Ecotour to this exotic place located in three hours drive from Tashkent has been organized for the capital’s journalists by the State Committee for nature Protection of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Ecosan International Fund and ecologic publishing company CHINOR ENK.

After drying of the Aral Sea, the Aydar-Arnasoy system of lakes becomes the major water reservoir of Uzbekistan and plays significant role in maintaining biodiversity in the republic. This chain of lakes extends to almost 300 kilometers. It begins in the north-west at the Chordaryo weir in Sirdaryo River and hampered in the south-east on the Nurota Mountains. On the west lakes are neighboring with one of the greatest deserts in the world – the Qizilqums. The biggest in this chain of lakes is Aydarko’l with 3.7 thousand square kilometers in area and 40 cubic kilometers of water volume.

This chain of lakes is one of the unique places in the world. Water is rich in fish and shores are filled with great number of kinds of swimming birds. It is the stopping place for tens of kinds of migratory birds. Flocks of these birds cross our country every fall from the north of the Eurasian continent to Hindustan peninsula, Asia Minor and Africa, and in spring return on the same route making stop in our hospitable lakes. Lots of people from foreign countries visit Uzbekistan in order to watch them there and, of course, combine their journey with visiting other no less beautiful manmade creations – architectural masterpieces of Samarqand, Khiva and Bukhoro.

The recent inclusion of the Aydar-Arnasoy system of lakes in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance has become the confirmation its international significance.

During the trip to these exotic lands the Tashkent journalists have got the evidence on the fairy beauty of the place and big opportunities for the development of ecological tourism.