Trekking to Issyk-Kul Lake
Almaty - lake Bolshoe Almatinskoye - Ozernyi Pass - Chon-Kemin River - Dzhasykkol Lake - Aksu River - Aksy Glacier - Northern Aksu Pass - Grigoryevskoye Gorge - Issyk-Kul Lake - Almaty.
Tour's code: TREK4-I-10.Duration: 10 days (9 nights).
Season: June - 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. Meeting at the airport. Registration. Drive to a guesthouse in Bolshoye Almatinskoye gorge. Breakfast. Adaptation and excursion on the neighborhood territory. Trekking to Bolshoye Almatinskoye Lake. Lunch. Trekking to the wood's border. Camping. Dinner. Night in tents.Day 2. Breakfast. Rolling up tents. Trekking along the wood's border to Oserniy pass (3400 m above sea level). Lunch during the passage. Camping.
Day 3. Breakfast. Rolling up tents. Transition: Ozerniy pass - Chon-Kemen River - Dzhasykkol Lake. Lunch during the passage. Camping.
Day 4. Camping. Rest.
Day 5. Breakfast. Rolling up tents. Transition: Dzhasykol Lake - Aksu River - Aksu glacier. Lunch during the passage. Camping.
Day 6. Breakfast. Rolling up tents. Transition: Aksu glacier - Northern Aksu pass (4100 m above sea level) - Grigoryevskoye gorge. Lunch during the passage. Camping.
Day 7. Breakfast. Rolling up tents. Transition down on Grigoryevskoye gorge. Lunch during the passage. Camping.
Day 8. Breakfast. Rolling up tents. Transition: Grigoryevskoye gorge - Issyk-Kul Lake. Accommodation on the tourist basis on the coast of Issyk-Kul Lake. Rest.
Day 9. Free time. Driving to the guesthouse in Almaty in the evening.
Day 10. Breakfast. City-tour. Visiting of souvenirs' shops. Sauna. Farewell dinner. Transfer to the airport. Flight home.
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.