Adventure Tour II in Kazakhstan
Almaty - Kok-Sou River - Kapchagay Reservoir - (Altyn-Emelsky National Nature Park) - Kolsaiski Lakes - Saryboulak Pass - Karakol Mountain (Kyrgyzstan) - Issyk-Kol Lake - Zhety Ogouz - (Ile-Alatau National Nature Park) - Issyk Tumuli - Balkhash Lake - Almaty
Duration: 21 days (20 nights).Season: June - September.
Accommodation: hotels, sanatorium, rest house, guest house, tents.
Meal: full board (traditional Kazakh and Russian cuisine).
Transport: minibus, comfortable bus, raft, horses, boats (motor)
Sightseeings:
Almaty - The city of the two cultures - the Moslem and the Christian - was established in 1854. A very beautiful city which will not leave indifferent none of its visitors.Kapchagay Reservoir - Its area is about 460 square meters. Nowadays many Almaty citizens and the visitors of the Southern Capital come here to enjoy rest after the working week.
Altyn-Emelsky National Nature Park - This site preserves deathly-still evidence of the great events in the life of the nomadic tribes. In the territory of the Park there are discovered numerous archaelogical memorials: rock drawings of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age settlements, ancient mine workings and burial grounds. The animals listed in the International Red Book like dzheirans, koolans, the "manool" cats, Central Asian otters, rocky marten are encountered. Out of 250 species of birds found in the territory of the Park 22 refer to the rare and depopulating species.
Singing Barkhan - The unique natural formation. A sandy ridge of 80 meters height and more than 3000 meters length possesses an unusual characteristics: in summer when the wind and people disturb sand, the ridge produces powerful continuous buzzing like the airplane din.
Kolsaiski Lakes - 2200-2700 meters height above the sea level there are three beautifully unique mountain lakes Kolsai with the king fish called " rainbow trout". One of the most popular tours to Issyk Kol Lake passes by.
Karakol - The center of the Issyk Kol Region with the museum and the memorial to the famous Russian traveler Przhevalsky.
Zhety Ogouz - This place has got its name in honor of the seven rocks surrounding the valley with the rhadon springs. A lot of legends connected with them narrate about the wonder-working powers of this place.
Issyk-Kol Lake - The Alpine salty lake is situated at the height of 1607 meters above the sea level, it covers the area of 6206 square meters, maximum depth is 668 meters. The lake is surrounded by the mountain edges with the snowy peaks, it does not freeze during the whole year, it is rich with a variety of fish.
Ile-Alatau National Nature Park - The Park of 202292 hectares area is situated close to Almaty, within the absolute heights of 600-5000 meters above the sea level. Within a day you can make a wonderful tour from the Kazakh steppe to the glaciers. Out of the variety of the world of animals represented in the Park listed in the Red Book are 13 species of birds, 8 mammals, including the symbol of the Almaty city - snow leopard - "Irbis". It should be noted that this animal is listed in the International Red Book - MSOP. A few species of butterflies also are "red-booked". The flora of the National park is abundant, it includes many rare and endemic species, two of them are the tulips (kolpakovsky and ostrovsky); it is from Zailiiski Alatau that the tulip came in the Middle Ages through the Silk road to the Small Asia and then to Holland.
Issyk Tumuli - Saks' burial grounds of XI-XIII centuries. The "golden man" which became the symbol of Kazakhstan was found in one of such burial grounds.
Balkhash Lake - A shallow lake which covers a vast area of 18300 square meters. In the North-East it is salty, in the South-West it is fresh. Five rivers fall into the lake: Ayaguz, Lepsy, Aksu, Karatal, Ili.
Tour description.
Day 1. Meeting at the airport, registration, transfer, "Zhetysu" hotel accommodation**. Breakfast. Adaptation. Lunch. After lunch - an excursion to the Alpine scating rink "Medeo" through the "Kok-Tube" mountain. A view of the night city. Return to the hotel. Dinner. A night stay in the hotel.
Day 2. Breakfast. A ride to the starting point of rafting (150 km). Kok-Su River, in the Chinese bordering area. Laying out of the tent camping. Lunch, free time, preparation to the rafting. Dinner. A night stay in the camp.
Days 3-5. Breakfast. Rafting along the Kok-Su River, category 4. Each day the group takes trips of 8-12 kilometers. Night stays in the tents. Three-time-a-day meal.
Day 6. Breakfast. A bus transfer with the guide to the Kapchagay Reservoir (100 km). Immersion in Kapchagay, dinner and night stay in the rest house "Golden Sands".
Day 7. Breakfast. Immersion in Kapchagay. For those willing - a trip to Tamgaly (rock drawings, Buddha portrait). In the evening - move to Altyn-Emelsky National Nature Park (60 km), dinner and a night stay in the guest house.
Day 8. Breakfast in the guest house "Taygak", excursion to Altyn - Emel - watching of the animals, Basshatyrski tumuli, "Singing barkhan". During the day a huntsman accompanies the group (30 km).
Day 9. Breakfast. Continuation of the excursion along the Park. Lunch in the guest house "Kzylauz". Continuation of the excursion along Altyn - Emel (30 km), a night stay and dinner at the guest house in Baschi.
Day 10. Breakfast in the guest house "Baschi", move to the lake Kolsay-1 (350 km) with lunch. Dinner and night stay in the guest house.
Day 11. Breakfast, horse ride (12 km) to the lake Kolsay-3 (2700 m).
Day 12. Breakfast, horse ride through the pass Sarybulak (3250 meters high) to the settlement Bolbay, lunch on the way, transfer to the town of Karakol (Kyrgyzstan) (30 km).
Day 13. Breakfast, rest at the lake Issyk kol (1610 m). Lunch, dinner, night stay in sanatorium "Issyk Kol" (Kyrgyzstan).
Day 14. Breakfast, excursion to Zhety oguz, lunch. Dinner - dungan cuisine, night stay in the guest house.
Day 15. Breakfast, move to a kazakh village Baiseit (Kazakhstan) (300 km), lunch on the way, dinner and folklore show, after the dinner - departure (90 km) to Ile Alatau national nature Park, accommodation in the rest house "Tau Turghen" (Turghenski gorge).
Day 16. Breakfast. Excursion to the Turghen waterfalls and Chinturghen moss fir-groves (a nature memorial), lunch in the open air, night stay in the rest house "Tau Turghen" (30 km).
Day 17. Breakfast. A visit to Issyk tumuli (40 km), in one of which the "golden man" was found (four thousand of golden items with total weight 2.5 kg), it has become a symbol of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Wine-testing in the Issyk wine factory. Night stay in the rest house "Tau Turghen".
Day 18. Breakfast, transfer Turghen - Balkhash Lake (460 km). The area of the Lake Balkhash is 18300 square kilometers, the deepest point is 26 meters, lunch on the way. Upon the arrival at the destination - camping. Dinner, stay in the tents
Day 19. Breakfast. Fishing, submerged hunting. Dinner and night stay in tents.
Day 20. Breakfast. Fishing, submerged hunting, in the evening - move to Almaty (400 km).
Day 21. Accomodation in the hotel "Zhetysu" **, breakfast, rest, shopping, lunch, after the lunch a tour around the city; National Museum, National Instruments Museum, Cathedral, Mosque, late at night move to the airport. Departure.
The tourist is supposed to have: sleeping suit-bag, personal medicine chest, warm clothes.
Cost of the tour includes: VISA support, accommodation, three-times-a-day meal, transportation service, guides, horseman, instructor, interpreter, raft, horses, boats (motor), aqualung, equipment and outfit.