The “Great Sea” and its catastrophe. You will witness places that are not without reason was named as “Cemetery of Ships”.
Route: Khiva - Nukus - Mizdakhan complex – Kungrad – Muynak (lunch) - Ship Cemetery - Nukus – Khiva
Departure from Khiva (Main Gates - Ata Darwaza).
Duration: ±8.30 h drive with stops to Muynak (370 km).
Description:
- Chilpik Fortress: One of the rare monuments of Central Asia that has been preserved from the pre-Arab period. One of the only monuments where Zoroastrians performed their funeral rites leaving the bodies of the dead here.
- Mizdakhan complex: City of deaths, one of the places where formed a huge number of mausoleums, in addition many traditions of the pre Islamic period can still be seen here.
- Muynak: National cuisine lunch in Karakalpak family. In this city you can see for few time feel local social life and everywhere meet ex fishermen.
- Ships Cemetery Once one of the most popular and important cities in Uzbekistan it is now known by a sadder name as the “Cemetery of Ships”, a striking example of the consequences of human influence on nature.
- Aral Sea Museum: Place where you can get a full imagine about the fauna and flora of ex Sea.
Departure from Muynak to Khiva (or to Nukus, or to Urgench hotel / airport / railway station)