Drive to Ayaz Kala and Toprak Kala (100 km, 2 hours) from Khiva.
Ayaz kala complex (70 km) – ruins of three citadels of Kushan period (II–III c. AD), which was the most important and the biggest one that defended the khanate from nomadic tribes.
En route visit Toprakkala – the ruins of 2nd capital of Khorezm, an ancient town (III–IV cent) of the Kushan period with the developed slave-owing system of aristocracy at that time.
Optional: lunch in yurts.
Drive back to Khiva.
Drive to Nukus from Khiva (200 km, 3 hours) or take a daily flight from Tashkent.
Visit opened in 1966, the Savitskiy museum which houses a collection of over 82,000 items, ranging from antiquities from Khorezm to Karakalpak folk art, Uzbek fine art and, uniquely, the second largest collection of Russian avant-garde in the world (after the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg).
The museum represents the life’s work of Igor Savitsky, whose legacy, which includes thousands of artistic and cultural treasures on permanent exhibition, make this building one of the most interesting repositories of ancient and modern art.
Early morning transfer to Usturt Plateau from Nukus (450 km), visit of picturesque Usturt Canyons.
Further drive to Sudoch’e Lake and deserted fishermen village Urga and further transfer to the shore of Aral Sea.
Overnight in tent, campfire dinner.
After breakfast and amazing sun rise transfer to Muinak village also known as a “cemetery of ships”, walk around.
Further transfer to Nukus or Khiva.