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3-Day Aral Sea and Savitsky Museum Tour

3 Days | Private | Year-Round | Nukus, Muynak, Ustyurt Plateau, Aral Sea, Kurgancha Kala, Kubla-Ustyurt, Lake Sudochye, Kungrad, Mizdakhan, Gyaur-Kala
[Private Tours from US$ 470]

This 3-day cultural, adventure, and active tour to the Aral Sea starts from Tashkent. Half a century ago, this was a massive, full-flowing, endorheic salt lake, so enormous it could only be called a sea. Ships and fishing fleets, harvesting 34 species of fish, sailed its waters. The entire Aral coast was dotted with fishing villages, with at least a dozen fish factories, two fish canning plants, and about a hundred fish receiving points operating here. Annually, about 60,000 tons of fish were harvested from the Aral Sea. The region's life was bustling, the area was flourishing... The local population still remembers those times, but where ships once sailed, there is now a desert covered with salt marshes and dry algae, fishing villages are abandoned, and the rusted frames of abandoned ships remain. A Uzbekistan trip to the Aral Sea leaves a mixed feeling of admiration for the incredible beauty of the "Martian" landscapes of the Aral Desert and the Ustyurt Plateau, and sadness that one inevitably experiences when seeing the exposed wounds of this land.

Tour Program:

Day 1: Tashkent – Nukus
Our Uzbekistan tour package to the Aral Sea from Tashkent will begin with a morning transfer to the airport and a flight to Nukus (810 km, 1 hour 40 min.). Arrival in Uzbekistan Nukus, transfer to the hotel. Check-in at 12:00. On this day, you will visit the famous Savitsky Museum. The museum houses the world's second-largest collection of Russian avant-garde art and an exposition of Karakalpak applied art, collected by the Russian artist and philanthropist I.V. Savitsky. Next, you will have a walk through the city center, where the monument to the Karakalpak poet Berdakh, the Nukus Khokimiyat, and the Drama Theater are located. Overnight at the hotel.
*Guide services for the city tour of Nukus are not included in the tour price and are provided upon request.
** Due to ongoing renovations at the Savitsky Museum, departments with some archeology and applied art exhibits are closed indefinitely.

Day 2: Nukus – Muynak – Ustyurt Plateau – Aral Sea

Day 3: Kurgancha – Kubla-Ustyurt – Lake Sudochye – Kungrad – Mizdakhan – Gyaur-Kala – Nukus

Price Includes:

• Transfers to/from the airport in Nukus. Trip to the Aral Sea by all-wheel-drive vehicle (no more than 3 people + 1 guide in one car, airport transfer by sedan - 1-3 people);
• Accommodation in Nukus in a double/twin room with breakfast;
• Accommodation in a yurt camp on the shore of the Aral Sea;
• Entrance tickets to the Savitsky Museum, Local History Museum, and Mizdakhan Necropolis;
• Accompanying guide for the trip to the Aral Sea;
• Meals according to the program.

Price Does Not Include:

• Tour leader accompanying tourists throughout the entire tour;
• Airline tickets for the Tashkent-Nukus-Tashkent flight;
• Cost of additional services at hotels;
• Tips are not included and are at your discretion;
• Insurance policy.

Prices per person:

Prices are indicated in US$, per person for 2026. For larger groups - prices upon request.

Accommodation:

Nukus - 1 night: Zhipek Zholi or a hotel of similar level
Aral Sea - 1 night: Yurt Camp