous because of the Graveyard of Ships. From Muynak we will partly drive on the bottom of the sea and then after we get up the Chink and drive via Ustyurt Plateau to reach the remains of the water. As soon as we reach the water line, we will create a small camp with our tents, put the fire on and cook some dinner.
Overnight: Tents
Day 03: Aral See – Muynak - Nukus – 450km
After the early breakfast we are going to start our journey back to Nukus. On the way back we are going to stop in the museum of Aral Sea in Muynak. And relive the former glory of the city and fish industry of the area in the past.
Arrival to Nukus check in the hotel. Dinner in the hotel.
Overnight at hotel
Day 04: Nukus – Khiva - 200 km
Morning half day sightseeing in Nukus: You’ll spend the entire morning at the world-renowned Savitsky Art Museum, with thousands of works ranging from the first millennium B.C. to the present day. Here you’ll gain insight into the Central Asia’s unique cultural heritage, portrayed through the paintbrushes of the region’s top artists. The museum also has an impressive collection of Soviet Realism and a surprisingly large collection of works by well-known European masters.
After lunch depart for Khiva.
On arrival transfer to hotel
Overnight at hotel
Day 05: Khiva
Full day city tour in Khiva: visit Ichan Kala, Kalta Minor, Kunya Ark, Madrassah Rakhimkhon, Mausoleum of Pakhlavan Makhmud.
Climb Islam Khodja minaret and enjoy view of whole ancient Khiva, Friday mosque and Tashauli Palace/harem.
Overnight at hotel
Day 06: Khiva- Bukhara- 460 km (6-7hour)
Morning drive to Bukhara via famous Kizil Kum desert (Red sands)
See desert flora and fauna: unique saksaul trees and other desert vegetation, different kind mammals. Stop at Amudarya river bank
Picnic lunch en route
On arrival to Bukhara transfer to hotel
Overnight at hotel
Day 07: Bukhara
Full day sightseeing tour in Bukhara: visit – Lab-i-khauz ensemble, the pool and chaikhana of which is the modern centre of traditional Uzbekistan. A place where the very soul of Central Asia lies mirrored in a piala of steaming green tea.
Visit Madrassah Nadirkhon Devanbegi, Khanaga, Mogaki Attari mosque, Poi Kalon minaret and mosque,
Later see Madrassahs Aziz Khan and Ulugbek.
Afternoon visit Ark Fortress, Balakhauz mosque, mausoleum of Ismail Samanid, Chashma Ayub
Optinal Dinner with Folk show at Nodirkhon Divanbegi Medrassah
Overnight at hotel
Day 08: Bukhara
Full day sightseeing in Bukhara:
Excursion to Sitora-i-Mokhikhosa, the summer residence of the former emir of Bukhara where you can see unique mixture of traditional Russian style of architecture harmoniously mixed with local oriental traditions.
Later visit holiest ensemble Bakhauddin Nahshbandi – the burial place of one of Sufic Islam’s founders and holiest saints, Khazreti Mohammed Bakhauddin.
Overnight at hotel
Day 09: Bukhara – Nurata - 210km
Morning drive to Desert of Kizilkum , visit caravansary Rabat-i-Malik
Later continue to the mountains Nurata and see the “drawings on the rock” at Sarymysh Gorge.
In Nurata visit Mausoleum Mir Said Bakhorm, pond with holly fish.
Lunch at local national house.
After lunch drive to the desert camp
Dinner at the camp.
Overnight: yurts
Day 10: Nurata – Samarkand – 250 km
Morning camel ride
Proceed to Aidarkul Lake.
Lunch with fresh fried fish from the lake.
Later transfer to Samarkand – the Mirror of the World, the Garden of the Soul, the Jewel of Islam, the Pearl of the East. Another name, City of famous Shadows, reveals Samarkand as witness to the full sweep of Central Asia History.
On arrival to Samarkand transfer to hotel
Overnight at hotel
Day 11: Samarkand
Full day sightseeing in Samarkand:
Visit Registan Square which was for many centuries the heart of Samarkand. The word "registan" means "a sandy place", and is derived from the sand left behind after a river running through the region had dried up. See the three beautiful madrassahs: the Ulug-Bek Madrasah built in the fifteenth century; the Tillya-Kori Madrasah built in the seventeenth century; the Sher-Dor Madrasah, also built in the seventeenth century. Visit Gur Emir - another famous point of interest on the tour of Central Asia and of Uzbekistan. The name means "Tomb of the King", and this is the mausoleum of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane and his descendents.
Afternoon see the grandest structure of Amir Temur’s times is the chief Friday Mosque called Bibi-Khanum, the Silk Road bazar and Shahi Zinda necropolis and Silk Road bazaar nearby
Overnight at hotel
Day 12: Samarkand – Shakhrisabz – Samarkand -180 km (two ways)
Full day excursion to Shakrisabs - the birthplace and home town of Central Asia’s foremost conqueror - the Great Amir Temur. Visit Ak Saroy Palace – the greatest palace, built by Tamerlan, similar in structure to Samarkand’s Bibi Khanum Mosque, but unparalled in size and decoration. The inscription survived only in part, yet the ruined entrance towers stand in monumental tewstimony to an age of power writ large on tiled canvas.
Afternoon visit Dorus Tilavat seminary, Kok Gumbaz mosque, Dorus Saidat and the Friday mosque.
Later drive back to Samarkand
On arrival transfer to hotel
Overnight at hotel
Day 13: Samarkand – Tashkent - 330km
Morning transfer to Tashkent
En route see steps and mountain views cross two rivers Zarafshan and Syrdarya
Afternoon half day sightseeing of Tashkent
Visit Mustakillik (Independence) Square in the heart of Tashkent and famous Tashkent Metro (underground) decorated with local marble and granite like an underground palaces, visit Amir Temur squire, Opera Navoi Theatre squire
Overnight at hotel
Day 14: Tashkent – Departure
Transfer to the airport for departure flight
Tour includes:
- Meeting and seeing off at the airport
- Booking and accommodation in the hotels;
- Transport;
- Guides throughout the tour;
- Entrance fees to all attractions;
- Water
Tour not includes:
- International flight;
- Medical insurance;
- Optional excursions outside the tour program;
- Tips for guides and drivers.
- Photo and video shooting