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The Kyzylkum, a night in a yurt

Between Samarkand and Bukhara stretches the Kyzylkum, the “red sands”. The day starts in Nurata, below the fortress attributed to Alexander the Great, then reaches Lake Aydarkul, formed in 1969 by a flood of the Syr Darya.

Days 61 night
Kyzylkum
01On the itinerary

Kyzylkum

In the evening, the Yangikazgan yurt camp: dinner in the open air, Akyn singing around the fire and a night under the starriest sky of the trip. Yurts sleep five to six people.

02What you see
  1. Alexander the Great’s fortress in Nurata
  2. The Hassan and Hussein mosque and its sacred spring
  3. The Kyzylkum dunes on Bactrian camels
  4. Open-air dinner and Akyn singing
  5. A night in a yurt (shared accommodation)
03The other stops

The other stops

3 nightsBukharaMore than a hundred and forty monuments, the Kalon minaret and the trading domes.Learn more 1 nightKhivaItchan Kala: an entire city behind its mud-brick walls.Learn more 2 nightsTashkentThe capital: grand squares, the Navoi opera and a metro decorated station by station.Learn more 3 nightsSamarkandThe Registan, Gur-e-Amir, Shah-i-Zinda. World Heritage since 2001.Learn more passing throughShakhrisabzTamerlane’s birthplace and the remains of his white palace, Ak-Saray.Learn more

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