Discover the Aral Sea in 2 days and 1 night
Daytrip Duration: 2 days and 1 night
Sightseeing time: 5-6 hours
Driving time: 12 hours
Driving Distance: 650 km.
Included:
Transportation: 4WD;
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 has been reduced to only a shadow of its former size due to extensive irrigation, which has seriously depleted the flow of the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers – the two lifelines that once fed the sea.
Over thousands of years, however, the Aral Sea has also gone through many natural changes. The courses of the rivers have constantly shifted, and satellite images clearly show traces of ancient riverbeds flowing into different parts of the sea. At times, they bypassed the Aral Sea altogether, turning south and west to reach the Caspian Sea. These now-dry channels cut across the desert, yet archaeological discoveries of settlements along their banks prove that water flowed here relatively recently in historical terms (V.N. Yagodin & A.V.G. Betts, Ancient Khorezm, UNESCO 2006).
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Recommended Aral Sea Itinerary
(Timings are flexible and can be adjusted to your preference)
Day 1
08:00 – 09:00 → Start the tour in Nukus (pick-up from hotel, airport, or train station).
12:00 – 14:00 → Visit the Muynak Ship Cemetery and the Muynak History Museum, followed by lunch in Muynak.
16:00 – 16:30 → Explore the Great Ustyurt Canyons and the Tombs of Nomad Fishermen.
18:30 → Arrive at Yurt Camps on the Aral Sea shore for overnight stay.
Enjoy a traditional Uzbek Palov dinner, freshly prepared by your driver.
Dinner is served under the open sky with a beautiful view of the Aral Sea.
Day 2
07:00 – 10:00 → Breakfast, a peaceful walk along the seashore, and time to take stunning sunrise photos.
10:00 – 10:30 → Visit Kurgancha Kala, a 10th-century Silk Road fortress.
13:30 – 14:00 → Lunch in Kungrad town.
15:00 – 15:30 → Explore the Mizdakhan Necropolis (14th century).
16:00 – 17:00 → Visit the world-famous Nukus Savitskiy Art Museum.
17:00 – 17:30 → End of the tour with drop-off at your hotel, train station, or airport in Nukus, according to your request.
