Before the mid-60s of the 20th century the Aral Sea was the world’s fourth largest lake: its area was 68,000 km2, it was 426 km long, 284 km wide and its greatest depth was 68 m.Notwithstanding, tours to the Aral Sea are highly popular today. Tourists are attracted by the beauty of its precipitous shore, the incredible sunsets and the possibility to swim in the disappearing sea and to see the cemetery of ships in the former port of Moynak.
Route: Tashkent - Nukus- Kungrad - Usturt Plateau- Sudochie lake - Aral sea - Moynak - Gaur kala - Nukus
Season: 2025
Duration: 5 days/ 4nights
Day 1. Tashkent-Nukus
Morning arrival in Tashkent. Meeting with a guide and driver at the airport. Transfer to the hotel. Check in.Sightseeing Tashkent: Khast- Imam Complex, Chorsu Bazaar , Medrese Kukaldosh, Amir Temur Square,Tashkent Broadway,Independence Square, Tashkent Eco Park. Dinner.Transfer to the domestic airport to board the flight to Nukus.Arrival to Nukus.Hotel check-in.Overnight in Nukus.
Day 2. Nukus-Mizdakhan,Gaurqala-Kungrad-Usturt Plateau- Sudochie lake-Aral sea (450 km – 8 hrs.)
Breakfast at the hotel. At 09.00 meet the driver and transfer to the Aral sea. On the way stop at Mizdakhan Complex of Necropolis (IV-II BC, XIII-XVI AD) with several Mausolea: Nazlumhan Sulu,Khalifa Yerejip.Also visit GaurQala fortress,dating back to the Zoroastrian period. Lunch at Kungrad district,once the trading centers on the Silk Road and continue driving to Ustyurt Plateu. On the way visit an abandoned village Urga,as well as Sudochie lake.Visit the fishermen’s house, the former Light House and Old fish factory Urga.Stop to visit a Soviet era settlelment Kubla Ustyurt and see the settlement of the gas plant.Stop to take pictures of beautiful Canyons and the collapsed land. Arrival to the Yurt camp, right on the shore of the still existing Aral Sea.Dinner at the yurt.Overnight at the Yurt Camp.
Day 3. Aral Sea-Muynak-Nukus
Early wake up to take pictures of sun rise over the waters of the Aral Sea.After the breakfast have a walk (1 hour) along the shore of the Aral Sea.(Swimming is possible depending on the weather conditions). Departure to Muynak. On the way stop to visit Kurgancha Qala fortress, once a stopover for Caravans on the Silk Road,hidden in the hills of the Usturt. Drive on the dried bottom of the sea, pass the gas towers, arrive to Uchsai –Gas Plant. Arrival to Muynak. Visit the “graveyard of abandoned ships” and a small museum. Lunch. Continue driving to Nukus. Arrival to Nukus. Overnight in Nukus.
Day 4. Nukus-Ayazqala
After breakfast visit the Savitskiy Museum of vanguard Art. Drive to Ayazqala. On the way stop to visit Shilpik, “the tower of silence” from the Zoroastrian epoch. Visit Kyzylqala and Tuproqqala fortresses on the way to Ayazqala fortress. Arrival to Ayazqala. Overnight at the Yurt Camp.
Day 5. Ayazqala-Urgench-Khiva-Tashkent
Breakfast in the hotel. Shopping. Free time. Transfer to the airport. End of the tour.
Breakfast at the Yurtcamp.Morning departure to Khiva.Stop at Urgench to visit the city center. Arrival to Khiva. Free afternoon. Dinner.Shortsightseeing of Khiva.Transfer to Urgench to board the flight to Tashkent. Arrival to Tashkent. Hotel check-in.End of services.
The price of tour:
For group of 2 pax1070 USD per person
For group of 5 pax 1020 USD per person
For group of 10 pax 955 USD per person
The price includes:
Accommodation in a twin room + breakfast (hotel 3*)
Transport service according to the program
A local guide in every city
Visa support (without visa fee)
Water (1 l per person every day)
