点评:Well, AyimTours (associated with Jipek Joli hotel in Nukus) did a fabulous job for us with 2 private day-trip tours out of Nukus. First Khormit took us to the Mizdakhan Necropolis and Moynaq – a very long rough road trip, but what an experience. Having such a knowledgeable guide (very good English speaker) made it very worthwhile. Seeing the rusting ships on the shore and understanding the Aral Sea eco-disaster was really sobering. Then Abid took us for a very long (at our request!) tour of Chilpyk-Kala and 4 desert fortresses, ending up in Khiva. He is a working archeologist on current digs, so wow…having that expertise was amazing, (his English was OK). So many extra insights that he was able to provide. Now, these were not the cheapest tours around, but they were competitive with some others I contacted. And, they are long distances with a driver + guide. And in each case, the lunch option was quite good. What was a problem was that they don’t have a website to pay by credit card. Nor a wire transfer option (not desirable anyway). So it ended up with them trusting me to bring $US and pay when I arrived in Nukus. It did work out just fine in the end, but it took a lot of going back and forth to understand payment options…they need a way to allow credit card payments, or associate themselves with Viator or GetYourGuide.
翻译:好吧,AyimTours(与努库斯的 Jipek Joli 酒店合作)为我们提供了 2 次从努库斯出发的私人一日游,真是太棒了。首先,Khormit 带我们去了 Mizdakhan 墓地和 Moynaq——这是一次非常漫长而艰难的公路旅行,但真是一次难忘的经历。有这样一位知识渊博的导游(英语说得很好)让这一切变得非常值得。看到岸边生锈的船只,了解咸海的生态灾难,真的让人警醒。然后,Abid 带我们进行了一次非常漫长的(应我们的要求!) Chilpyk-Kala 之旅和 4 座沙漠堡垒之旅,最后到达了 Khiva。他是目前正在进行挖掘的考古学家,所以哇……拥有这样的专业知识真是太棒了,(他的英语还不错)。他能够提供很多额外的见解。现在,这些不是最便宜的旅行,但它们与我联系过的其他一些旅行相比具有竞争力。而且,它们是长途旅行,有司机和导游。每次午餐的选择都很不错。问题是他们没有一个网站可以用信用卡付款。也没有电汇选项(反正也不理想)。所以他们最终相信我带美元,等我到达努库斯再付款。最后一切都很顺利,但花了好几次来回才搞清楚付款方式……他们需要一种允许信用卡付款的方式,或者与 Viator 或 GetYourGuide 合作。