S&P Travel invites you to break free from the magnificence of the imperial cities for a return to the essentials, in the heart of the Nourata Mountains. Whether you begin your journey in Samarkand or Bukhara, this three-day extension is a promise of total immersion, combining hiking, history, and sincere contact with rural life, before returning you to Samarkand. Here, nature and history are one.
 
Your journey begins with a comfortable transfer to the village of Hayat, where Uzbek hospitality takes on its full meaning. After a typical lunch at the homestay, you set out to discover Hayat, before undertaking a excursion into the mountains. This hike is an opportunity to familiarize yourself with the local pace of life and meet villagers, often accompanied by the donkey—this animal, both endearing and incredibly sturdy, is a pillar of daily mountain life. Returning home, dinner is a celebration of traditional dishes, marking your first peaceful night.
 
After breakfast, the journey plunges you into history. A visit to the village of Ukhum leads you to an extraordinary and unexpected experience: observing the petroglyphs carved on Mount Tikchasoy. These drawings, testifying to a past four thousand years old, reveal the long history this region has to tell. After lunch, your immersion continues with a transfer to the village of Madzherum. This location offers a privileged encounter with antiquity and nature: you set out to observe the local flora and fauna, and contemplate a thousand-year-old tree whose age defies time. This deep contact with nature and the past shapes the memory of your second night at the homestay.
 
The third day is a transition to nomadic life. After breakfast, you depart for a three-hour visit to the magnificent Lake Aydar. This unique landscape offers total immersion in the life of the nomads and the natural life of this region, with its distinctive scenery. Silence reigns here, and the atmosphere is peaceful. You share a picnic by the lake, savouring the final moments of serenity before taking the road. S&P Travel then arranges your transfer to Samarkand, your spirit enriched by the whispered history of the stones and the comforting simplicity of the Nourata Mountains.