Sharof Egamberdiev

Sharof Egamberdiev is an Uzbekistani traveller, Doctor of Biological Sciences and blogger about mountain tourism. On Instagram he presents himself as head of the Uzbek Tourist travel team and posts videos from hiking trips.

According to a Spot.uz article (January 2022), he previously worked in the public sector on the molecular genetics of cotton. The idea of «Mysterious Uzbekistan» came after a trip to the western Gissar mountains in Kashkadarya; the project appeared online in August 2013 and was officially registered in 2014.

In 2017 he went to the Himalayas for the first time, left his state job and turned to tourism full time. By the time of the article the team had grown from three founders to 22 people and the company ran about 60 tours across the country.

The article describes him as one of the first to develop domestic mountain tourism in Uzbekistan: in 2019 he planted the Uzbek flag on Mount Elbrus, the highest point in Europe, visited Everest base camp several times, crossed Himalayan passes and climbed more than 40 peaks in Uzbekistan and Central Asia. In 2021 he received the «Tourism Devotee» badge, and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports recognised «Mysterious Uzbekistan» in the nomination for promoting new tourist routes.

He leads the travellers' community of the non-profit movement Uzbek Tourist; in 2021 his team climbed Pamir peaks with it.