Aral Sea Tour
4 days tour to the disappearing Aral Sea
TOUR DETAILS
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Period
All around the year -
Tour length
4 days / 3 nights -
Price from
$405 / person
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Aral Sea is mostly known for the environmental disaster which has had the once fourth largest lake in the World to almost completely disappear. Aral Sea can be considered a dark tourism destination as there are several ghost towns and ship graveyards surrounding the now dry sandy and dusty bowl where one can see thousands of seashells reminding of the more watery past. The reason for the lake getting dry is the excessive water usage of Amu Darya and Syr Darya. During our tour you will see various landscapes such as steppe, desert, saline land, cliffs, bottom of gone-away sea that is now a desert.
Uzbekistan - Tajikistan Tour Itinerary
Arrival in Nukus, capital of Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan. Transfer to hotel and check-in. Excursion in Savitskiy museum. Leisure time. Overnight at the hotel.
breakfast
Early breakfast at the hotel. At 07:00 in the morning departure from Nukus. Proceeding to Kungrad, then up to Ustyurt Plateau. Transfer to Sudochye Lake. Proceeding to Village of Urga, first Russian settlement in Khorezm and Aral Sea region, lunch en route.
Then transfer to Aral Sea. Photographing canyons en route. Arrival at camp site; descent to shoreline. Dinner. Overnight in tents.
breakfast, lunch, dinner
Breakfast in tent camp. Proceeding to Muynak along the bottom of the disappeared sea. Visiting monument to the victims of the Second World War (now a monument to the Aral Sea), which is the highest point of the town of Muynak providing a wonderful panorama of the town and the bottom of the former sea.
Visiting famous “Cemetery of Ships” in Muynak. Next visiting a museum at the House of Culture in Muynak, where you can familiarise yourselves with the works of artists F. Madgazin and R. Matevosyan, who used to depict the Aral Sea and the Amudarya River. Lunch in traditional guest house of Muynak.
Proceeding to and visiting Mizdakhan Complex: Caliph Erejep, Jumart-kassab hillock, half-underground Mazlumkhan-sulu Mausoleum, Shamun-nabi Mausoleum. Transfer back to Nukus. Overnight at the hotel.
breakfast, lunch, dinner
Morning transfer to the airport in Nukus.
Departure.
Tour Information
INCLUDED
- Accommodation at the hotels, mentioned above, or in similar, but of the same category in double/twin rooms with breakfasts, including early check in on day 1 in Nukus; check-in at other hotels – at 14:00; check-out – at 12:00;
- Accommodation in the yurt camp at Aral Sea (4 person in a yurt, single accommodation is not possible);
- Meals – all breakfasts, lunch, dinner and lunch in the Aral Sea region;
- Services of English-speaking local guides for sightseeing;
- Comfortable air-conditioned transportation throughout the tour, including ‘airport-hotel-airport” transfers;
- Bottled mineral water per day/per person
NOT INCLUDED
- The cost of international flights;
- Entrance fees to the monuments and museums listed above – about 45 USD/per person (can be paid on the spot);
- Meals not mentioned above;
- Medical expenses and insurance;
- Porters at the hotels, railway stations and airports
- Tips and gratitudes.
Prrice Per Person:
1 pax | $1,025 |
2 pax | $590 |
4 pax | $505 |
6 pax | $440 |
8 pax | $435 |
10 pax | $405 |
Supplement for single accommodation +45 USD
Information on the hotels
City | Hotels | |||
Nukus | Jipek Joli Hotel 3* or similar | |||
Aral Sea | Aral Sea yurt camp |
Information on the vehicles
Uzbekistan | Vehicle |
Group of 1-2 pax | Chevrolet Lacetti or similar |
Group of 4 pax | Hyundai Starex minivan |
Group of 6-8 pax | King Long minivan or similar |
Group of 9-15 pax | Eurise minivan or similar |
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Tour updated: 20.2.2023