Two days in the Nuratau mountains — a guided hike through the high pastures, then a night with a village family in Asraf, eating what they cook and staying overnight in a village family home.
The main activity is a moderate mountain hike of about 12 km, roughly 4 hours. You stay in a village family home with shared bathroom facilities, not a hotel.
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Private tour — price per person depends on group size:
| 1 traveler | $325 / person |
| 2 travelers | $195 / person |
| 3 travelers | $150 / person |
| 4 travelers | $165 / person |
| 5 travelers | $145 / person |
| 6 travelers | $130 / person |
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A two-day break from monument tourism. The Nuratau mountains rise north of Samarkand, and the villages tucked into their valleys run a community-based homestay network — you stay in a real family house, not a guesthouse built for tourists.
Day one is the drive up and a guided hike across the ridges above Asraf village, with rock carvings along the way. Day two is deliberately slow: breakfast with the family, time to wander or bake bread with your host, a last lunch, then the drive home.
It is roughly 200–220 km each way, about 3–4 hours, on a road that climbs steadily out of the Zarafshan valley into the hills.
Pickup from your hotel and the drive north towards the Nuratau mountains, via Jizzakh.
Lunch at a local restaurant on the way to the mountains.
A guided hike across the ridges and pastures above the village, passing rock carvings cut into the stone along the way.
Arrive at the homestay and settle in. Simple rooms in a working family house.
Dinner with the host family — whatever is cooking that evening.
Breakfast with the family.
Time around the village, or a short guided walk if you would rather keep moving.
A last home-cooked lunch before the drive.
The return drive down out of the mountains.
Door-to-door drop-off at your hotel, around 5 PM.
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