Tian Shan, 06:14
Mountains that change colour every hour.
Our home range. Two hours from Tashkent and a different country by the time the sun is up.
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1stepoutside · est. Tashkent · since 2020
Luxuryguidedtoursthroughthe
wild side of Uzbekistan.
Small groups, local guides, and itineraries designed by the people who grew up wandering this country.
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Mountains that change colour every hour.
02 · Aydarkul
Desert that breathes at night.
03 · Nuratau
Villages older than the road to them.
04 · Silk Road
Cities that hold their breath after dark.
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By the numbers
Small studio. Quietly busy.
Six years of trips, kept deliberately small. The numbers we are most proud of are the ones that stayed low — group sizes, last-minute changes, missed sunrises.
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The country, panel by panel
Four landscapes. One small country with more to it than the map suggests.
Aydarkul, all year
Desert that breathes.
Forty-eight kilometres of inland sea bordered by the Kyzylkum. We camp on the quiet side.
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Nuratau, October
Villages older than the road to them.
Family guesthouses we have worked with for years. The walnut trees are part of the welcome.
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Silk Road, after dark
Cities that hold their breath at night.
Private after-hours access to the Registan. No crowds. No glass. The tile work, the way it was meant to be seen.
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The team
Six people. One small studio. Every trip personally led.
No back office hiding behind the brand — the faces below plan your route, cook your dinner and walk it with you.
Founder
Doniyor
EN · RU · UZ
Chief Adventure Officer
Amir
EN · RU · UZ
Operations
Muxtasar
EN · RU · UZ
Content
Madina
EN · RU · UZ
Head Chef
Sardor
RU · UZ
Ambassador
Shirin
EN · RU · UZ
Founder
Doniyor
EN · RU · UZ
Chief Adventure Officer
Amir
EN · RU · UZ
Operations
Muxtasar
EN · RU · UZ
Content
Madina
EN · RU · UZ
Head Chef
Sardor
RU · UZ
Ambassador
Shirin
EN · RU · UZ
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Guest voices
The trips, in their words.
Unedited reviews from guests who have walked, eaten and slept on these trips. The ones we are quietly proudest of.
After-hours at the Registan, alone, at sunset. I have travelled for thirty years and I have never had a moment quite like it. The whole eight days was held together with that level of care.
Eleanor M.
Silk Road Expedition Week · London
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via Google
“The yurt had a real bed, the dinner had three courses, and the Milky Way was right there. We didn't want to leave.”
“Walking with people who actually grew up here changes the trip entirely. We were guests, not tourists.”
“Two days, perfectly engineered. They thought of everything I didn't.”
9 · What we believe
A great trip is not a checklist of places.
It is the quiet hours in between —
the long lunch, the empty road,
the people you met by accident.
— The 1stepoutside team
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Your trip is already half-planned.
We'll do the other half.
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