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Fortresses
4 km away
Jampyk Kala
Ruined walled town of about 12 ha on the right bank of the Amu Darya below the Sultan Uvays range, occupied from the 4th century BC to the 14th century.
Lower Amudarya Biosphere Reserve (Badaitugai)
Riverside tugai forest on the Amu Darya in Beruniy district, protected since 1971, where Bukhara deer grew from 16 to over 500 animals.
NatureFounded 1971
About the place
The Badaitugai reserve was created in 1971 on the right bank of the Amu Darya in Beruniy district, next to the Qoratov ridge, to protect one of the last stretches of tugai, the dense poplar and tamarisk forest of Central Asian river floodplains. In 2011 it became a biosphere reserve of 68,717.8 hectares with a core zone of 11,568.3 hectares.
Its best-known success is the Bukhara deer: 16 animals lived here in 1978 and more than 500 by 2010. The reserve joined the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere network in 2021. Allow about three hours, and arrange the visit in advance, since access to the protected zones is controlled.
Why go
- Tugai forest on the Amu Darya
- Bukhara deer from 16 to over 500
- UNESCO Man and the Biosphere reserve
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