Highlights of Kazakhstan

00:00

Arrival to Almaty. Meeting at the airport and transfer to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.

09:00

Meeting with a guide and transfer for city tour. Sightseeing tour begins with a visit to the Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen, named after the 28 Guardsmen from Almaty, who heroically defended Moscow from the Nazi invasion in 1941. The next stop will be the tallest wooden church in the world, Zenkovsky Cathedral, Green Bazaar and Central Mosque. We will pass through the main modern attractions of the city: the futuristic Al-Farabi Street, the Presidential Palace and the Monument of Independence.

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Transfer to the Medeo gorge, where we will have a short stop at the huge Medeo dam, which protects the city from destructive mudflows formed on the peaks of the western Tien Shan. Trip to Shymbulak from Medeo by cable car.

16:00

Moving to Kok-Tobe hill, which is the highest point of the city, located at an altitude of 1100 meters above sea level, where the highest TV tower in the world is located. An amazing panorama of the mountains and the city opens from the top.

18:00

Dinner. Return to the hotel, overnight.

13:00

Departure for a tour on the Big Almaty Lake (about 30 km from Almaty) Big Almaty Lake is located in the gorge of the Big Almaty River, at an altitude of 2511 m above sea level, 28.5 km south of Almaty.

16:00

Transfer to the Sunkar Falcon Farm Viewers will receive a lot of information about the history of falconry, biological characteristics and lifestyle of birds of prey.

18:00

Return to the city, dinner at a local restaurant. Overnight at the hotel.

09:00

Breakfast. Transfer to Saty village at Kolsay Kolderi National Park (about 250 km)

13:00

Lunch at the guesthouse at Saty village. After lunch, transfer to Kaiyndy Lake.

14:00

Arrival at Kaiyndy Lake. Kaiyndy is a very young lake, which appeared only at the beginning of the last century as a result of the earthquake of 1911. Water flooded the gorge, and the birch grove was not completely flooded, the tops of the trees proudly rise above the water, like the masts of a sunken ship.

18:00

Return to the guesthouse. Dinner and overnight. Optional: horse ride

08:00

Breakfast

09:00

Transfer to Kolsay Lakes. For those who wish trek to Lake Kolsay 2 (about 8 km one way). Kolsay lakes are one of the most beautiful places of nature in Kazakhstan. They are also called the Pearls of the Northern Tien Shan, because such beauty is not found everywhere! Kolsay lakes are favorite place for lovers of mountains; they are located at an altitude of 1800, 2250 and 2700 above sea level. Trekking to Kolsay Lakes is very light and suitable even for lay people. In addition, Kolsay is a wonderful place for picnics and horseback riding and mountain biking. Comfortable for camping is from April to the end of September.

13:00

Lunch at lunch boxes.

14:00

Free time, walking

18:00

Return to the guesthouse. Dinner, overnight at the guesthouse. Optional: horseback riding and boat trip on the lake

08:00

Breakfast

09:00

Transfer to the Charyn canyon (about 80 km from Kolsay lakes).

10:00

Arrival to the Charyn canyon. Charyn Canyon is a unique natural monument, which is located on the territory of the Charyn National Park. Charyn Canyon stretches for 154 km along the Charyn River. It is composed of sedimentary rocks, whose age is about 12 million years. Height reaches from 150 to 300 meters. He is often compared to the Grand Canyon in Colorado, and is even called his "little brother." Charyn Canyon is very popular among tourists, every year a huge number of people visit it. Here you can not only relax and go on an excursion, but also engage in active sports.

12:30

Lunch during the tour.

14:00

After lunch, return to Almaty.

17:00

Transfer to the airport for departure to Nur Sultan.

20:00

Arrival to Nur Sultan. Hotel accommodation. Dinner and overnight.

08:00

Breakfast

09:00

Transfer for a city tour. A city tour begins with the old part of the city on the right side of the Ishim River. Constitution Square, Museum of the First President, Congress Hall will be the starting points of the tour. You will walk along the Ishim River and see the city in dynamics, and then continue the tour of the most important architectural buildings and monuments of the modern capital (Independence Square, Water-Green Boulevard).

11:00

Visit National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the museum you will see the Golden Man, known not only in the Kazakh steppe, but throughout Central Asia.

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Visit Baiterek, the symbol of Nur Sultan. Visit Atameken, a miniature map of Kazakhstan. Visit Palace of Peace and Concord, designed by the prominent British architect Norman Foster, which became a true decoration of the new capital of Kazakhstan. Visit Nur-Astana mosque, a fantastic outline of the left bank of the Nur-Sultan.

18:00

Dinner at the restaurant Transfer to the hotel.

08:00

Breakfast

09:00

After breakfast, transfer to the Borovoe nature reserve (260 km, 3.5 hours)

13:00

Arrival to Borovoe. Lunch at a local restaurant Burabay National Park (Borovoe) occupies 85,000 hectares of the north-eastern part of Kokshetau. There are 14 lakes in the park, each of which has an area of more than 1 square. km and a large number of small lakes. In the middle of the steppe, nature itself created unique natural landscapes of extraordinary beauty with a combination of majestic mountain landscapes, blue mirror lakes, coniferous and deciduous groves.

14:00

After lunch, you will have a walking tour along the shore of Lake Borovoe, where you can visit the rocks “Ush-kyz”, “Ok-Jetpes”, “Zhumbaktas” and Mount “Kokshetau”, each of which has amazing legends that reflect the history and identity of the Kazakh of the people. Transfer to Nur Sultan

17:00

Transfer to Nur Sultan

20:00

Dinner and overnight.

00:00

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for departure home. END OF TOUR