Aral Sea & Nukus Extension (3 days)
Etibor Ashurmatova
Tour ManagerTour program
KHIVA - NUKUS
Transfer to Nukus by sedan. Time for lunch. City tour:
- Savitskiy Museum (The museum’s collection is recognised as the world’s second in volume and significance among the collections of works of Russian avant-garde, as well as the best collection of works of art in Central Asia.)
- Statue of the famous Karakalpak poet Berdakh, Nukus City Hall
- Drama Theatre.
Overnight at hotel.
NUKUS - MOINAK - ARAL SEA
09:00 Meet your driver and start the tour. We will continue our journey to discover the Aral sea and Plateau Ustyurt. On the way, we pass Khojely and Kungrad districts, which were the trading centers during the Great Silk Road.
12:00 Arrive in Moynak town. Visit the cemetery of Ships, local museum and watch the short documentary film about Moinak's life in the past.
13:30 Lunch at the local family Guesthouse.
14:30 Continue our way towards the Aral sea via the dried bottom of the sea. So many drilling towers like trees waiting their turn to pump out the gas which gives the Aral sea. Stop for taking pictures of dried sea shells, canyons and nomads cemetery.
18:00 Arrive at Besqala Yurt Camp, Aral Sea. Leave your luggage at Your Yurt and drive down to the sea. Take a swim or walk, collect shells and breathe the sea oxygen.
20:00 Dinner at the Yurt camp
21:00 Free time, enjoy the sky, stars and night photo shooting. Have a good night and feel yourself in Nomadic life.
ARAL SEA - KURGANCHA KALA - KUBLA USTYURT VILLAGE - LAKE SUODCHIE - KUNGRAD - KHOJELI - NUKUS
06:30 Early wake up to take pictures of the sunrise over the sea.
07:30 Have breakfast.
08:30 We visit Kurgancha kala XIII c, hidden caravan sarai among the hills of Ustyurt Plateau.
09:30 Kubla Ustyurt village 50 km. This village is one of the remote one in this region. Here local people keep camels and you can taste the most organic and fresh camel sour milk - SHUBAT. The camel milk is good for increasing immune system, normalizes gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, anemia, vitamin deficency, diabetes, colits and exhaustion. There is a Gas Compressor Station functioning in this village with its small airplane runway.
11:00 Lake Sudochie. We stop at the ancient Light House hill. People used to make fire to show the direction to the ships in the sea and trading caravans on the ground. Here you can visit the abandoned settlement of the Russian and Polish people who were repressed during the Stalin regimen. The cemetry and ruins of the hospital, cane houses and old Fish Factory tells the past history of this area. Nowadays there is modern bird watching point to observe around 250 types of birds inhabiting in this dicreasing lake.
13:30 Have lunch at the local cafe in Kungrad district.
16:00 Visit "Mizdakhan" the architectural complex of the XIV c, Halifa Erejep mausoleum (XII c), Nazlumhansuluw (XII-XIVcc).
Shamun Nabi (XIX c) and ruins of Gaur Kala fortress (VI B.C.-IXA.D.).
18:00 Transfer to Khiva. Upon arrival transfer to the hotel & overnight.
Tour Price
Standard
