Aral Sea Companions wanted for May 4/5

Hi All!

My wife and I want to go to the Aral see on a jeep tour from Nukus.

We plan to do it on May 4-5.

The tour costs around 400-500 usd and the jeep can take up to 4 passengers, so we would like to find two more companions to split the expenses.

If anyoone wants to join, plese frop me a message.

Thanks,

Dmitry

Hi Bedrin!

We are also planning to do the Aral Sea trip, but a couple of days later (arrive in Tashkent around May 1, do the classic trip Samarkand - Bukhara - Khiva, and then to Aral Sea via Nukus, would be around May 8-9).

Where did you find the trip, how many days is it?

Thanks for any information

Balint

Hi Balint,

I have contacted Ayim Tour - they are mentioned in LP guide book.
http://www.ayimtour.com/

Here's the tour description:

The description of this tour is:

Day 1
Depart hotel towards Aral Sea early in the morning. 9 hours drive will goes through following route Nukus - Kungrad - Plato Ustyurt - Sudochye Lake-Aral Sea. En route stop at Mizdakhan Mausoleum and Gaur-Kala Fortress. Arrival to Aral Sea is a little bit before the dusk. Driver will pitch a camp until you explore the surroundings. Enjoy your open air dinner. Overnight in Tent.
Day 2
You can shoot some great photos early in the morning at dawn. After breakfast visit to picturesque canyons of Ustyurt and drive towards Moynaq through the dried bottom of the sea. On arrival in Moynaq visit the graveyard of Ships in ex-shore of the Aral Sea and town museum. After visits drive to Nukus (210 km, 3 hours) and on arrival transfer to hotel for overnight. Overnight in Nukus.

The price of this tour is (for 4 person):

JEEP - $ 480/per car (four persons)
Tent – 1 (for two person) - $10/per two person
Sleeping bag - 1 - $3/per person
Meals - 1 - $36/per person (included: 1-lunch, 1-dinner, 1-breakfast)
Travel guide (if needed) - $50 per day
For the tour you will spend 1 and a half day.

Transport: total length of the road -900 km: JEEP- 480 USD (for 4 person)

I am afraid we cannot make it on May 8/9 since we are arriving to Urgench and going theclassic trip opposite way to Tashkent

BR,
Dmitry

Hi Dmitry,

Could you do the trip 3-4 May (so one day earlier than you planned)?

We arrive in Tashkent on 2 May, and could fly over to Urgench that evening, arriving in Urgench at 21.10. I understand with a shared taxi it is 1,5-2 hours to Nukus, so we would be around 23.30 in Nukus. We could take the trip with you on 3-4 May.

Rgs,
Balint

Hi Dmitry,

Or even better, we would fly 2 May in the morning to Urgenech, visit Khiva on 2-3 May, and travel 3 May evening to Nukus, where we would depart 4-5 May to the Aral Sea trip. This way, we would be in for 4-5 May.

Awainting your reply.

Balint

Hi Balint,

That's great! We also arrive to Urgench on May 2nd in the morning.
I'll ping you in facebook or with a private message here to discuss the details!

BR,
Dmitry

Ok great! Friend me on facebook (Balint Damosy, I am the only one with this name :-)), and we can communicate through FB messenger.

Balint, I have pinged you on Facebook!

hi bedrin,

i've replied to you on tripadvisor (and did get your reply as well), but was wondering if you're able to squeeze in one more person into your group?

i will arr in nukus mon 4 may morning around 9:45am....

have contacted ayim tours @ jipek joli hotel, but to no avail!

thanks,
yumi

Hi Yumi,

I'm afraid the jeep cannot take one more person - we have asked them if we can take a guide and they guy from the tour agency replied that the jeep can take only 4 persons and a driver.

thanks for your quick reply, bedrin!

could you possibly suggest some other companies that will do this tour from nukus?
name of company and email addresses?
you could pm me if you'd like, or on this threaad is fine -- thanks

Yumi,

The guide book also mentions Bes Qala Nukus - their site doesn't seem to work any more, but there's phone and email:
Bes Qala Nukus, 29-16 U. Yusopov ko'shesi, Nukus 742005, Karakalpakstan.
Tel: (+998 61) 224 51 69, mobile: (+998 61) 352 51 39; e-mail: bqntravel2006@rambler.ru

Also guide book recomments these guys who offer Aral tours:
Omirbay Sarsenbayev, 998945796115, omish_87@mail.ru
Oktyabr Dospanov, 2226757351, oktyabrd@gmail.com

Both should speak english

Again I don't know anything about this tour agency or these guides and cannot recomment them.
But they're listed in the Lonely Plant guide book

thanks so much -- have just emailed bqn, and yes couldn't find their website so many thanks for their email

have emaied the other two as well -- with fingers crossed, hoping to hear fm someone soon

best regards!

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