The yurt camp "Aydar" is situated 7 km away from the west shore of the Aydarkul lake, near a settlement lost in the sands, in the very center of the Kyzyl-Kum desert, and 60 km from Nurata a small district center. The camp is founded by the "pioneer" of camel-safari a relatively new branch of tourism for Uzbekistan Alexander Syrymov. The 15-year experience in this field allowed him to consider thoroughly all peculiarities of setting up an autonomous service in the desert and take into account all wishes of tourists and experts. One can say without exaggeration that it is presently the largest and most comfortable yurt camp in Uzbekistan.
In the camp, there are 8 stationary festive yurts (6 additional yurts can be installed if necessary) sumptuously decorated with hand­made carpets and sherdaks by local craftsmen. Colorful woven patterns and even chandeliers create unusually festive atmosphere in the yurt. The yurt a traditional house of the nomads of Central Asia has a more than three-thousand-year history. Its structure has been improved for centuries, and now it has reached its perfection. It takes a family just one hour to install or disassemble a yurt and two camels or horses to transport it. It is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is ecological, being made of simple natural materials wood, poles, and sheep wool felt. The yurt camp is also equipped with stationary toilets with sanitary devices, showers, a 'mess room' yurt where lunches and dinners take place. In the camp, there is electricity. The tourists spend evenings by a camp-fire, to the songs of a local akyn (national songs performer), in the unusually quiet and pacifying atmosphere, admiring incredibly big stars and the massive Milky Way.

In the afternoon, the tourists walk in the vicinity of the camp, refuting all stereotypes about lifelessness of the desert. In the camp environs, there are as many as 25 kinds of plants. The animal world is miscellaneous as well: turtles, lizards, pigeons, see-see partridges, and hares. Frequently, you may notice a giant monitor lizard and, certainly, camels. The camels are domesticated here and trained for riding. They are two-humped and called 'Bactrian camels'. And they are widespread in Central Asia, China, and Mongolia, while their close relatives, dromedaries one-humped camels live in Asia Minor, Africa, and in the deserts of Australia.
The yurt camp is the starting point of fascinating and educational excursions to the region. The tourists can take a 1 or 2-hour ride on camels to the unique lake Aydarkul that is stretched out for 250 km in the middle of the desert, dine right here on just-caught fish, have a rest, swim in its warm, slightly salt, waters, and sunbathe on a picturesque shore. Not far from the camp, there are unique lakes where local people still mine salt manually. A visit to a remote settlement will give you an unforgettable impression. The settlement is lost in the desert sands; its residents have preserved all ancient traditions and lifestyle.
On the way to the camp, you can visit a "stone-age picture gallery" of an ancient man in Sarmysh. Here, on the black basalt rocks, there are more than 3 thousand drawings, petroglyphs, depicting animals, people, scenes of hunting, household activities, and even sex. In a small town at the meeting point of the Nuratau mountains and the desert, it will be interesting to visit a place of pilgrimage near the 'sacred' spring "Chashma", in which there are more than thousand 'sacred' fish. One can see the irrigation systems here, kyarizes, that still supply the valley with groundwater from the Nuratau range.
The yurt camp becomes more and more popular with each passed
year; it receives not only tourists from all over the world who come here to see the world-famous places of Uzbekistan. Personnel of embassies and international organizations, joint ventures, and their guests are pleased to come here to have a rest and spend their weekend far away from the civilization. And many people bring here their children who are happy to discover another unknown world.