Shakhimardan and the Gorge — 2 Days / 1 Night
📍 Meeting Point
Brookland car wash car park, Uzbekiston Ovozi street 2 (Tashkent). Departure at 04:00
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🏔 Shakhimardan is one of the most striking corners of the Fergana valley, above 1,500 metres.
A mountain lake, a cable car, a short boat crossing and cool air. The Hazrat Ali shrine and the Kotyrbulak spring are here too.
What to expect:
• The Kotyrbulak spring — fill a bottle with mountain water
• The cable car — 1.5 km, about 20 minutes
• A boat crossing over the lake
• A walk along the shore of the mountain lake
• Tea with the mountains in front of you
• Selenkur — a walk through the valley
• A birch grove covering 360 hectares
• The Hazrat Ali complex
• Swimming in the mountain lake
• Picking mushrooms in the birch grove
• Tasting mountain honey
🛏 Accommodation is in a comfortable guest house, in two-, three- and four-bed rooms.
🛂 Bring your passport. Shakhimardan is an Uzbek exclave and the programme passes through passport control three times. Without a passport the trip is not possible.
🕐 Local time there runs an hour ahead of Tashkent.
📋 Itinerary
DAY 1
04:00 — Departure from Tashkent
Brookland car wash car park, Uzbekiston Ovozi street 2. Comfort stops along the way as needed.
10:30 — Arrival at the border post
10:30–11:30 — Passport control
11:35 — Transfer to the hotel, about five minutes
11:40–12:00 — Check in and a short rest
12:05–12:25 — The Kotyrbulak spring
Time for photographs, and you can fill a bottle with mountain water.
12:30–13:00 — Lunch
Mastava and chicken kazan-kabob.
13:00 — On towards the village of Kyzylbulak
13:20–13:50 — Border control
14:00 — Up by cable car
1.5 km, about twenty minutes.
A boat crossing over the lake — roughly three minutes.
14:30–15:30 — A walk along the lakeshore, free time and photographs
15:30–16:00 — Tea with a panoramic view of the mountains
16:00–17:00 — More walking and time to rest
18:30 — Back to Kyzylbulak
20:30 — Back at the hotel, free time
DAY 2
09:00 — Leaving the hotel
09:15–10:00 — Breakfast
Porridge, egg, jam, butter, cheese and sausage.
10:00 — On towards Selenkur
10:45–11:45 — A walk through the Selenkur valley
12:00 — On to the next stop
12:40 — Arrival at the birch grove
12:40–14:00 — A guided walk through the grove
Walking, photographs and the nature of the place. The grove covers 360 hectares.
14:00–15:00 — Lunch
Beef and chicken shashlik.
15:00–16:00 — Free time in the grove
Swimming, mushroom picking and a taste of mountain honey.
16:00 — Departure
16:20–16:40 — A stop at the Kotyrbulak spring
16:50–17:05 — The Hazrat Ali complex and a short tour
17:15 — On to the border post
17:30 (16:30 Tashkent time) — Border control
After the border, the drive back to Tashkent.
22:30 — Approximate arrival in Tashkent
🛂 Bring your passport. Shakhimardan is an Uzbek exclave and the programme passes through passport control three times. Without a passport the trip is not possible.
🕐 Local time there runs an hour ahead of Tashkent.
⚠️ Times in the programme are approximate and may change with traffic, queues at the border posts, weather and other operational factors. The operator may reorder the stops without reducing the content of the programme. Every location is visited in full unless circumstances outside the organiser's control prevent it.
✅ What's Included
- ✓ Comfortable transport
- ✓ Guest house accommodation — two-, three- and four-bed rooms
- ✓ Meals — two lunches, one dinner and one breakfast
- ✓ The cable car ride
- ✓ The boat crossing
- ✓ Guide services
❌ Not Included
- ✗ Personal expenses
- ✗ Extra food and drinks
🎒 What to Bring
- • Your passport — the trip is not possible without it
- • Warm clothing — the tour runs above 1,500 metres
- • Comfortable walking shoes
- • A hat and sunscreen
- • A bottle for water from the Kotyrbulak spring
- • Any personal medication
- • Cash for personal expenses
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