Discover the Aral Sea in 2 days and 1 night
Daytrip Duration: 2 days and 1 night
Sightseeing time: 6-8 hours
Driving time: 16-17 hours
Driving Distance: 1050 km.
Included:
Transportation: 4WD & Sedan;
Accommodation: Yurt Camp Stay;
Meals: two lunches, one breakfast & one dinner in the Yurt Camp;
Pick up & Drop Off in your place.
Not included: Entrance tickets, Alcohol drinks & etc.
The Aral Sea was once one of the world’s largest inland saltwater seas. Today, it is only a shadow of its former size due to extensive irrigation projects that depleted the flow of the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers — the sea’s lifelines.
But long before modern changes, the Aral Sea had already gone through many natural transformations over thousands of years. The riverbeds of the Amudarya and Syrdarya constantly shifted, and satellite images reveal traces of ancient courses that sometimes bypassed the Aral Sea entirely, flowing instead toward the Caspian Sea. Dry riverbeds crossing today’s deserts still carry echoes of the past. Archaeological research has even uncovered settlements along these channels, proof that water flowed there relatively recently in historical terms (V.N. Yagodin & A.V.G. Betts, Ancient Khorezm, UNESCO 2006).
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Recommended Aral Sea Tour Itinerary
(Timing may be adjusted to your preference)
Day 1
05:00 – 06:00 → Depart from Khiva or Urgench.
07:30 – 08:00 → Visit Chilpik Kala (Tower of Silence) – a 2200-year-old Zoroastrian burial site.
09:00 – 09:30 → Explore the Nukus Savitskiy Art Museum.
12:30 – 14:30 → Lunch in Muynak, followed by a visit to the Ship Cemetery and Muynak Museum. Switch to a 4WD off-road vehicle.
17:00 – 17:30 → Discover the Ustyurt Canyons and the Tombs of Nomad Fishermen.
19:00 → Arrive at Yurt Camps on the Aral Sea shore.
Dinner under the open sky: enjoy a traditional Uzbek Palov, freshly cooked by your driver.
Day 2
07:00 – 10:00 → Breakfast, seaside walk, and sunrise photography.
10:00 – 10:30 → Visit Kurgancha Kala, a 10th-century Silk Road fortress.
11:30 – 12:00 → Return to Muynak, switch from 4WD back to a sedan.
13:30 – 14:30 → Lunch in Kungrad.
15:00 – 15:30 → Visit Mizdakhan Necropolis (14th century).
20:00 → Return to Khiva. The trip ends at your hotel, train station, or airport in Khiva, Urgench, or Nukus.
