Asraf and Hayat homestays, a guided hike via Uhum, lunch at Aydarkul Lake and a yurt night. Finish via Nurata, Rabati Malik and Gijduvan; Bukhara arrival around 17:00–18:00.
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Private tour — price per person depends on group size:
| 1 traveler | $660 / person |
| 2 travelers | $435 / person |
| 3 travelers | $360 / person |
| 4 travelers | $395 / person |
| 5 travelers | $365 / person |
| 6 travelers | $290 / person |
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Leave Samarkand at 09:00 for Asraf: lunch, a village walk, optional cooking with your hosts, dinner and the first homestay night.
On Day 2, take a guided walk from Asraf via Uhum to Hayat, with lunch in Uhum and luggage transferred by road. Allow roughly 6–7 hours including lunch and breaks, depending on the trail and walking pace. Dinner and the second night are in Hayat.
Day 3: breakfast, then Aydarkul Lake for lunch, a shoreline walk and seasonal swimming. Continue to the yurt camp for a camel ride, dinner, music and overnight.
Day 4: breakfast, then Nurata sightseeing, a separately paid lunch break, Rabati Malik and Gijduvan ceramics. Arrive in Bukhara around 17:00–18:00.
Pickup with luggage and the drive north into the Nuratau foothills.
Arrive in Asraf and settle in with your host family.
Lunch with the family.
An easy walk around Asraf — orchards, channels and the ridge you cross tomorrow.
Join the family in the kitchen if you want to, or sit out the afternoon.
Dinner with your hosts.
Breakfast before the walk.
About 12 km across high pastures and ridges, through the village of Uhum and down into Hayat, with a local mountain guide. Rock carvings appear on the hillsides along the way. Guided Asraf → Uhum → Hayat walk; distance and duration depend on the trail and walking pace.
Included lunch with a village family during the guided walk. Continue to Hayat afterwards; timing depends on walking pace.
Arrive in Hayat and meet your second host family.
A gentle walk around the village with your host.
Dinner with the family.
Breakfast before leaving the mountains.
Out of the hills and north into the desert.
A vast lake in the middle of the Kyzylkum, formed in 1969. Swim in the warm months, walk the shoreline, and eat a picnic lunch by the water.
Settle into a traditional felt yurt at the desert camp.
A short Bactrian camel ride across the dunes as the sun drops — first-time riders welcome.
Dinner cooked by the camp hosts.
Traditional music round the campfire, and a remarkably dark sky afterwards.
Breakfast at the camp.
South-west across the desert towards Nurata.
The Chashma holy spring with its sacred carp and old mosque, a suzani embroidery workshop, and the hilltop ruins of the Nur fortress — attributed to Alexander the Great in the 4th century BC.
Time for lunch at a local restaurant. This fourth-day lunch is not included in the tour price.
Visit the historic caravanserai before continuing west to Gijduvan.
Visit a working ceramics workshop before the final drive to Bukhara.
Drop-off at your Bukhara hotel around 17:00–18:00, depending on traffic and visit durations.
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The same mountains and hike, without the desert yurt night.
Just the desert half — Aydarkul and a yurt night between the two cities.