Urungach Lakes
Urungach is a pair of jade-green lakes in Ugam-Chatkal national park, 160 km from Tashkent. An easy 1.5 km walk from the parking to the lower lake and 4 km to the upper one; the last 30 km of road need a 4×4.
Routes
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Urungach: parking — lower and upper lake ★Easy · Community reported · 2 h1,7 km · +277 m
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Urungach — lower and upper lake in winterEasy · Community reported · 6 h 10 min9,2 km · +342 m
Weather
At 1 509 mNow: -3° · Clear · Wind 2 km/h
Updated: 17 min ago · Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)
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How to get there
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By car (last 30 km 4×4)Tashkent — Charvak — Nanay — Urungach, 4–5 h; last 30 km need a high-clearance 4×4. · 160,0 km · 4 h 30 min
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Jeep tourOperators arrange the 4×4 and the border permit: 400,000–600,000 UZS per person. · 160,0 km · 5 h500 000 UZS
Questions and answers
Do you need a permit?
Yes. This is a border zone — the permit comes from the Border Troops, and without it you are turned back at the checkpoint. Border zone — permit via a tour operator; national park entry about 15,000 UZS.
How do you get there?
By car (last 30 km 4×4): Tashkent — Charvak — Nanay — Urungach, 4–5 h; last 30 km need a high-clearance 4×4. There are 2 ways in altogether.
Which months are best?
May–Oct — that is when people go.
How long does it take?
One trip takes about 2 h: 1,7 km of walking and 277 m of climbing.
What does it cost?
Ugam-Chatkal national park entry — 15 000 UZS (per person), Parking — 20 000 UZS (per car), Border permit (via tour operator) — 300 000 UZS (per person). The prices are estimates and can differ on the day.
Is there water on the way?
Yes, there is water on the way.
Photos
Photos by Wikimedia Commons contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0
