Almaty 10 days/9 nights

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EXPLORE KAZAKHSTAN TOUR

DAY 1

ARRIVAL TO ALMATY

XX:XX

Arrival to Almaty International Airport.
Arrival procedures.
Meet and greet by Tour-guide with client’s name placard.
Transfer to Hotel.
Dinner at restaurant
Check in to the hotel
Free for leisure

DAY 2

ALMATY SIGHTSEEING TOUR & KOK TOBE PARK

07:00-10:00

10:00-18:00

18:00-18:30

18:30-19:30

19:30-20:00

20:00-20:10

21:00-21:30

Breakfast at the hotel

Almaty City Tour:
- Visiting Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen,
- The Ascension Cathedral,
- Museum of national instruments.
- Green Bazaar
- Walking streets “Panfilov” & “Arbat”
- Republic squire
- Lunch at local restaurant

Transfer to restaurant for dinner at local restaurant

Dinner

Transfer to Kok Tobe Park.
Kok Tobe Park is one of the symbols of the city of Almaty and the whole of Kazakhstan, located on the peak of Kok Tobe Mountain at an altitude of 1,100 meters above sea level, a 5-minute drive from the city center.

Transfer to Kok-Tobe Hill by cable car.
It takes only 10 min. to get there by cable car (total length is 1620 m).
Free time at Kok-Tobe Hill for enjoy walking on park.

Transfer to hotel
Overnight

DAY 3

ALMATY – MEDEU GORGE- SHYMBULAK MOUNTAIN RESORT

09:00-11:00

11:00-11:45

11:45-12:30

12:30-15:30

13:00-14:00

15:30-16:00

16:00-16:50

16:50-17:45

18:00-18:30

18:30-19:30

19:30-20:00

Breakfast at the hotel.

Tour guide will meet guests at the Hotel’s Lobby.
Transfer to Medeu Gorge (25 km from the city).

From Medeu Gorge guests take a cable car (total length is 6200 m) to Shymbulak Resort. Guests will get to Talgar Peak by cable car (the highest peak of Shymbulak; 3200 m above sea level).

Free time to enjoy the view

Lunch at local restaurant at

Guests take a cable car to go back to Medeu Gorge.

Transfer to Falcon Nursery Farm.
The guests will have a unique opportunity to become a participant in a spectacular performance demonstrated by birds of various ways of hunting small game under the guidance of a falconry ornithologist. How the whitetailed Orlan catches fish, how the Snow Vulture dances and much can be seen only at the Falcon Center in Almaty.

Guests will see a Hunting birds show.
Seven species of predators take part in show.
Guests will learn more about falcon hunting history, organic traits and the life-style of hunting birds.

Transfer to restaurant for dinner

Dinner

Transfer to hotel
Free time

DAY 4

VISIT CHARYN CANYON & KOLSAI LAKE AT KOLDERI NATIONAL PARK (JEEP TOUR)

08:00-09:00

09:00-12:00

13:00-14:00

14:00-16:20

16:20-18:30

18:30-19:00

19:00-20:00

Breakfast at the hotel
Check out

Transfer to Charyn National Park.
Charyn Canyon so called “Younger brother of Grand Canyon” in the US, Charyn Canyon is one of the most beautiful creations of nature that must be on the list of your journey around Almaty region. It is 12 million years old.
Walking inside the Canyon (It takes 50 minutes one way for leisurely walk).

Time for lunch, lunch boxes included

Transfer to Kolderi National Park to Kolsay Lake 1.
Wonderful world was created by nature in Kolsai gorge, at the depth of which one after another settle 3 beautiful lakes of Almaty region.

Walking near the breathtaking lake and enjoy the magnificent scenery.

Transfer to Saty village
Check-in at guest house.

Homemade local dinner at guesthouse.
Overnight at the guesthouse.

DAY 5

VISIT KAINDY MOUNTAIN LAKE

08:00-09:00

09:00-10:00

10:00-12:30

12:00-13:30

13:00-14:30

14:30-19:00

20:30-21:00

Breakfast at guest house
Check out

Drive to Kaindy Mountain Lake (due to weather condition in winter).
Lake located at in the gorge of the same name at an altitude of 1867m.
You will have the opportunity to plunge into the surreal atmosphere of Kaindy Lake which is created by the “Ghost” forest of Sunken Spruces forever trapped in the middle of the lake.

Guests will have 1,5 hour mountain light trekking (at a height up to 1 700 m above sea level) and then 1 hour to relax at the lake and enjoy the amazing views of Kungey Alatau Gorge.

Transfer to guesthouse for lunch

Homemade lunch at guesthouse

Transfer to Almaty
Dinner at restaurant-

Transfer to hotel
Check in
Overnight at the hotel

DAY 6

ALMATY - ASTANA SIGHTSEEING TOUR

06:30-07:00

07:00-07:40

08:45-10:30

11:00-12:30

12:30-13:30

13:30-14:30

14:30-16:00

16:00-18:00

18:00-20:00

Breakfast at the Hotel. Check out.

Transfer to Almaty International Airport.

Arrival to Astana Nur-Sultan International Airport (NZQ).
Meet and greet by tour guide.

Transfer to ALZHIR Concentration Camp by minivan.
Alzhir was the biggest concentration camp in USSR for country traitors’ wives and their children.

Excursion around ALZHIR Concentration Camp.

Return to Astana.

Transfer for local restaurant for lunch
(shared salad, 1 main course, snacks and sweets, tea/coffee).

Astana Sightseeing Tour:
- Palace of Peace and Reconciliation The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation is a symbol of friendship, unity and peace in Kazakhstan. Largest Muslim mosque in Kazakhstan and Central Asia
- Four minarets rise to 130 m. Each tower consists of five parts, which symbolize the five pillars of Islam - faith, prayer, fasting, zakat and pilgrimage. One tower - in the left wing - was opened to visitors. Guests can take the lift and enjoy the view
- Palace of Independence Is a place for official state functions. The Palace of Independence also features a modern art gallery, the gallery of applied art and ethnography, archeology and anthropology, and the Museum of City History of Astana

Dinner at restaurant
Transfer to hotel
Check in
Overnight at the hotel

DAY 7

ASTANA CITY TOUR & NUR ALEM MUSEUM OF FUTURE ENERGY

09:00-10:00

10:00-12:00

12:00-13:00

13:30-14:30

14:30-15:30

15:30-18:00

18:00-19:30

19:30-20:00

Breakfast at the Hotel.

City Tour:
- Baiterek Tower
Symbol of new capital of Kazakhstan.

- Walk along Green Water Boulevard and Round Square. Take a walk on Green Water Boulevard and visit the Round Square

Transfer and national cuisine dinner at the local restaurant (shared salad, 1 main course, snacks and sweets, tea/coffee).

- Visit Khan Shatyr Shopping Mall. Khan Shatyr ("Royal Marquee") is a giant transparent tent in Astana. Under the tent, an area larger than 10 football stadiums, is an urban-scale park, shopping and entertainment venue with squares and cobbled streets, a boating river, shopping centre, minigolf and indoor beach resort. Free time at Khan Shatyr Shopping Mall.

Visit Nur Alem Museum of Future Energy In 2017 the capital of Kazakhstan hosted an EXPO exhibition, the med "Future Energy".

Transfer to restaurant for dinner

Transfer to hotel
Overnight

DAY 8

ASTANA – TURKISTAN CITY

07:00-09:00

07:55-09:50

11:00-11:30

13:00-14:00

14:00-16:30

16:30-17:00

19:00-20:00

Breakfast at the Hotel or pick up breakfast box
Check out.
Transfer to Astana Nur-Sultan Domestic Airport (NQZ).
Check-in for flight to Turkistan city.

Departure by Air Astana
(Flight schedule is subject to change).
Arrival to Turkistan city.
Baggage claim
Meet with the guide

Transfer to hotel Karavan Saray Turkistan Harbour 5*
Check in
Free time for refreshment
Karavan Saray Turkistan Harbour 5*
From the moment of arrival, you will plunge into the enchanting atmosphere of a fascinating fairy tale, glorifying the great history, culture and eternal romance of Kazakhstan.

Lunch at hotel

Turkestan Sightseeing Tour
Visit The Mausoleum of Khodja Ahmed Yassawi UNESCO HERITAGE
Khoja Ahmed Yassawi was a Turkic Sufi poet, an early mystic who exerted a powerful influence on the development of Sufi orders throughout the Turkic-speaking world.
Visit Uli Dala museum
Like any other country, Kazakhstan also has a second name. It is Uli Dala Eli - the country of the Great Steppe. It is indeed. The geography of the place shaped it so.

Walk back to hotel
Free time for leisure

Dinner at hotel
Free time to visit
Altyn Samruk Flying theatre
Enjoy boat trip
Evening the fountain show & Show
Kyz Zhibek and Tolegen Boats Show in a theme of ancient epos. This well-known romantic poetry from the ancient epic was presented in the form of a floating theatrical action in 2 parts.

DAY 9

SHYMKENT CITY – ALMATY CITY

07:00-09:00

09:00-10:30

10:30-11:30

11:30-13:00

13:00-15:00

15:00-17:00

17:00-19:00

19:00-20:30

20:30-21:00

23:00-23:55

Breakfast at the hotel
Check out
Transfer to Shymkent city

Transfer to the Mausoleum of Arystan - bab of XII century.
Guests will be provided with lunch boxes.

Visiting the Mausoleum of Arystan - bab of XII century - one of Muslim shrines in Central Asia that is famous as pilgrimage place.
Visiting the Museum in Shaulder Village.

Visiting the Otrar hill-fort.
Otrar (also called as Farab) was an important trading center in the history of Central Asia, situated at the intersection of the caravan ways of the Great Silk Road.

Transfer to Shymkent restaurant for lunch
Lunch

Visit to Ethnographic Museum – Hilvet (underground mosque).
The Ethnographic Museum is a unique place, because its entire exposition and rooms were created by the hands of one person - Kendebay Karabdalov.

Transfer and visit to Citadel.
Beautiful view of the city opens from the highest point of the Citadel (537 m above sea level).

Transfer to restaurant for dinner
Dinner

Transfer to Shymkent Aiport for flight to Almaty

Depart to Almaty by SCAT
Arrival to Almaty
Transfer to hotel
Check in
Overnight at the hotel

DAY 10

ALMATY – NEXT DESTINATION

Breakfast at the Hotel or picked up the breakfast boxes
Check out.
Transfer to the Almaty International Airport
Departure from Almaty

END OF THE PROGRAM

The tour includes:

5 nights’ accommodation in the hotel in Almaty in DBL/TWN Standard room with breakfast
1 nights’ accommodation in the hotel in Saty village in TWN Standard room with breakfast
2 nights’ accommodation in the hotel in Astana in DBL/TWN Standard room with breakfast
1 night’ accommodation in the hotel in Turkestan in DBL/TWN Standard room with breakfast
Transportation according to the package
Meals: Full board
Escort by English/Italian/German/Arabian/Korean/Chinese Tour Leader
Sightseeing and entrance tickets according to the program
Water 1 L per person daily
Local sim card for tour leader

The tour excludes:

Early check in to the hotel
International air tickets
Domestic air tickets
Family Entertainment center
Rent equipment’s fee
Alcoholic and soft beverages
Personal expenses
Photo and video charges
Any services not mentioned in the above program
Hotel deposit
Minibar charge

Important:

Some changes are allowed in the program, except reduction of number of booked excursions
In case place of visit is closed to visitors it will be replaced with an alternative. During big events proposed accommodation may be changed and replaced with a similar category
Sequence of itinerary and hotels given is subject to change without prior notice.
Hotel booking is subject to availability. No reservations are made before confirmation and 100% prepayment received from client
Domestic flights are subject to change in timing and availability. If mentioned flight is not available, it will be changed to convenient one, depending on tour program
Proposed hotels are not available; it will be substituted with other hotel of same category.

Payment:

Payment to be made not less than 30 days prior to tourist group arrival at our bank account as per received invoice or by credit card.

Cancellation fees:

Cancellation prior 30 days – no charges apply
Cancellation prior 20 days – 50% charge of the total price
Cancellation prior 10 days – 100% charge of the total price