Lunch (at local house in Muynak, there is not restaurants or in restaurant along the way). We can book lunch by request of traveller
Entrance to Aral Sea Museum.
Other and personal expenses which are not specified in programme.
What you can expect
The “Great Sea” and its catastrophe. You will witness places that are not without reason was named as “Cemetery of Ships”.
Route: Khiva - Nukus - Mizdakhan complex – Kungrad – Muynak (lunch) - Ship Cemetery - Nukus – Khiva
Departure from Khiva (Main Gates - Ata Darwaza).
Duration: ±8.30 h drive with stops to Muynak (370 km).
Description:
Chilpik Fortress: One of the rare monuments of Central Asia that has been preserved from the pre-Arab period. One of the only monuments where Zoroastrians performed their funeral rites leaving the bodies of the dead here.
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. In this city you can see for few time feel local social life and everywhere meet ex fishermen.
Ships Cemetery Once one of the most popular and important cities in Uzbekistan it is now known by a sadder name as the “Cemetery of Ships”, a striking example of the consequences of human influence on nature.
Aral Sea Museum: Place where you can get a full imagine about the fauna and flora of ex Sea.
Departure from Muynak to Khiva (or to Nukus, or to Urgench hotel / airport / railway station)
