Day 1:
Departure from Nukus city (from your hotel/airport/railway station).
Start: As you indicated when booking (summer recommended start earlier). Time can be changed by request of traveller.
It takes 7 hours drive with stops to the Yurt Camp at the Aral Sea (±400 km).
Route: Nukus - Mizdakhan complex – Kungrad – Muynak (lunch) – Uchsay village – Aral Sea (dried part - up seabed) – Ustyurt Plateau – Aral Sea (Yurt camp, dinner, night in Yurt)
Description:
- Mizdakhan complex: City of deaths, one of the places where formed a huge number of mausoleums, in addition many traditions of the pre Islamic period can still be seen here.
- Muynak: National cuisine lunch in Karakalpak family. Visiting Cemetery of ships and Ecological museum of Muynak.
- Aral Sea (up seabed): we will pass along the up seabed of the Aral Sea itself, You can see, touch, walk and feel the disaster of Aral Sea, because there's no water here.
- Aral Sea: while dinner is cooked on open fire, travellers may enjoy swimming and hiking, relax in a company at the camp fire, and after dinner explore the milky way in the clearsky.
Night in Yurt Camp
Day 2:
Breakfast and departure (the departure point is not displayed on the map)
It takes 8 hours drive towards Nukus (±400 km). Approximate time of arrival 17:00
Route: Aral Sea – Davlatgirey caravanserai (Kurgancha kala) – Ustyurt Plateau – Sudochie lake – Kungrad (lunch) – Nukus
Description:
- Davlatgirey caravanserai (Kurgancha kala): an abandoned trading caravanserai
- Ustyurt Plateau: mysterious and inscrutable Ustyurt Plateau a place where you can see the “Grand Canyons” of Uzbekistan but with white shades. Furthemore, along the way, you can see several cemeteries of local Nomads.
- Sudochie Lake: The lake is a key stop on the long way of migrating birds: pink flamingo, white swans, duck and others. For this reason it's a favourite place for hunters.
- Kungrad: On the way, in Kungrad area we will make a picnic lunch.
- Nukus: Arrival to Hotel / Airport / Railway Station