Nuratau Mountains Hiking Tour – 3 days
Stay in traditional rural homestays, get to know the traditions and daily livelihood activities of local people, and explore picturesque mountains with this 3 days hiking tour to the Nuratau Mountains. You will also have a chance to explore lake Aydarkul and Kyzilikum steppe during this tour.
Trip Highlights
- Experience a stay with the village families and try different traditional meals
- Drive through Kyzyl-Kum and visit Central Asia’s biggest manmade lake Aydarkul
- Get to know the local customs and traditions
- Learn to cook Central Asian main dish Plov
Best time: March-end of June, September-November
Quick Itinerary
Day 1- Samarkand or Bukhara – Asraf village
At 9:00 be picked up by our driver from your hotel and drive to Asraf village. Arrive in Asraf village by lunchtime and settle in the homestay. In the afternoon, walk around to get to know the village and people, relax on the tapchan or supa under the walnut trees. Help or watch to prepare a traditional dish
Day 2 – Asraf –Sentob village
Leave Asraf via Lake Aydarkul to the next mountain village Sentob. Drive through vast Kyzyl-Kum steppes and arrive at the lake. Watch the rich aquatic birdlife, swim, or just stroll along the lakeshores.
Continue to Sentob village. Hiking tour around the village.
Day 3 – Sentob – Bukhara or Samarkand
After breakfast, leave for your next destination.
END OF THE PROGRAM
Price & Service
| Number of People | 1 | 2-3 | 4-12 |
| Price per person | EUR 260 | EUR 170 | EUR 160 |
For groups greater than 3 people –price upon request
- 2 nights accommodation in the homestays
- 2 Breakfasts, 2 Lunches, 2 Dinners
- 1 day mountain escort guide service (with basic English)
- Registration
- Transport:Samarkand/Bukhara-villages-Bukhara/Samarkand
What’s not Included
- Additional tours and activities not mentioned in the itinerary
- Tips
- Items of personal nature
While visiting Nuratau Mountains please be respectful of local traditions and follow our Countryside Behaviour Rules.
Extension trips and extra activities which can be combined with the above tour
Yurt stay and camel riding near the Lake Aydarkul
Price
1 person – EUR 100
2 persons – EUR 75 per person
3 persons – EUR 65 per person
Price includes
- 1 night Yurt stay including all meals and registration
- 20 minutes of camel riding
- Trip by car to Lake Aydarkul
- Transport to/ from Yurt Camp
Alexander the Great’s fortress and holly spring in Nurata city
Price
1 person – EUR 15
2 persons – EUR 10 per person
3 persons – EUR 5 per person
Price includes:
- Entrance tickets in Nurata city
- Transport to/ from Nurata
Petroghlyps in Sarmish Gorge
Price:
1 person – EUR 30
2 persons – EUR 25 per person
3 persons – EUR 20 per person
Price includes:
- Entrance tickets to Sarmish Gorge
- Transport to/ from Sarmish
Day 1- Samarkand or Bukhara – Asraf village
At 9:00 be picked up by our driver from your hotel and drive to Asraf village. Arrive in Asraf village by lunchtime and settle in the homestay. The homestays have a large garden with many fruit trees where you can spend some time relaxing on one of the tapchans (comfortable tea beds) or on a supa (traditional loom-built tea bed). After having settled, your host will show you their facilities. Lunch. After lunch, walk around the village and get to know the daily livelihood activities of the people living in these remote valleys. In the afternoon, you have an opportunity to watch or help the family in the preparation of traditional dish Plov from homegrown vegetables and mountain spices. Dinner with your hosts.
Overnight stay in a local homestay.
Day 2 - Asraf -Sentob
After Breakfast, prepare for the departure to the next Nuratau village.
9:00 Transfer by car to Sentob village, on the way, visit lake Aydarkul. On the main Nurata-Jizzakh tar road branch off near Andigen village to the dirt road which takes you through vast Kyzyl-Kum steppes to the lake Aydar. Driving through Kyzyl-Kum you might spot steppe tortoises, hares, and desert agamas. Arrive at the lake, depending on the time of the year you can have a swim, walk along the lakeshore or watch the rich aquatic birdlife (cranes, pelicans, many duck and goose species, and numerous waders, etc.). At the lake, you will meet many fishermen from villages nearby.
12:00 Leave for Sentob village. Arrive in a homestay in Sentob village.
Your host welcomes you and shows you the homestay facilities. Almost all the houses in Sentob village have large gardens with the river passing through. Settle in a homestay. Lunch with the local family. After lunch, wander around the village to see the mosque, local school, village shop, and the building style of the local houses. Sentob is one of the few villages where almost all the houses are built in the traditional way using local rocks. Wandering through the village is a fantastic way to see villagers doing their daily activities. You will meet many friendly and curious villagers willing to talk to you.
In the afternoon, you have free time to chat with your host family. You may also watch or participate in traditional cooking practices. Dinner with your host family.
Overnight stay in a homestay in Sentob.
Day 3 - Sentob – Bukhara or Samarkand
Breakfast. Say goodbye to your host and leave for the next destination.
END OF THE PROGRAM
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