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Khiva

Khiva city has two city walls: Ichan-Kala (Inner city walls) and Deshan-Kala (Outer city walls). In these city walls we will be able to experience not only historical sites but also life of normal people and see their habits and traditional costumes.
Also we will walk and also use electric car to take a look around the city walls and visit some monuments. I will show you both city walls and tell you different interesting, real and love stories behind them.
At the end of the tour we will go up to the amazing spot where you can take pictures and enjoy sunny land's sunset and feel all the magic that surrounds our mighty city of Khiva.

Come and discover it with your best local guide.

Entrance fee includes all entrance tickets for all museums.

Walk around the city and explore the walls and its history.

Discover the magical city of Khiva.

The Aral Sea was one of the world's largest inland salt seas. Today it is reduced to a bare shadow of its recent size through extensive irrigation which has seriously depleted the flow of the Amudarya and the Syrdarya, the two major river systems on which the Aral Sea depends for regeneration. Yet the sea has also gone through a considerable number of changes over many thousands of years through natural causes. The beds of the rivers are constantly shifting and satellite photograph clearly show traces of ancient river beds flowing into different parts of the sea. Sometimes they bypassed the Aral Sea altogether, turning south and west to run into the Caspian Sea. The dry river bed now runs through empty desert but archeological research has found traces of settlements along its banks, showing that it was flowing relatively recently in historical terms (V. N. Yagodin &amp; A. V. G. Betts (2006) Ancient Khorezm, UNESCO).

visit to the Aral sea shore

Khiva - Aral Sea Extended Trip (2 days)

Tour includes 3 main forts.

-Ayaz qala 1 is a fortified refuge that was probably built in the 4th century BC just after Khorezm had gained its independence from Persia. It was one of a chain of fortresses defending the main agricultural settlements of the right bank from possible attack by nomads. It is likely that the rulers of Khorezm attempted to maintain friendly relationships with the local tribes and to engage them in trade, thus creating a political buffer zone around the oasis.

-Topraq qala is a local name that means "clay fort", a good description. Of course what we see today are the heavily weathered and well-trodden remains of a well-excavated site. Sadly the archaeological works were left unprotected and have become badly eroded over the past thirty years.

- Some archaeologists have proposed that Qızıl qala was a military barracks garrisoned with troops, possibly linked with the nearby summer palace of Topraq qala just 3km to its east.

Explore the existing history of ancient forteresses.

Tour to fortresses of ancient Khorezm.

The tour brings you to the the environment of "4th-3rd centuries" BC when people used fortressess as a main source of accommodation. These fortresses were for a Khan's (royal) Family which were made fully from the mud. The real-life evidence from the early civilization of human beings. This daytrip includes visiting to seven fortresses  - [1] Duman qala, [2] Guldursun qala,  [3] Koy-Kirilgan Qala,  [4] Janbas Qala, [5] Kyzyl kala , [6] Tuprak kala, [7] Ayaz kala fortresses located in Karakalpakstan territory.  Nice view of Amudarya river can be observed from the top of these fortresses. The fortresses are true example to show the lifestyle, culture and traditions of Ancient Khorezm Khanate.

The Silk Road pass passing through Uzbekistan but my homeland has much more to offer. Join for a true local experience of my homeland, feel the beauty of the nature and great landscapes, enjoy the traditional kindness of the locals who will host you with an open heart and make you feel welcome.

Local Food, Ancient Fortress of Khorezm, Full daytrip from Khiva

Seven Fortresses of Ancient Khorezm (Daytrip)

Khiva gives you the opportunity to experience the beauty and unique atmosphere of the city. The city is more than 2500 years old, and was one of the most important ones on the Great Silk Road near Khorazm Oasis.
Today, Khiva is an open-air museum with narrow streets, beautiful tile decorations and mud city walls. In one day you will get to know this charming little city and its history, explore its monuments and get a taste for life on the Silk Road.

Explore Ichan-Kala (Inner wall city), the central fortress in Khiva, which holds majority of main sights and is a strikingly intact medieval city. Ichan-Kala in Khiva was the first site in Uzbekistan to be inscribed in the World Heritage List. And it is also the land of World known Great Historians, Mathematicians, Astronomers and many other Scientists such as Al-Beruni and Al-Khorezmi.

Ichan-Kala opens you its doors. . . Come and feel the spirit of eastern fairytale.

-Entrance Fee for all Museums inside the Ichan-Kala

Join me on this half day tour to explore the beauty this millenary city has to offer

Visit the Legendary City of Khiva

Meet Karakalpakstan with your Local Guide, its customs and traditions, traditional culture of nomadic husbandry and everyday lifestyles of its inhabitants but also hear the story of the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world that has now shrunk to the tenth of its original size!

You will get a chance to get hands-on with Karakalpak crafts and yurt making and you will see and meet the locals outside of the cities. Real-life and real people who are living in the unique environment of the almost disappeared Aral Sea. Mighty rivers of Amu Darya and Sir Darya were feeding Aral Sea for centuries before they were diverted to irrigate the desert in an attempt to grow cotton or "white gold" how it was called back then but also for growing melons, rice and cereals.

Join me on a journey about life, Russian avant-guard art collection in Savitsky Museum and experience western Uzbekistan from a local perspective, and enjoy in traditional Uzbek hospitality.

Karakalpakstan, Customs and Traditions, meet the local people and their lifestyle

Daytrip to Muynak and Nukus - the death of the Aral Sea

'Taste the unique flavors of Khiva's traditional food'

There are many different kind of dishes in Uzbekistan. Such as Pilav (King of meals), Manti, Samsa, Lagman and etc. But I want you to discover special dishes which are being made in Khiva only. Khiva is not only world known city with its history and culture but also known with its traditional dishes such as Tukhum Barak (Egg dumpling) and Shuveet Osh (Green noodle). These dishes are very special with its tastes and shapes which have been cooked by our Chief Cook for centuries. Its my pleasure to invite you to see and the process of cooking and tasting.
Our local visitors also come here to enjoy with these delicious meals all over Uzbekistan. And our restaurants waiters usually offer these meals to foreign visitors so they can taste traditional dishes of Khiva.
My dear tourist, I can also organize to see any cooking process of meals that you are interested.

Please choose which one of these meals you would like to: Tukhum Barak or Shuveet Osh.

Food prepared by the cooking experience and drinks.

'Join me on this tour and discover the secrets of these ancient dishes.'

Khiva - Nukus - Muynak - Aral Sea (2 day trip)

The Aral Sea was one of the world's largest inland salt seas. Today it is reduced to a bare shadow of its recent size through extensive irrigation which has seriously depleted the flow of the Amudarya and the Syrdarya, the two major river systems on which the Aral Sea depends for regeneration. Yet the sea has also gone through a considerable number of changes over many thousands of years through natural causes. The beds of the rivers are constantly shifting and satellite photograph clearly show traces of ancient river beds flowing into different parts of the sea. Sometimes they bypassed the Aral Sea altogether, turning south and west to run into the Caspian Sea. The dry river bed now runs through empty desert but archeological research has found traces of settlements along its banks, showing that it was flowing relatively recently in historical terms (V. N. Yagodin & A. V. G. Betts (2006) Ancient Khorezm, UNESCO).

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