To experience a truly unique wildlife adventure near Bukhara, visit the Jayron Eco-center. This day trip offers the chance to see a diverse collection of Uzbekistan's native animals, including rare and endangered species like Persian gazelles and Przhevalski's horses, followed by an exploration of saline lakes where you can observe these creatures in their natural environment.
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Your hotel
- I'll meet you at the lobby of your hotel.
Transfer to Karavulbazar district of Bukhara
It is 42km from Bukhara city.
"Jayron Eco Center" discovery
Tour in the open-air cage complex of the ecocenter. You will learn about the mission of the complex and its inhabitants. Many species are on the verge of extinction and included in the Red Book.
Continue the tour on the vast territory of the ecocentre. Walk through the sandy desert (1250 m.) to salty lakes. On the way, you will see the black saxaul, astragals and other desert flora. The area is home to desert lacertas and monitor lizards, Central Asian tortoises, kulans, Persian gazelles and Przevalsky's horses.
Visit the lakes complex that has four small lakes: Small saline, Beautiful, Duck and Big saline. All four lakes have different salinity and depth level. On the Small saline lake, you will see the watering point, which attracts black-bellied sandgrouses, kulans, Persian gazelles and Przevalsky's horses.
Banks of the Small saline and Duck lakes are favourite nest area of white-tailed lapwings, stilts and little ringed plovers. You might meet residents of the lakes: kingfishers, duck hawks, bald-coots, ducks, gannets and herons. Moreover, here you may even notice badgers, nutrias and muskrats.
Transfer to Bukhara city
Ending Point
Your hotel
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
A professional guide-interpreter service;
Bukhara – eco-centre – Bukhara transfer (minivan - Chevrolet Orlando);
A car to travel inside the eco-center (Lada Niva);
Gasoline fee;
Entrance fees;
A bottle of water for each person.
Food
This tour involves a lot of walking, so make sure to wear comfortable shoes.
* This tour is not recommended for those with severe back/knee problems.
* Please let me know in advance if you have any food allergies or other dietary restrictions.
Hi! My name is Gayrat. I'm a certified local guide in Bukhara since 2019. I work in 3 languages: English, Russian and Uzbek. I love my city and I want to show my ancient and eternal Bukhara to the visitors of our country.
$430/ per group