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

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.