Extended Uzbekistan with a Desert Yurt Camp — 12 Days
Picture a night with no city lights at all — just a campfire, a yurt, and a sky packed with stars over Lake Aydarkul. This tour takes everything that works about classic Uzbekistan and adds what standard programs leave out: a genuine night in the Kyzylkum desert, tucked between Bukhara and Samarkand.
Route
Tashkent → Nukus → ancient Khorezm → Khiva → Bukhara → Nurata (yurt camp) → Samarkand → Tashkent.
Why this tour
- Our only route with a night at a yurt camp by Lake Aydarkul — a mystical oasis amid the Kyzylkum sands.
- Full coverage: from the Savitsky Museum in Nukus in the west to Registan Square in Samarkand — a geographic range rarely found in one tour.
- A pottery masterclass in Gijduvan on the way to the camp turns a transit day into hands-on craft, not just driving.
- 12 days is enough to see the whole country without turning the trip into a marathon.
Day by day
- Arrival in Tashkent, check-in, free day.
- Flight to Nukus.
- Nukus: the Savitsky Museum, the world’s largest collection of Soviet-banned avant-garde art. Drive through ancient Khorezm monuments to Khiva.
- Khiva: Ichan-Kala, the Kunya-Ark fortress, the Tash-Khauli palace.
- Drive to Bukhara across the Kyzylkum desert.
- Bukhara: the Samanid mausoleum, the Ark fortress, the Poi-Kalyan ensemble.
- Bukhara continued: countryside sites, a folklore show with a national dinner.
- Drive to Nurata — a pottery masterclass in Gijduvan along the way, evening at the yurt camp by Lake Aydarkul, dinner under a star-filled sky.
- Drive to Samarkand.
- Samarkand: Registan Square, the Gur-Emir mausoleum, the Bibi-Khanym mosque.
- Train to Tashkent.
- Transfer to the airport, departure.
Included (placeholder — confirm before publishing)
- Tashkent–Nukus domestic flight, Samarkand–Tashkent train
- Guide in each city, entrance tickets per itinerary
- Breakfasts, a yurt-camp night with dinner, the Gijduvan masterclass, a folklore show in Bukhara, a farewell lunch in Samarkand
- Comfortable transport throughout the tour
Not included
- International flights, insurance
- Meals not listed in the itinerary
Confirmed hotel categories, guaranteed departure dates and the final price are arranged with your travel consultant at booking.
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