Alpine Lakes

Tour's code: TREK3-À-8.
Duration: 8 days (7 nights).
Season: July - September

Accommodation: guesthouse, tourist base (on the coast of Issyk-Kul Lake), tents. Meal: full board (traditional Kazakh and Russian cuisine), a marching meal - during passages.
Transport: minibus, comfortable bus.

Tour description.

Day 1. Arrival in Almaty, transfer to hotel.
Day 2. Drive from Almaty (700 m) along Bolshaya Almatinka River valley to Hydropower Station #2 (1,400 m). Bolshaya Almatinka valley - Large Almaty Lake. Camp 1 (2,600 m).
Day 3. Oziornaya River - Oziornyi pass (3,500 m) - Kol-Almaty River valley. Camp 2 (2,900 m).
Day 4. Descend to Chon-Kemin River valley - Zhasyl-Kel Lake. Camp 3 (3,100 m).
Day 5. Chon-Kemin River valley - Kel-Almaty River valley. Camp 4 (3,400 m).
Day 6. Primul’s Lake (3,520 m) - Prohodnoi pass (3,600 m) - Prohodnaya River valley - Polyana Aleshkin Most. Camp 5 (2,600 m).
Day 7. Prohodnaya River valley - Hotel Prosveschenets (1,600 m) - Hydropower Station #2 - drive to Almaty.
Day 8. Transfer to airport. Return flight.

Cost of the tour includes: VISA support, accommodation, meal, guide's and interpreter's services, cook's services and rental payment for kitchen equipment, vehicles, rental payment for tourist equipment. top