Before the beginning of shallowing, the Aral Sea was considered as the fourth largest lake in the world. Shallowing started in 1960 has continued to these days. The level of the water has decreased approximately to 30 meters. On our tour you can visit the graveyard of ships, spend the night in a tent camp and ride on the bottom of the Aral Sea to the settlement Muinak.
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Day 1. Nukus - Qungrad - Plateau Ustyurt- Aral Sea
- Meeting with the guide in the lobby of the hotel
- Drive to Qundrad
- Qungrand – Raushan – Raushan rise on Plateau Ustyurt
- Raushan rise on Plateau Ustyurt – The Sudoche lake. The lake, where there were works on preserving the lake and run international and local projects. The lake where the majority of migrant birds make their nests. Where there stay even pink flamingo. If we are lucky, then we can meet some local fishermen with some fishes
- Lunch on the lake
- Aral sea. Photographing canyons
- Dinner about the fire
- Night in the campside
Day 2. Aral Sea - Muynak-Nukus
- Breakfast in the campside
- Walk along the sea beach. Photographing
- Aral Sea – Muynak. (Through the former seabed)
- Visiting the monument to the victims of the World War II. Noawadays it is symbolically dedicated to The Aral Sea and which is the highest poinf of Muynak. From there you can see the panoramic view of the city and the seabed
- Visiting «The cemetery of the ships»
- Visiting museum The House of Culture of Muynak, where you can see works of 2 artists who came to Karakalpakstan, and depicted The Aral Sea and The Amudarya river
- Lunch at a guest house in Muynak. Possibility to see and get acquainted with the daily life of the local karakalpak family
- Muynak – The Necropolis of Mizdahkan (The Hodjeyli region)
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Excursion:
MizdahkanKhalifa Erejep (9-11 cc)Jumart kassab moundMazlumkhan sulu mausoleum (13-14 cc)Shamin Nabi mausoleum- Hodjeyli – Nukus
- Check-in the hotel.
End of "Travel to the Aral Sea" tour!
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The cost of the tour is available on request
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The price includes:
- Accommodation in yurt or in tents
- Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner as per the itinerary
- Comfortable transport (JEEP) with air conditioning
- All transfers to / from the airport, to / from the station
- Excursion program as per itinerary
- Local guide as per itinerary
- Entrance tickets to historical sites, according to the program
The price does not include:
- International flight
- Photo and video shooting on the territory of monuments
- Tip
- Health insurance
Complementary:
- Identification of a personal senior manager who will carry out all the work from the development of the trip to its completion
- 24 hour tourist support
- 0.5l mineral water every day for a tourist
-We reserve the right to make changes to the program or replace excursions without changing the number of services provided.
- The route can be changed if there is a change in the schedule of flights or state visits, as well as new bans on visiting historical and / or protected areas