Unique Nurata region is located in the central part of Uzbekistan in the Navoi province. This relatively small territory confined by the Nurata Ridge of mountains in the southeast and the desert of Kyzyl Kum in the northwest comprises a number of interesting tourist objects – from monuments of Muslim culture in small town of Nurata to enormous Aydarkul Lake in the desert, from mountain gorges of the Nurata Nature Reserve to ancient petrogliphs of the enigmatic Sarmysh Gorge.
Up there in the mountain and desert villages life of inhabitants did not changed much over centuries. And the highlanders preserved their lifestyle and genuine kindness and sincere hospitality of their forbearers.
There for the purpose of nature conservation and biodiversity preservation the Narata-Kyzylkum Biospheric Reserve has been created.