Aral Sea Tour From Nukus
Tour Overview
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
What's Included
Meeting Point
Pick-up from Hotel / Airport / Railway Station of Nukus
Customer Reviews
Sorry to say - don’t waste your time booking anything here. The guide/driver never came. I wrote the provider again and again and also wrote the platform more times and no reply from anyone. Don’t waste your time on this platform. My 2 kids on 7 & 10 yrs old were super sad that they didn’t get to swim in the Aral Sea and also waiting for hours in Nukus is just not fun. If I could I would give FreeTour and the guide zero stars. We haven’t even heard back regarding a refund of the 144 euro we already paid beforehand. Very Disappointing! Scam.
The Aral Sea area is worth seeing. The drive out there is long but beautiful. The company serves good food and had fun yurts to stay in. The company would like to be paid in cash and we were unaware of this. It is hard for most tourists to get over 6 million from an ATM. We had a good driver but he was not a guide. We were not assigned a guide so we had to hunt for information about what was happening and fumble around to make things happen. Floating in the Aral Sea was fun.