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Desert Yurt Camp Tour: Ancient Sights
4.6
11 Ratings
Bukhara
Embark on a 2-day exploration of ancient sights and natural landscapes in Nurata city. Stay in a desert yurt camp, ride camels, and discover the largest man-made Lake Aydarkul. Experience the local culture and enjoy traditional music around the campfire.
Embark on a 2-day exploration of ancient sights and natural landscapes in Nurata city. Stay in a desert yurt camp, ride camels, and discover the largest man-made Lake Aydarkul. Experience the local culture and enjoy traditional music around the campfire.
Duration:
2 days
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
Chashma - You will visit the Chashma complex that contains the ruins of Alexander the Great’s fortress, holly spring, and Friday mosque. You will be accompanied by our driver during this visit.
Chashma - You will visit the Chashma complex that contains the ruins of Alexander the Great’s fortress, holly spring, and Friday mosque. You will be accompanied by our driver during this visit.
What's Included
- Car with driver (sedan car for up to 3 people)
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Breakfast
- Traditional music performance by local bard around the fire
- Overnight stay in the Yurt camp (1 night)
- Registration
- Camel riding around the Yurt camp (20 minutes)
- Tea and coffee
- Car with driver (sedan car for up to 3 people)
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Breakfast
- Traditional music performance by local bard around the fire
- Overnight stay in the Yurt camp (1 night)
- Registration
- Camel riding around the Yurt camp (20 minutes)
- Tea and coffee
What's Not Included
- Optional camel riding to Lake Aydarkul (20$ per camel)
- Guide service
- Camera fee of 15 000 som if you take photos inside the complex
- Optional camel riding to Lake Aydarkul (20$ per camel)
- Guide service
- Camera fee of 15 000 som if you take photos inside the complex
Additional Information
Explore the ancient sights from the time of Alexander Great in Nurata city. Stay in the Yurt camp and explore the desert landscape walking around the dunes or riding on the camels. Take a walk to the desert village
Trip Highlights
Ancient sights in Nurata city
Stay in desert Yurt camp and ride on the camel Swim or stroll along the shores of…
Explore the ancient sights from the time of Alexander Great in Nurata city. Stay in the Yurt camp and explore the desert landscape walking around the dunes or riding on the camels. Take a walk to the desert village
Trip Highlights
Ancient sights in Nurata city
Stay in desert Yurt camp and ride on the camel
Swim or stroll along the shores of the Lake Aydar- This tour can be done both from Samarkand and Bukhara. You will be picked up at 9:00 from your hotel for the tour, when booking the tour please inform us about the name of your hotel where we can pick you up.
Location
Khoja Nasreddin statue
The meeting point for this tour in Bukhara is at the statue of Khoja Naseriddin near Lyabi Haus Pool. Please look for our driver holding a sign with your tour name. The tour starts at 9 AM however, please arrive at the meeting point 20 minutes prior departure.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.6
(11 Ratings)
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Lorenzock1784bk
Jun 5, 2024
Awesome desert tour - We had a great time with our guide Ikrom. Tour started in Bukhara, then visited Nurata with her fortress after a stop at an ancient sardoba. Delicious lunch in a cozy garden and after we reached our yurta camp in the desert, very nice and comfortable. Camel ride before a stunning sunset on the dune right behind our yurta and then a good dinner. Before going to bed a folkloristic entertainment around the fire with live kazak music.
Next morning after breakfast we visited a desert village near the camp and then some relax and swimming in the huge Ayadarkul lake, where we also had lunch with fresh fish from the lake. After that we headed to Samarkand to end our trip.
Fantastic tour in lonely places far from the crowds, and Ikrom has been an awesome guide and driver to spend some time talking with.
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Lorenzo_c
Jun 5, 2024
Awesome desert tour - We had a great time with our guide Ikrom. Tour started in Bukhara, then visited Nurata with her fortress after a stop at an ancient sardoba. Delicious lunch in a cozy garden and after we reached our yurta camp in the desert, very nice and comfortable. Camel ride before a stunning sunset on the dune right behind our yurta and then a good dinner. Before going to bed a folkloristic entertainment around the fire with live kazak music.
Next morning after breakfast we visited a desert village near the camp and then some relax and swimming in the huge Ayadarkul lake, where we also had lunch with fresh fish from the lake. After that we headed to Samarkand to end our trip.
Fantastic tour in lonely places far from the crowds, and Ikrom has been an awesome guide and driver to spend some time talking with.
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Olga
May 7, 2024
Yurta tour - It was an amazing tour. Thank you very much to your guide and driver Erkin from Buchara.. It was very funny to have time together ! A great experience!
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Hidekazun2023
Oct 11, 2023
Stayed in Desert - Drived Along and Walked Around - It was miracle to me to visit the nice place and have fun as I had had only a bit time to prepare. Walking in the desert was exciting and relaxing. The night was beautiful and exotic.
I really appreciate the tour and the driver. He was really a nice guide to show me a wonderful village and historical places and diligent translator there as well as a good driver.
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K5905qcdanielas
Sep 4, 2023
two days in the desert in a Yurt - We did the nurata-yurt-camp-tour-2days tour, a very nice experience and, despite being organized by a Tour Operator, it was very authentic. Meeting local people, having the chance to see how they live is very interesting.
The Uzbek desert is still very little touristy but the structures present give the opportunity to enjoy the excursion.
If you decide on a tour to Uzbekistan with this agency, ask for Ikrom, a reliable driver (very important for how they drive in Uzbekistan and for the rough roads you will travel on), friendly and very helpful. Speak a little English, understanding each other won't be a problem.
The only thing that is not very Uzbek are the prices, calculated on excursions as if they were in Europe.
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850daisyz
Aug 23, 2023
A MUST DO - Excellent cuisine, beautiful day with the Uzbeks of the camp, beautiful singing around the fire and the driver a perfect guide, we had fun as if he had left Italy with us for this unforgettable holiday!
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C1688tvanag
Jul 23, 2023
Great opportunity to visit the Kyzyl Kum desert - Our wonderful and friendly driver Ikrom took us from Samarkand to Norata, where we had lunch, and then to the yurt camp. We swam in the Aydar Lake, listened to music next to the fire, watched the stars, rode in camel, ate great food and got to know how people live in the desert. I thoroughly recommend this tour.
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857ariannag
May 6, 2023
Best tour in Uzbekistan - Our 2 days tour was great. We were paired with Ykram as driver and he has been fantastic. He was a great driver but also a very knowledgeable guide, and we loved he shared so many information with us.
Even if his English might not have been 100% he really explained us a lots of things, showed us the wildlife in the desert and really went an extra mile to make us enjoying our tour.
We enjoyed every minute of our tour: the yurta was great and the food was amazing.
The booking process was also super reliable and our driver was early on the pick up day.
The yurta camp has toilets and shower facilities, however remember to pack something warm for the night.
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854nica
Oct 30, 2022
Great Tour! - Our tour guide was very friendly, spoke English and was very knowledgable. The tour was great, we saw much local wildlife in the desert, the camel rides were a highlight as was the musical performance in the evening. The food was also good and the yurt camp was comfortable. Can definitely recommend!
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Jorge_m
Aug 22, 2022
Worst Experience EVER - Worst experience EVER!! It has been a terrible experience this tour . The guide did not speak English at all, it was imposible to communicate with him. Then the music show , please you need to be serious, it was a guy that didn’t even want to wear the traditional clothes. You mention it was a show around the fire ? What fire ?? There was no fire!!! This is a nightmare and I paid 250 euros!!!
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