Sentob Village
Sentob
A Tajik mountain village at the northern foot of the Nuratau Mountains, with stone houses, walnut groves, and streams. Stay in a village homestay, hike to rock art, or explore ancient village ruins.
Sentob is the best-known Tajik mountain village in the Nuratau–Kyzylkum Biosphere Reserve. Stone houses are stacked up the ravine, and beside the village stand thousand-year-old walnut trees, an old water mill, and the stone ruins of an abandoned village. Ancient rock carvings can be found on nearby rocks. Several family homestays in the village serve three meals. You can join a day hike: walk up the ravine to a mountain spring, or cross the mountains to nearby villages such as Asraf and Hayat, where you may see mountain plants and birds of prey along the way. Many itineraries pair Sentob with a yurt camp at Aydarkul Lake, for “one night in the desert, one night in a mountain village.” The drive from Nurata or the yurt camp takes about 1.5 hours, with the final stretch on a rural road. There is almost no mobile signal in the village, and cash is the main form of payment.
Opening hours
All day