1stepoutside · est. Tashkent · since 2025
Explore the wild side of Uzbekistan.
Small groups, local guides, and itineraries designed by the people who grew up wandering this country.
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Hand-built small-group trips across the country — or design your own with us. Swipe through what is running now.
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01 · ISPAY VODIYSI, TASHKENT
Uzbekistan's Switzerland.
02 · BADAK LAKE
Turquoise water folded between ridges.
03 · AKSAKATA
Camp where the sun rises before the valley.
04 · SHAHI ZINDA, SAMARKAND
A thousand years of turquoise tombs.
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By the numbers
Young, and already loved.
Less than a year in, kept deliberately small. The numbers we're proudest of are the ones that stayed low — group sizes, last-minute changes, missed sunrises.
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The team
The People Behind It
No back office hiding behind the brand — the faces below plan your route, cook your dinner and walk it with you.
Doniyor
Founder
Born in Samarkand. Started this to show people the country he grew up in.
Amir
Chief Adventure Officer
Knows every trail here — including the ones that aren't on any map.
Muxtasar
Operations
The reason your trip runs without you ever noticing the work.
Madina
Content
Behind every photo and film you'll take home.
Sardor
Head Chef
Three courses, four hours from the nearest road — and he makes it look easy.
Shirin
Ambassador
First to greet you, last to wave you off.
Doniyor
Founder
Born in Samarkand. Started this to show people the country he grew up in.
Amir
Chief Adventure Officer
Knows every trail here — including the ones that aren't on any map.
Muxtasar
Operations
The reason your trip runs without you ever noticing the work.
Madina
Content
Behind every photo and film you'll take home.
Sardor
Head Chef
Three courses, four hours from the nearest road — and he makes it look easy.
Shirin
Ambassador
First to greet you, last to wave you off.
5 · WHAT WE SAY
A great trip is not a checklist of places.
Years from now, you won't remember the itinerary. You'll remember the tea a stranger handed you on a cold morning, the silence at the top before anyone spoke, the people who felt like home by the last night.
That is the trip we build.
— The 1stepoutside team
6 · TAKE THE STEP
Your trip is already half-planned.
We'll do the other half.
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