Life As Nomads - Yurt Camp Tour with Night from Samarkand

Asli Travel

This program allows you to feel the spirit of the "Red Desert" and its beautiful flora. One of the best places to relax from the bustle of the city and where you can see the Milky Way at the clear sky

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Departure from Samarkand.
It takes 4-5 hours drive with stops to the Yurt Camp at the Aydarkul Lake (±250 km).
Route: Samarkand - Nurota - Yurt Camp (dinner, songs of local nomads around the campfire, dancing, night in Yurt)
Description:

Day 1:
- Nurota complex: In this place you can see the ruins of an Ancient Citadel of Alexander the construction of which is prescribed to Alexander Great. Furthermore, there are 2 mosques of XVI th century. In the center there is a pond where numerous fish live but it is forbidden to catch them.
- Aydarkul Lake: Lunch at the lake shore, swimming if the weather allows (Yurt Camp base keep the rights change lunch location from Lake Shore to Yurt Camp).
- Yurt Camp: while dinner is cooked, travelers may enjoy camel riding, watch the sunset, and after dinner relax in a company at the camp fire listening to folk songs of local nomads, than explore the milky way in the clear sky.
- Night in Yurt Camp

Day 2:
Breakfast and free time for a walk on the dunes.
Departure.
It takes 4-5 hours drive towards Bukhara (±270 km).
Approximate time of arrival 18:00
Route: Yurt Camp - Sarmish (petroglyphs) - Navai (ancient caravanserai and water reserve) – Bukhara
Description:
- Sarmish: Along the way on a small hill you can see petroglyphs where different animals are depicted
- Navai: Visit the an ancient 14th century caravanserai and a nearby underground reservoir where rain and melting snow flows.
- Bukhara: Arrival to Hotel / Airport / Railway Station