Bukhara - Nuratau homestay 2 days 1 night tour

Tour Description

This two days trip to Nuratau Mountains offers you a chance to experience rural homestay with the mountain farmer family in the remote village of Nuratau Mountains and get to know about their daily life, traditions and customs. You will also explore the mountains, it’s flora and fauna and some local sites during short walks around the village. On the way to Bukhara we stop in an ancient city of Nurata famous for Alexander the Greats fortress ruins, local Suzani workshop and Chashma Mosque.

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION

Bukhara - Nurata- Nuratau Mountains - Samarkand

Best travel time:

From April to November

Group size:

Max - not limited. Min - 1 person

INCLUDED

Accommodation: 1 night homestay

1 Breakfast, 1 Lunch, 1 Dinner

Entrance tickets in Nurata city

Transport: Bukhara->Nurataг Mountians->Samarkand

NOT INCLUDED

Tips or other expenses

Photo, video fees in the monuments and museums

Tour details with the prices:

Bukhara - Nuratau Mountains 2 days tour

Sightseeing Highlights

World famous ceramic workshop in Gijduvan

Ancient caravan Serail - Rabati Malik

Flora and Fauna in Kyzyl Kum Desert

Remains of Alexander the Great's fortress

Day 1 Bukhara - Nurata - Nuratau Mountains

Meet at your hotel in Bukhara. On the way visit the world famous Gijduvan ceramics Museum and Narzullaev’s ceramic workshop. We will stop to see the ruins of Rabati Malik (one of most ancient caravanserai in Central Asia) which was built from 1068 to 1080 A.D. to serve as caravanserai on the Great Silk Road. Arrive in Hayat and settle in the homestay. Dinner. Overnight stay in the homestay

Day 2 Nuratau Mountains - Samarkand

Breakfast. Walking around the village. See breeding enclosure of wild endangered sheep ruins of an old village. Watch or participate in traditional meal cooking or just relax. We drive to the old oasis of Nur, modern city Nurata. Nurata is located between Bukhara and Samarkand and it serves as the connecting hub between these destinations. The city was taken over by Alexander the Great in 4th century B.C. and became the fortified town to his North West part of his empire. We will visit the ruins of this fortified wall. Also as the name “Nur Ata” means “Father of the Ray” the town contains the holy spring – “Chashma” with the mosque and other structures. After the visit we have lunch at local chayhana (tea house) and continue to Samarkand.