Aralkum Expedition: Where the Water Once Was
This isn't a classic holiday — it's a true 4×4 jeep adventure. We'll drive where roads end and signal disappears, to witness the grandeur of the Ustyurt Plateau and the tragedy of the Aral Sea. You'll descend to the seabed of a former ocean, touch the rusted ships of Muynak and visit the mystical Mizdakhkan necropolis.
Total disconnection awaits: a night in a traditional yurt, dinner around a campfire and landscapes that feel like Mars. We handle the hard logistics, including flights to Nukus, so you can experience this stark beauty in safety.
Yurts are traditional nomadic dwellings. Each yurt holds 4–6 people, with men and women housed separately. Only 5 two-person yurts are available at the camp — please request one in advance if needed.
About the tour
Three days in one of the planet's most unexpected landscapes. Tashkent–Nukus flight, Savitsky Museum, then 200 km north — to Muynak and the ship graveyard amid salt desert.
Night at a traditional yurt camp, dinner under the Ustyurt stars, return through plateau canyons.
Day-by-day program
Transfer to the airport for the domestic flight to Nukus. Journey to the Aral Sea (450 km, about 8 hours in 4×4 jeeps through terrain with no mobile coverage). First stop — Muynak: visit to the ship graveyard and museum with a video on the history of the Aral Sea. Lunch at a guesthouse. Continuation across the dried seabed to the Ustyurt Plateau canyon with sweeping views. Drive to the yurt camp on the Aral shore. Dinner and overnight in yurts.