13 Day Aral Sea and Along the Silk Road

Tashkent

Pick up from Airport Transfer to hotel

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

12.00 Transfer to sightseeing to city with a break to the lunch: MingUrik is an ancient settlement on the territory of Tashkent (Legend says that once the mighty city of Chach towered on this place. But the city was haunted by misfortunes, it burned in fires more than once, as the invaders constantly disturbed its peace. Each time, the city rose from the ashes, but one day the inhabitants decided to leave this cursed place forever and settle elsewhere). Complex Hazrati Imam in the Old city (The Qur'an of Uthman, or the Qur'an of Uthman, or the Samarkand Kufic Qur'an, is the oldest surviving manuscript of the Qur'an, believed to have been stained with the blood of the third caliph, Uthman. It is kept in Tashkent in the Muyi Muborak Madrasah, which is part of the Ensemble of Hazrati Imam).

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Nukus

Transfer to Airport Flight to Nukus

3 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Nukus

Visit Savitskiy Museum (The State Museum of Arts named after I.V. Savitsky (Karakalpak State Museum of Arts), one of the largest museums in Uzbekistan, is located in the capital of the Karakalpak Autonomous Republic - Nukus. The museum's collection is recognized as the second in the world in terms of importance and volume among the collections of works of the Russian avant-garde, as well as the best art collection in the Asian region. Since 1991, the museum has been awarded the first international category, which puts the museum on a par with the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum and the Hermitage)

2 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Nukus

Afternoon sightseeing (about 23 km): Mizdakhan complex - The necropolis is considered almost the most ancient cemetery in Central Asia, because its age is more than 2 thousand years. Mausoleum Erezhep Khalifa is considered one of the most mysterious and mysterious historical sites. There are legends and tales about him, and thousands of pilgrims come to this place to prolong life on Earth. How is this possible? There is an ancient legend that it is in this mausoleum that the “world clock” is located, leading the count of all life on Earth. Each year, one brick falls from a building, and when all fall completely, the world will end. Thousands of believers fold little pyramids out of 7 bricks, sincerely believing that this will prolong worldly life and fulfill cherished desires.

3 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Depart early in the morning to the Aral Sea (500 km) spending 10 hrs. The Aral Sea (the drying sea) was the fourth largest lake in the world. The Aral Sea is a large endorheic salt water body with characteristic marine and lake features. Its age is about 140 thousand years. The drying up of the Aral Sea is one of the largest environmental disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries.

6 Hours • Admission Ticket Included

Ships Cemetery

Early in the morning depart from the camp base to Moynak through the bottom of the dried sea. Arrival to Moynak sightseeing of the ship cemetery.

6 Hours • Admission Ticket Included

Khiva

Sightseeing tour in Khiva: Kunya-Ark fortress, including Kurinish Khana (17c); Mohammed-Amin-Khan(19c) Madrassah, Islam Khodja Minaret; Palvan-Kari complex, Abd Al Bobo complex(18c), Rafanek Madrassah, Mohammed Rakim Khan (19 c), Amir-Tur Madrassah, Sho-I-Kalandar Bobo Mausoleum. Lunch Sightseeing tour in Khiva: Mazary Sharif Madrassah, Kheivak well (10c), Uch Avlioli (“three saints”) Mausoleum, Juma Mosque (18c), Kutluq-Murad Inaq (19c) Madrassah, Pakhlavan Mahmoud Mausoleum, Tash Hauli (“stone yard”) Palace, Alla-Kuli-Khan (18c), Arab Mohammed Khan (18 c) Madrassahs.

6 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bukhara

Transfer from hotel to train Train to Bukhara Transfer train to hotel

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Bukhara

City tour around Bukhara: Ark Citadel (VI-XX cc), Monument of medieval Bukhara – Bolo Hauz Ensemble, Poi Kalyan ensemble (XII-XIX cc), Miri Arab madrasah, Ulugbek madrasah, Abdulazizkhan madrasah, Shopping Mall (Toki Zargaron, Toki Telpak Furrushon, Toki Saraffon), Lyabi-Hauz (It’s the largest artificial reservoir of medieval Bukhara) Dinner in Medreseh Nodir Divan Begi with Folklore show.

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Transfer to Paykent - Sixty kilometers from Bukhara are the ruins of the Paykend settlement, occupying an area of about twenty hectares. Some sources say that Paykend, unlike other cities of Central Asia, did not have a ruler. It was a kind of "merchant republic" where the silk trade flourished. But after the conquest of Central Asia by the Arabs, Paykent became in the 8th century one of the largest centers of the Bukhara oasis for the fight against nomads. Paykent is often referred to as the "Pompeii of Asia". The city was swallowed up by the desert, which explains the fact that it, gradually covered with sand, is well preserved.

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Included

Samarkand

Transfer hotel to train Train to Samarkand Transfer train to hotel

4 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Samarkand

City tour around Samarkand with a break to the lunch: Shakhi Zinda Necropolis – the Burial places of Tamerlan’s relatives (XII-XVI cc), Gur Emir - Mausoleum with the tomb of Tamerlan (XIV-XV cc), Mosque Bibi Khanim (XV cc), Place of Registan (XV-XVII cc),

3 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Samarkand

Visiting the ruins of ancient capital of Samarkand with a break to the lunch – Afrosiab and Historical museum, Burial place of Saint Doniyor (The Prophet Daniel is revered by three world religions. He is one of the four great prophets of Israel in Judaism, a prophet whose Book was included in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible and a prophet in the Islamic tradition. Khoja Daniyar (Daniel) was born in Jerusalem in 603 BC. and came from the line of kings David and Solomon. When Israel in 586 B.C. was captured by the king of Babylonia, Nebuchadnezzar. The place is an object of pilgrimage, both for local residents and visitors from all over the world. In 1996, the late Patriarch of All Rus' Alexy II, who arrived in Samarkand, visited the Mausoleum and consecrated it. They say that after the consecration, the pistachio tree, which was considered dry, bloomed again near the Mausoleum ), Mirzo Ulugbek Observatory, bazaar.

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tashkent

Transfer hotel to train Train to Tashkent Transfer train to hotel

3 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tashkent

Sightseeing tour in Tashkent; Kukeldash Madrassah, Visit to Chor-Su – oriental market (handicraft bazaar), Mustakillik Square (Independence Square), Amir Temur Square, Monument to Courage, Halklar Dustligi Square, Monument to Alisher Navoi,

3 Hours • Admission Ticket Free

Tashkent

Transfer from hotel to airport

5 Hours • Admission Ticket Free