This program allows you to feel the spirit of the "Great Desert" and its unpredictability and the "Great Sea" and its catastrophe. You will witness places that are not without reason was named as "Cemetery of Ships" and "White Canyons of Uzbekistan"
Route: Nukus - Mizdakhan – Kungrad – Muynak – Uchsay village – Aral Sea (dried part - up seabed) – Ustyurt Plateau – Aral Sea (Yurt camp, dinner, night in Yurt) - Davlatgirey caravanserai – Ustyurt Plateau – Sudochie lake – Kungrad – Nukus
Day 1
Departure at 09:00 from Nukus
It takes 8 hours drive with stops to the Yurt Camp at the Aral Sea (±400 km).
Description:
- Mizdakhan complex: City of deaths, many traditions of the pre Islamic period can still be seen here.
- Muynak: Lunch in Karakalpak family. Visiting Cemetery of ships and Eco-museum of Muynak.
- Aral Sea (up seabed): Pass up seabed of Aral Sea
- Aral Sea: while dinner is cooked on open fire, travelers may enjoy swimming and hiking, relax in a company at the camp fire, and after dinner explore the milky way.
Night in Yurt Camp
Day 2
Breakfast and departure
Description:
- Davlatgirey caravanserai: abandoned caravanserai
- Ustyurt Plateau: "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.
- Kungrad: Lunch.
- Nukus: Arrival