Two-day trip to the Ten Fortresses from Khiva
with overnight stay in the Ayaz Kala Yurt Camp

Discover Ancient Khorezm Fortresses in 2 days by sleeping in the Yurt Camps!


  • Route

    Khiva - Dumon Kala - Guldursun Kala - Koykirilgan Kala - Angka Kala - Janbas Kala - Big Kirkkiz Kala - Kavat Kala - Toprak Kala - Kizil Kala - Ayaz Kala (sleep) - Khiva

  • Tour Duration: 2 days and 1 night
    Driving time: 6-7 hours (355.km)
    Included: Only a good driver, car & water
    Not included: Yurt Camp, meals, tickets & etc.

  • A Sedan (1-3 people) - $103 (Sedan pictures)

    An SUV (1-4 people) - $158 (SUV pictures)

    A Minivan (1-6 people) - $223 (Minivan pictures)

    A Minibus (1-10 people) - $253 (Minibus (1-10) pictures)

    A Minibus (1-13 people) - $273 (Minibus (1-13) pictures)

    A Bus (1-45 people) - $520 (Bus pictures)

  • Once you decide to use our services, please confirm and provide the following details in order to make a reservation:
    1. Please confirm the name of the transfer, tour, or day-trip (as written on our website);
    2. Please confirm the date of the transfer, tour, or day trip
    3. Please confirm the type of transport you want to book (sedan, SUV, minivan, or minibus).
    4. Please confirm the price of the transfer, tour, or day-trip you want to reserve.
    5. Please confirm the number of people (and luggage if available) in your group.
    6. Full names of all group members, including information about citizenship, passport, or ID card numbers.
    7. Please confirm pick-up & and the starting place of your transfer, tour, or day trip (please state the name of your hotel).
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    - That is all we need to know from your side in advance to make a reservation and organize the requested services.
    - We do not need prepayment to make a reservation or organize the requested services. You will make a full payment directly to our drivers (guides) at the end of each transfer, day trip or tours.
    - In order to cancel reserved services without being charged (%20 of the tour), please contact us at least 3 days in advance the tour starts.
    - One day before each trip, tour, and transfer, we will send you a reminder email or Whatsapp message with all the details and pictures of your driver, car, and guides.
    Please feel free to ask if you have any questions or special requests.

  • First day we can pick you up from Urgench Airport, Urgench / Khiva Train Station or your hotel both from Khiva or Urgench to start the Daytrip. It is recommended to start the trip in the morning time around 08:00 am after breakfast. It takes about 90 minutes to drive from Khiva to the first fortress. You will visit all ten fortresses by the following order in the first day of the tour:
    1. Duman Kala composed of three adjacent sections – a square-shaped western enclosure with corner towers, measuring about 150 by 170 meters; a smaller square-shaped citadel on the eastern side roughly 100 meters in size; and an irregular four-sided northern enclosure, the remains of which can no longer been seen.
    2. Guldursun Kala is a fortified town date to the 12th century CE. Much ancient and medieval pottery and many bronze items and coins were found within the site during archeological excavations. The coins indicate that the last period of occupation is related to the year 1220, during the rule of Muhammad Khorezmshah and the time of the Mongol invasion of Khorezm.
    3. Koykirilgan Kala. While today little is visible but a dusty mound, the original plan of the site consisted of a rounded, two story building 45 meters in diameter fortified by a double ring wall with arrow slits and towers.
    4. Angka Kala dates from the Late Antique period of Khorezm, around the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD - the time of the Kushan Empire. It seems to have been established on the eastern edge of Khorezm to guard the main caravan trade route to the east.
    5. Janbas Kala has one of the most archaic fortification systems dating from that Early Antique period. All four of its flanking walls are in relatively good condition, reaching in places up to 20 meters in height. It differs from most of the other fortresses in having no towers on its outer walls. This meant that the fort was potentially vulnerable from an attack on the lower sections of its walls.
    6. Big Kirkkiz Kala. The fortress dates from the 4th Century BCE to the 7th-8th centuries CE. The fortress is rectangular in plan with double walls containing a double story archer's gallery with arrow-shaped embrasures. In the Afrighid period the area within and around the fortress was a pottery production center.
    7. Kavat Kala. It looks back on 2400 years of History. As center of complex irrigation system, it has been surrounded by flourishing settlements especially in the 11th to 13th centuries.
    On the way to next Fortress, there is Akcha-kul Lake where visitors can swim and have a Lunch in the Yurt Camp restaurants.
    8. Toprak Kala is dated in the Kushan period, around the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE and was the royal residence of the kings of the Khorezm. The place, having first served as a Royal sanctuary, was briefly abandoned in the early 4th century and then after some restorations, was used as an administrative citadel for the city.
    9. Kizil Kala was originally constructed in the Late Antique period, 1st to 4th centuries CE, but was abandoned and then rebuilt in the 12th-13th centuries on the eve of the Mongol invasions.
    10. Ayaz Kala is the one of the most spectacular fortresses in the area. There are in fact, not one but three fortresses clustered together on and around a prominent hill at the Eastern end of the Sultan-Uiz-dahg range. The fortress provided defense against nomad raids. It was probable founded in the Afrighid period, sometime around the 7th to 8th Centuries CE…
    Ayaz Kala Yurt Camps are located next to the Ayaz Kala Fortress. Our driver drops you off there and end his job for the day. Yurt Camp gives dinner, accommodation and breakfast to its guest. On the second day, our drive come to the Ayaz Kala Yurt Camp at any time you want to pick you up and start driving you back to Khiva or Urgench. It is about 90 minutes to drive back to Khiva and 60 minutes to drive back to Urgench. Our driver drops you off in Urgench Airport, Urgench / Khiva Train Station or in your hotel both in Khiva or Urgench and end the trip there.

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Uzbekistan, khiva, Zargarlar 60

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Islambektravel@gmail.com

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+99899-666-33-22; +99891-999-33-22