DIRECTION ON ADVENTURE

Under the headline in the next issue of the Russian specialized periodicals Tourist Information Travel Trade Gazette Russia published an article devoted to the rich tourism potential of our country.

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"What normal traveler knows about Uzbekistan? As a rule, before the eyes immediately appear stereotypical pictures - Silk Road, Samarkand with Registan Square, the old city of Bukhara, Khiva Fortress, minarets, mosques, plenty of sun and fruit.

Meanwhile, Uzbekistan - terra incognita for adventurers, for easy-going travelers who are not afraid of spending the night in tents and trekking.

The country has many natural attractions. Caves, lakes, canyons, oases, plains and deserts - a unique natural features of each region. Thirteen protected areas offer a variety of options for travel, which include many kilometers trekking, climbing to the top, the movement of the machines, horse and camel riding, fishing in the lakes, familiarity with local customs and culture, and of course, spectacular photoshoot. It only remains to choose the direction - the mountains or the desert, oasis or the foothills.

One of the most beautiful and ecologically clean places of Uzbekistan - Ugam-Chatkal Nature Reserve in Tashkent region. Its slopes were once planted with many species of trees, not typical for this area, such as birch trees growing along the river banks. Ugam - amazing collection of destinations, then you can see the unusual rock formations standing in defiance of all laws of physics, a kind of Eastern Stonehenge. Many stones local people giving names. By sai - a mountain stream - are singing or ringing caves that reflect the peculiar noise of groundwater.

The route towards Samarqand - not far fr om Jizzakh, Farish district - one of the favorite destinations of travelers know, there is Nurata Reserve. At the time it was founded to preserve populations of rare species of animals and plants. The reserve is crossed by several streams, communicating with the lake Aidarkul not dry even in extreme heat. The highest point of the reserve - the top of the Hyatt-Bashi (2169 m).

Then you can move into the desert, to Nurata, to the Base Camp. The harsh desert Kyzylkum also holds many mysteries, secrets and amazing discoveries. In the desert you can find nomadic camel in sandy areas - gazelles, bays and channels - hares, foxes, steppe cats.

A little further south, in the direction of Navoi, you can take a trip to the Sarmysh, unique and mysterious gorge, which stretches for several kilometers. On the outskirts, you can set up camp and hiking. It goes quite narrow valley, with towering cliffs above sai Sarmysh. This is the biggest "art gallery" in the world, with more than 5,000 petroglyphs from different eras - from the primitive, neatly carved in the rocks, to the more recent inscriptions in ocher mixed with fat, inscribed in Arabic script. In Sarmysh is a place for meditation Sufis, who went into the mountains of the world. Here you can get to the primitive people, to explore caves and grottoes, and maybe find the remains of a flying saucer, the image of which was once found here ufologists.

Direction Termez little studied it a lot of white spots, which are waiting to be explored. North-western spurs of Hissar Ridge foothills of the Pamir - mountainous terrain, with numerous river valleys with picturesque gorges in the highlands are the largest glaciers in the country. Waterfalls and rivers of Aksudarya and Tanhazdarya are very beautiful. In Mirakinsky reserve on top of the mountain stands the ancient mosque Hazaretsultan. There are two famous Langara brotherhood Ishkiyya with Hanako, mausoleums and mosques dating back to 1400. Sami mountain villages with a bird’s-eye look quaint and stunningly beautiful. Despite the progress of the crust in the area, many adobe houses about 500 years.

In this area, there is a historical point - Tashkurgan, once the largest and most well-fortified mountain village, now a museum in the open air. Two kilometers away is the famous cave of Amir Temur, wh ere he trained his army.

In general, the wonders and discoveries in Uzbekistan for curious travelers nothing less than the very distant exotic island on the edge of the earth", - said the Russian edition.

IA "Jahon", Moscow