3 days experiential tour to Uhum village (Sentob, Nuratau)
3 days experiential tour to Uzbekistan, especially to Uhum village is a great opportunity to know more about the local lifestyle in Uzbekistan! During your trip, you will give a chance to meet and talk with local people who are sharing traditions from one to the next generations. Excursions, cooking masterclasses, and hiking are some of the best parts of an experiential tour to Uzbekistan.
Day 1 – Samarkand or Bukhara – Uhum village (Forish district of Jizzakh region)
After breakfast, transfer to Ulugbek’s homestay in Uhum village (4 – 4,5 hours). 
Arrive in Uhum village by lunchtime and settle in Uhlugbek’s homestay. The homestay has 6 traditionally decorated rooms; the ablution block is located in the yard.
The homestay is located in the upper part of the village and is a good starting point for exploring the area.
Lunch with a host family.
After lunch, one of the family members will take you for a short excursion where you may get familiar with the daily livelihood activities of the rural people and explore some local sights such as ruins of an ancient fortress and community water mill.
In the evening you may watch or participate in the preparation of the traditional meal ‘Plov’ as part of an experiential tour to Uzbekistan.
Overnight in Ulugbek s homestay.
Day 2 – Uhum village
On this day, you will be hiking around Uhum village first to the petroglyph site in the buffer zone of the Nuratau Nature Reserve and on the second half of the day to the breeding enclosure located in Hayat village.
After breakfast, start guided hiking from the homestay in Uhumsay Valley up to the petroglyph site (4,3 km / 2 hours one way). Hiking in the Uhumsay Valley you will see many summer huts of the local population and busy locals doing their daily livelihood activities such as butter making, bread backing in tandir ovens, fruit harvesting, and firewood collection. Shortly before reaching the petroglyph site, we will stop to visit the mausoleum of Hazrati Boboy Eshon.
Reach the petroglyph site and after taking some photos return to the homestay taking the same way.
Arrive at the homestay and have lunch.
After lunch, you will be doing the second guided hike to the neighboring Hayat village to see the wild endangered Severtzo’s sheep in a breeding enclosure (3 km / 1,2 hours one way). 
Start hiking from the homestay towards the west on the path that reaches Karaul Mount where you will have picturesque views of Lake Aydarkul and Kyzilkum steppe. After taking some time for rest, continue to Hayat village. Reach the breeding enclosure and spend some time around to explore the area and take some pictures of this unique sheep. Nuratau Mountains inhabit almost 95% of the world’s population of Severtzo’s wild sheep and this was the reason why a large part of the area was declared as a Nature Reserve.
Return to Uhum village, Ulugbek’s homestay.
Overnight in Ulugbek’s homestay.
Day 3 – Uhum village – Bukhara or Samarkand
After breakfast, leave Uhum for Bukhara or Samarkand.
