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By Asli Travel

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Free cancellation available
Price is £520 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

    • Explore the Aral Sea
    • Visit the Ship Cemetery
    • Discover the Ustyurt Plateau
    • Spend the night in a yurt camp

Activity location

    • Nukus
    • Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Nukus
    • Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

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Lost Paradise - 2-Day/1-Night Aral Sea Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 days2d
    2d
  • English
Price details
£305.16 x 2 Adults£610.32
Total
Price is £610.32

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Included:
  • Inclusions
    4 meals during the tour (1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner)
  • Inclusions
    1 night in a yurt camp
  • Inclusions
    4x4 vehicle
  • Inclusions
    Entry tickets to Aral Sea Museum
  • Exclusions
    Not included:
  • Exclusions
    Medical insurance
  • Exclusions
    Alcoholic drink
  • Exclusions
    Other personal expenses not specified in the programme

Know before you book

    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

  • Day 1:
    Departure from Nukus city (from your hotel/airport/railway station).
    Start: As you indicated when booking (an earlier start is recommended in summer). Time can be changed by request of traveller.
    It takes a 7-hour drive with stops to the Yurt Camp at the Aral Sea (±400 km).

    Route: Nukus - Mizdakhan complex – Kungrad – Muynak (lunch) – Uchsay village – Aral Sea (dried part - dried-up seabed) – Ustyurt Plateau – Aral Sea (Yurt camp, dinner, night in Yurt)
    Description:

    • Mizdakhan complex: The City of Deaths is home to a huge number of mausoleums. In addition, many traditions from the pre-Islamic period can still be seen here.
    • Muynak: National cuisine lunch in Karakalpak family. Visiting Cemetery of ships and Ecological museum of Muynak.
    • Aral Sea (dried-up seabed): we will pass along the dried-up seabed of the Aral Sea itself, you can see, touch, walk and feel the disaster of Aral Sea, because there's no water here.
    • Aral Sea: While dinner is cooked over an open fire, travellers may enjoy swimming, hiking, relaxing together around the campfire, and observing the Milky Way under the clear sky after dinner.
      Night in Yurt Camp

    Day 2:
    Breakfast and departure (the departure point is not displayed on the map)
    It takes an 8-hour drive towards Nukus (±400 km). Approximate time of arrival 17:00
    Route: Aral Sea – Davlatgirey caravanserai (Kurgancha kala) – Ustyurt Plateau – Sudochie lake – Kungrad (lunch) – Nukus
    Description:

    • Davlatgirey caravanserai (Kurgancha kala): an abandoned trading caravanserai
    • Ustyurt Plateau: The mysterious and inscrutable Ustyurt Plateau is a place where you can see Uzbekistan’s white-shaded ‘Grand Canyons’. Furthermore, 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. For this reason it's a favourite place for hunters.
    • Kungrad: On the way, in Kungrad area we will make a picnic lunch.
    • Nukus: Arrival to Hotel / Airport / Railway Station

Location

Activity location

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    • Nukus
    • Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Nukus
    • Nukus, Republic of Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan