At least fifteen organisers are sending more than twenty groups out of Tashkent into the mountains this weekend. Transport is in the price every time, a guide comes with it every time. The dearest day out is 550 000 so'm; the cheapest is free, and you pay only 30 000 for the train. You do not need a car.
This is a list of the people who run them. Daydi organises none of these trips, sells no places and takes no commission from anyone. Every name below is somebody else's business. We say where to find them and what they offer; booking, payment and responsibility stay with them.
The list is ordered for somebody without a car. The ones that start at a metro station come first.
Starting from the metro itself#
Zidulay Travel give a metro station as the meeting point — Oybek or Kosmonavtlar. They post in Uzbek and Russian, and every announcement carries the distance, the ascent, the grade, the departure time and the time you get back. The Kulosya gorge, three waterfalls and paddleboarding on Chorvoq: 6 km, 400 m, 300 000 so'm (250 000 if you come often). Transport, a certified guide, hot tea and the eco fee are included.
The thing worth knowing: their Oqsoqota walk, where the group picks up litter along the way, is free. You pay 30 000 for the local train or 60 000 for a car and nothing else. It is the only free mountain trip in this list. @zidulay_travel, zidulay.uz.
TrekkingClub Uzbekistan and its second channel, ЧИМГАН — клуб любителей гор, are one team with two channels and more than thirteen thousand subscribers between them. They leave from the Steam bar at Niyozbek yo'li 2 — 196 metres from Minor metro. A day out is around 330 000 so'm: from Gijdal village up the Aksagata valley, past Kokbet to the Maygashkan summit (2 320 m) — 16.5 km and up to 1 400 m of climbing. They also run longer trips: a night in a tent on an uninhabited island in Aydarko'l for 890 000, three days for 990 000, and Arslonbob in Kyrgyzstan for $130 plus 700 000 so'm.
@trekkingclubnews, @ChimganClub.
From the Mahtumquli corner#
Tashkent's other assembly point is Mahtumquli 80/1, where a MAKRO and the Roman Catholic church stand 210 metres apart. The nearest metro — Hamid Olimjon or Amir Temur xiyoboni — is about 1.2 km away. Fifteen minutes on foot, but no bus runs at three in the morning, so plan for that.
Все в горы leave from here, and they are one of the very few groups in the country that put their departures on a website with a date on them. Every route has its own page: date, assembly time, departure, return, price, distance, ascent, grade and a kit list. Kichik Chimyon 350 000, Katta Chimyon 450 000, Syurenata 350 000, the Ispaysoy waterfall 350 000. There is a separate easy walk for women only at 300 000. vsevgori.uz, @vse_v_gory.
Wild & Free meet at the same church. They announce one trip at a time, usually a week ahead, and collect the money two days before. 299 000 to 370 000: Syurenata, Lashkarak, Shahkurgan. @wildandfreechannel.
Доступный туризм — their channel is called «Отвезу в горы Ташкент» — are the cheapest door and the largest flow. Their weekend menu: Katta Chimyon 300 000, Kichik Chimyon 220 000, Paltau and the "Bride's Veil" falls 250 000, the Tovoqsoy canyon 200 000, Nanay 250 000, Zomin 300 000, the Sukok forest 180 000, and a cable car above Chorvoq with lunch for 100 000. Children pay less.
The ones you have to ask where to stand#
All of these are real and all of them announced a trip this week. They simply do not publish a meeting point — ask when you book.
Brichmulla Travel leave from M. Yusuf 61 at 06:30. Along the western flank of the Pskem ridge to the Boladala summit: 11 km, 700 m, moderate, 300 000 so'm. In the past month they have walked the Gulkam narrows, the Qizilsu waterfalls, and a single day that took in Kichik Chimyon, Gulkam and a swim in Chorvoq. @brichmulla_uz.
DeRock Travel keep two or three trips live at once: Syurenata 350 000, Kichik Chimyon 220 000, a "gastro-hike" into the Maydantal valley 500 000. They take the whole price up front, refund nothing inside 24 hours, and will not move you to another trip. @derocktravel.
Salom Hiking write every announcement twice, in Uzbek and in Russian. Patandezboshi 350 000, with a certified guide in the price. Their founder has finished the «Gorets — 21 Horizons» programme twice. @salom_hiking.
Vanches_travel lead their channel not with views but with safety: licensed instructor-guides, a calculated number of instructors per group, first-aid training, and no alcohol. A loop along the marble belt of Oqsoqota, 11.5 km and 570 m, is 280 000. @vanches_travel.
Adventure Tours post four routes with prices every week: Aynatosh 400 000, the Quduq waterfalls 400 000, Lashkarak and Gulkam at 350 000. @adventuretoursuz.
Zirve Tour call themselves premium and put a professional photographer in the price: 250 000 so'm for transport, a mountain instructor, the eco fee, tea and the pictures. @zirve_tour.
Harder, longer, more technical#
Trekking Uzbekistan are the only group in this list that writes in Uzbek alone. An ordinary weekend for them is 18 km along the Chotqol range with over a thousand metres of ascent. They do not print a price. @trekking_uz. Note that the site trekking.uz does not exist — the domain has no DNS records at all, although the group itself is working.
Lider Hikers are one of the few who go where a border-zone permit is needed: Qoratutboshi, the Dodekatim pass, Qo'ng'irbuqa, the Pass of the Ten and the Kulosya river. If you do not know what that permit is, read where you need one first. @lider_hikers.
IRBIS — Alpine club teach climbing rather than walking: rope work, jumar, abseiling, building belays, top-roped climbing. A day on the rocks at Xo'jakent is 480 000 so'm, leaving Tashkent at 07:30 and back around 19:00. The first indoor session is free. @irbisuz.
Wolf Travel have the widest catalogue in the country: day walks to five-day treks, winter trips, mountaineering, even Kilimanjaro. Dates to December are on the site: Mankent 550 000, Mingtuxum 500 000, the Chorvoq ring 500 000, the Pistalitog' ridge 550 000, a winter Chukuraksu 450 000. With one caveat: their Telegram channel has been silent since 2021 and their blog since 2024. A date on that site is a plan, not a confirmation. Phone before you go. wolftravel.uz.
Outdoors, but not hiking#
Samarkand Marathon Series is the only organisation here that does not sit in Tashkent. Five big days a year in five regions: a night race in Bukhara, an ultra in Zomin, a mountain camp at Amirsoy, a marathon in Samarqand, and in early October the Aral Ultra in Karakalpakstan — 15, 25, 50 and 100 km along the edge of the Ustyurt and across the floor of a sea that is no longer there, from 400 000 to 1 000 000 so'm. The children's race in Nukus is 50 000. Their channel @aralultra publishes every post in four languages — Uzbek, Karakalpak, Russian and English.
TRAILRUNNING.UZ put on mountain races and canyoning; canyoning at Paltau is 300 000. trailrunning.uz.
Free, and every week: Tashkent Runners, the Saturday five kilometres of RUNshanba, Tashkent Ploggers who run carrying rubbish bags, and the cycling community. None of them sells anything.
Outside Tashkent#
There is very little to say here, and that is the bad news.
Nuratau Travel is the one company registered somewhere other than Tashkent — in Forish district, Jizzax region. From April to October they run a group departure every Tuesday: meet at 08:40 in the car park of the Uzbekistan Hotel in Tashkent, leave at 09:00. They also run two-day walks between the villages of Sayyod and Uhum in the Nurota mountains. No price is printed on the page. nuratau.com.
In Samarqand, the Fergana valley, Bukhara, Surxondaryo and Qashqadaryo, no club could be found that regularly announces a day trip with a date on it. You can hire a guide to order; what does not exist is a group that says "be here at seven on Saturday".
One mountain, four prices#
The same summit costs different money in the same month. These are the prices announced for climbing Katta Chimyon in September 2026.
All four put you on the same top. The difference is the transport, the number of guides, the size of the group, and whether there is tea on the way.
The shape of the market:
| What | Price | Who |
|---|---|---|
| A walk that also picks up litter | free (travel not included) | Zidulay |
| Minibus, cable car, lunch | 100 000 – 300 000 | Доступный туризм |
| An ordinary Sunday hike | 250 000 – 400 000 | Zirve, Vanches, Wild & Free, Salom Hiking, DeRock, Brichmulla, Все в горы, Adventure Tours, ChimganClub |
| Katta Chimyon, a fifteen-hour day | 300 000 – 500 000 | see the chart above |
| Any Wolf Travel route | 450 000 – 750 000 | Wolf Travel |
| A day on the rocks | 480 000 | IRBIS |
| Two days with a tent | 890 000 – 990 000 | TrekkingClub |
Transport and a guide are almost always in the price; food almost never is. The full sum is in what a day in the mountains costs.
Four questions before you pay#
- How many people will be in the group? Not one group in this list publishes it. Twenty people and forty people are two entirely different days.
- Where do we meet and when do we get back? Most of them print only the departure time. The Katta Chimyon climb starts at three in the morning and finishes around nine at night.
- Do I get my money back? Almost all of them want payment up front. DeRock, for one, refunds nothing inside 24 hours and will not move you to another date.
- Is this route too much for me? "Moderate" means something different to everybody. Ask for the kilometres and the ascent, then check them against what the grades mean.
If this is your first time out: your first time on Chimyon and what to take.
The ones that have gone quiet#
You may find these names online, so here is the honest position.
Hiking Uzbekistan was the only club working out of Samarqand, and it wrote in Uzbek. The Qoratepa hills, Devsharshara, Kemquton — those were its routes. Its last post is 13 April 2025.
Поехали.уз is a large club, more than ten years old, with thirty-four thousand subscribers. On 28 August 2026 they announced that for the first time in seven years they were taking a long break; since then there has been no trip announcement on the channel, and the "upcoming trips" on their website have not moved since June 2025.
Majestic Zoom have not closed, but they have announced nothing since 14 August 2026.
Таинственный Узбекистан have been named twice in the press, but their Telegram address is a personal account rather than a channel. Whether they are still trading could not be checked.
What Daydi does here#
Nothing. We do not organise these trips, we do not book places, we take no money and we receive no percentage from any name above. Every figure here is one those groups published themselves; the words are ours and copied from nobody. The photographs are not theirs either.
The list is correct as of the day this article was published — every channel was opened and read that day. Groups appear and go quiet — the four above show it. If you notice a price or a channel has changed, tell us.
If you would rather go with your own friends, that works too: how to put a group together and how to get from Tashkent to the mountains. To choose where, start with day trips from Tashkent.