Uzbekistan Tours and Travel

I would like to warn you from the rest with the company de tours in Uzbekistan, so why such a blatant lack of professionalism I have not met ever.

By order.

1. I had booked private transfer from Tashkent airport to the hotel in Bukhara Xanadu. Transfer was not. Very muddy girls in de touro form not find me in their lists and quickly extinguished the bright smile. Contact the person named in the voucher, a sort of Eta, was absent in principle (it may be, and there is no Ety?). Prior to Xanadu, I got a taxi, for his 50 American rubles. Go tell to Xanadu, I claim no special, good hotel, but expensive.

2. Three hours after my arrival to the hotel showed up kind of girl Sveta from de toura that frankly drove me how I ended up at the hotel, for me the whole bus (ha-ha, private transfer) waited an hour at the airport. Big deal, “said Light, I’m fifteen minutes late, your charter for more time late, and nothing. Money for the taxi she was not returned, but tried vtyuhat several excursions. I bought dvuhdnevku in Tashkent and one-day The world-Kekova. During hilling me as a customer, Svetochka sipped gin and tonic, carefully brought by a waiter (oh, Ira, do not worry, you have everything here on, no need to pay).

3. Excursion material was repugnant to the quality, the Uzbekistan language guides have Rustam and Marat worse than the semi-literate traders from the St. Petersburg markets. Prices for excursions prohibitive, plus guides skillfully bred for money (in total, the boys twisted me 100 bucks for each). How do you situation: sitting in a bar in Tashkent, not bothering anyone. Suitable guide, smiles, is polite conversation at the scary bat, orders a drink and leave me alone with a pretty impressive score. In addition, the guides stopped the bus at any ordinary-looking stores (fruits, sweets, souvenirs) and disappeared for half an hour. Do you want to or not, had nothing better to do go to the store and something there to buy. Alternative dull sitting in the bus, where the air conditioner or worked with confidence refrigerators, or just stop. For questions about the history of Uzbekistan, guides are absolutely rude saying something like: “And you, girl, listened to, then would not ask. I’ve told.

4. Information about the time of departure from Tashkent. I flew AJT, charters, and the exact time of departure was supposed to Incoming Tour Operator. Other operators are regularly hung out information on a special stand at the hotel, de tour simply ignored its tourists. In the end, I flew normally because the information of another operator, TURTESS, in particular, contain information about my flight. Transfer to the airport, I still pulled out of de tourA to transfer accompanied by the same kind of light, which is pretty slept inside a van. I must say that is occupied by the Light, I regularly watched by no means off-duty guides and idle merry at various discotheques, such as “Club 29″ which my sister and friends and regularly visited.

I would like this story remind you probably already forgotten about by many of the ski resorts of  Uzbekistan-Chimgan and Beldersay. In essence, I work very closely connected with these sites, as well as skating well and he helped organize visits to our shores. Since a small quantity of reliable information scares many tourists. And the very fact, our mountains are very beautiful. A feature of the skiing is the climate, a large quantity of sunny days, not very cold winter in the mountains, in Tashkent, so in general the winter is almost never happen, if there is something holding not more than 2 weeks. So little informautsii on the ground skating

Description of the resort area and trails Chimghan
       Around Tashkent before sunrise of East,  on the ground, bright sky, colored sunset, visible light blue silhouette. Its castellated contour encloses the horizon over a large area. Clear winter days in the same location clearly visible snow-white wall with deep blue shadows. This white-blue walls that covered the area of Tashkent in the east – the mountains of western spurs of the Tien Shan. Rising above three thousand meters above sea level, they are at their peaks of perpetual snow cover, which in winter descends to the very bottom. At 85 kilometers from the capital of Uzbekistan, in the spurs Chatkal ridge at an altitude of 1600 meters is a major tourist ski complex “Chimgan. Main peak of the surrounding mountains – Big Chimgan (3309 meters), though the central peak of a giant star from which all sides diverge rays of slopes, in turn decorated with rocky peaks. Chimgan – “green slope, a perfect place for skiing, traveling, or just relax.

Natural climat conditions Tracts Chimgan such that  royal governor-general in the late nineteenth century, built a house in the area, followed by the whole community and the elite also began to build for themselves houses, and later, and motels in these extraordinary places.

There are two roads leading to Chimgan: one road runs through a valley with picturesque Galvasay steep, this road is the shortest to Chimghan tract, while the second path goes along the river Chirchik and passes Hodzhikent city, famous for its tea houses, spruce  forests and ancient rock paintings. In these places, conducted youth competition climbing. Then he rises above Charvak dam, where a magnificent view  to the mountain reservoir.

Ski season begins here in January and lasts until mid – March. Chimgan trails are equipped with ski tows (PKKD), cable-rope (BKD) and several ski tows, located on different slopes Chimgan. Black and red route located on the main ski slope (of 4-5), which is serviced by ski tows. Reds and blue route are on the slopes of the main peak, which is equipped with a rope tow. The route length from 700 to 1000 m. All the trails for beginners are equipped with ski tows scattered around the ski resort.

The tract Chimgan
The heights of the upper notes: 1980 m.

Length PKKD: 800 m.

Altitude difference: 385 m.

Length BKD: 700 meters

Altitude difference: 250 m.

The average slope of trails: 35.2 degrees

Accommodation in Chimgan, Beldersay

In the Valley Chimghan Setup 2 fairly large hotel with a range of 10 cents per person (with the modest terms) to $ 100 per room with breakfast for 2 x, with more have European standards. Also customer’s service sector Special bulk cargo in the form of lodges and cottage complexes. Prices also are different but all are equalized at about 100 dollar per house for 4 persons. Houses are trying to just bring the Euro standard, everywhere satellite TV, bathrooms and showers cieled in the tile). Fireplace almost as mandatory attributes. Since there are quite cold nights even in hot Uzbekistan. Sometimes it comes down to -20 degrees. But these are kept cold not long. (that night). The private sector is located approximately 1 km from the ski lifts on Chimgan, and at 11-12 km from the road on Beldersay.

Rent as diverse, you can choose from most of the Soviet model to a relatively modern, like snowboards or pairs of skis. all udovolstvie starts off from $ 5 per set. (but it can understand the price of the equipment is not high class). But in general here in the east can torgovatsya. Since civil hire no, then hire more like a small market. a route.

Elevators are not expensive, from $ 1 (chair cableway) and $ 0.5, rope tow.

Beldersay

Only 10 km from Chimghan is even more beautiful place – Beldrsay, 10 minutes leisurely drive  car, and you find yourself in a charming, cozy area. On a picturesque hillside, thick snow cover lies with December to April. Wonder Beldersay is considered world-class skiing resorts. Tourists can here not only skiing and snowboarding, but also because of the abundance of warm cloudless days (over 300 per year) to take sun baths. So far, not fully disclosed Chimghan amazing phenomenon – a meter high from the thick snow cover, temperatures can reach 18 degrees! Condition of snow here is different because we see in Europe. The continental climate provides extreme temperatures and heavy snowfalls. Because of the sharp drop of daytime and nighttime temperatures, formed firn snow and it gives the best glide, which provides a good and interesting ride. When the slope of the roll, you’ll be able to fall back on fluffy, soft snow.

Trails Beldersay Tracts

The track officially registered in the FIS (International Federation of Mountain ski). The common  3020 m. The track trails with vast areas of riding, refers to “black” (difficult) routes. In Beldersay three skiing areas which can be divided into upper slopes the mountain Kumbel (serviced by support bracket “mop”, length 700 meters), bottom track (serviced by a chairlift, length 2500 m, the journey takes 24 minutes) and the zone extreme skiing (left and right side of the mountain Cumbel).

·                     Upper slopes not demarcated and defined by the configuration of the summit. Basically, it’s black and red slopes (they are 6-7), but there are blue and 2-3, for beginners. Length of the route varies from 700 to 1200 m, although because of the huge size of the mountain, one can go long traverses and 2, and 3 km.

·                     Lower trail has a length of about 2.5 km. The entire route is red, except for one small black areas, where aces red lines can go down “sideways.” Extreme Zone are not rolled out the snowy fields on each side Kumbel. Depending on the snow conditions, these fields avalanche.

Mount Cumbel:
The height of the upper grades: 2300 meters
Length slopes: 3020 meters
Vertical drop: 785 meters
The average slope of highway: 27 degrees
Maximum gradient: 52.1 degrees
The length of ski tows: 2500 meters
Vertical drop: 585 meters
The length of the tow cable car: 700 meters
Vertical drop: 200 meters

To be honest, those who are already well ridden Beldersay chooses for himself. Since it’s relatively steep hill, with a diverse topography. Well, the very nature here pokrasvee, fir-trees and more trees. The complex is located along the route from the hotel and 16 cottages, different categories of comfort. Hotels struggling to 4 stars, and is a copy of one of the hotels in Switzerland, the hotel is really kofortny, comfortable rooms with all the terms, a restaurant with good food and magnificent views of the gorge Beldersay. The hotel as well as sauna and swimming pool. Just below the hill, settled cottages. They are quite easy in an environment, but if there appears cheerful and friendly company, then the situation is not so important. In the houses of two bedrooms for a couple. Toilet, shower with hot and cold water. A small veranda and a common living room with TV. All this is conveniently located near podsadochnoy station on the lift. From the hotel to the ski lift about 100 meters. from the cottages of 200 m.

rooms in the hotel cost from $ 120 per day.

Small house the 4 man, tak zhe from 120 in dollarov sutki (without breakfast)

Where to eat, too, no problem, because in the complex, there are places of power, and on the slope, too.

Transportation with taxi take in Tashkent. Over 80 km of track will have to pay about 70 USD per car (passenger)