Picture Budda, ancient burial mounds and wild nature of Southern and Eastern Kazakhstan. T-5
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Duration: 14 days
Accommodation: hotels- 4 nights, tents - 11 nights
Category of difficulty: A
Season: 1 June - September 10
Group size: no more than 12
"Day by Day"
Day 1. Arrival in Almaty. Meeting in airport, transfer to the hotel "Otrar" ****, accommodation. Rest. Breakfast. City sightseeing: visit to the 28 Panfilov's guardsmen park, Cathedral, Museum of national musical instruments, National museum, Medeo gorge, Republic square (4 hrs.). Lunch. Dinner. Night.
Day 2. Breakfast. Transfer: Almaty - Kapchagai town - Ili river (101 km.). Rafting on Ili river (21 km.). Beneath the Kapchagai water reservoir Ili flows in a deep rocky canyon, up to 200 meters wide. River in this part is full-flowing with rapid current and clear water. The canyon is about 100 meters deep. There are small islands in the river-bed. Lunch on the way. In 1,5 - 2 hours another rocks are seen to the right - it is Tamgaly-Tas gorge, where on one of the rock the image of Buddha is engraved. Transfer Tamgaly-Tas - Kapchagai reservoir (90 km). Dinner. Overnight in tents on the bank of Kapchagai reserrvoir.
Day 3. Breakfast. Transfer: Kapchagai reservoir - Altyn-Emel nature reserve (Besshatyr Burial mounds - Singing sand - White mountains (124 km.). Lunch on the way. Visit to Besshatyr Saks burial mounds. They belong to VII-IV c. AD There are 31 burial mounds there, from 45 to 105 m in diameter. Transfer to - "Singing" dune (45 km.). On the hot sand we go up to the top of the sandy hill, which is 200 m high and 500 m long. Two more dunes stretch to the south. Transfer: "Singing" dune - White mountains. Short radial trekking. Dinner. Night in tents.
Day 4. Breakfast. Visit to the White mountains. On the territory of the national park from our car we can see the wild local deer, mountain goats, foxes, hares, birds. Transfer: White mountains - Aidarly village - Chundja village - Temerlik river - Charyn canyon (150 km.). Lunch on the way. Dinner. Night in tents near bridge over Charyn river.
Day 5. Breakfast. Visit to the canyon. Transfer: Charyn canyon - Almaty (200 km.). Lunch on the way. Transfer to Ust-Kamenogorsk (Zhangiztobe railway station) by train. Night on the train.
Day 6. Arrival in Zhangiztobe station in the morning. Breakfast. Transfer to Ust-Kamenogorsk - Ridder town (Leninogorsk) - Gemma guest house (170 km.). Accommodation in guest house. Russian bath and tea with altai honey. Overnight in the guest house.
Day 7. Breakfast. Start of trekking in Altay mountains. Hiking: Gemma guest house - Kedrovoye lake (8 km). The way runs along Palevaya Razlivanka river among Altay taiga with high-altitude. Flora changes. We can see alpine tundra. Pocket lunch. Further track runs on a mountain range among the Alpine flowered lowlands. The Panorama of Belaya and Chernaya Uba. In a good weather it is possible to see Insky Belok glacier. The camping in tents on the coast of Kedrovoye lake (H- 2200) Dinner. Overnight in the tents.
Day 8. Breakfast. Radial walking to "Stone town" area - high granite rocks with bizarre form. There are sources of Belaya and Chernaya rivers of East Kazakhstan. These rivers form Uba river upon confluence. Lunch. Dinner. Overnight in the tents.
Day 9. Breakfast. Hiking: Kedrovoye lake - the place called "Black node" (8 km). Ascent to range, to source of Turgusun river. On the full way we can see panorama of Turgusun river and Visheivanovsky glacier (H-2778 m). On the way - lunch at mountain hut. Hiking to Mezhozerny pass. Track lies along cascades of lakes. Accommodation in tents at the place "Black node". Dinner. Overnight in the tents.
Day 10. Breakfast. Hiking: "Black node" - Ozerny pass (9 km). The way lies along beautiful Palevoye lake and then along gorge of Pravaya Gromotuha river. On the way: lunch at the mountain hut. Further the way lies along cascade of lakes, forest. Near pass Ozerny is mountain lake. Our camp on the coast of lake. Dinner. Fishing (grayling). Overnight in the tents.
Day 11. Breakfast. Hiking: Ozerny pass - Podbelkovoye lake (6 km). Descent and in 1 hour we can see beautiful waterfall. Then descent via Ust-Kamenogortsev pass to Podbelkovoye lake. Lunch. Accommodation in tents on the coast of lake. Rest. Dinner. Overnight in the tents.
Day 12. Breakfast. Hiking and descent to valley of Palevaya Pazlivanka. Transfer by autotransport to guest house. Lunch. Transfer to Ust-Kamenogorsk. Accommodation at the hotel "Ust-Kamenogorsk" **. Dinner. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 13. Flight to Almaty. Arrival to Almaty. Accommodation in the hotel "Otrar" ****. Free time. Lunch and dinner at the local cafe. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 14. Departure from Almaty.
| The cost of the program (US$) |
| Num. pax |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10+1 |
11+1 |
12+1 |
| Cost p\p |
3922 |
2653 |
2073 |
1680 |
1540 |
1448 |
1353 |
1260 |
1295 |
1303 |
1252 |
1187 |
| Single supplement - US$ 132 per person |
| Prices include: |
Price does not include: |
- Visa support to Kazakhstan;
- All land transfers;
- Meeting and seeing off at the airport, services of interpreter, cook and his helper;
- Guide;
- Accommodation at hotels and guest house (double rooms with breakfast);
- Sightseeing;
- Entry fees;
- Ecological taxes;
- Police registration;
- Serving of tea/coffee in the tent in the morning;
- Special permits;
- Tents during the trekking on double basis;
- Full board in the cities and during trekking;
- Packed lunch on the way;
- Kitchen and camp equipment for trekking;
- Guide consultations;
- Bottled water on transfers 1,5 l/day/person, safety vests for rafting.
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- Airline tickets, tips;
- Insurance and other medical subcosts;
- Additional excursions, not mentioned in the program;
- Personal extras like luggage overweight;
- Laundry, phone, fax, e-mail services;
- Alcohol drinks;
- Mini bar and other extra services at the hotels.
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Additional information
1. The price of ticket for train Almaty - train station Zhangiz-Tobe:
4-berth-compartment - US$ 55 p/p
2. The price of ticket for flight Ust-Kamenogorsk - Almaty is 191 US$ p/p (economy class)
Please note, that the prices and timetable are subject
3. "Silk Road Adventures" company provides necessary equipment for rafting, including life jacket, but excluding diving suit.
4. We recommend bring shirt with long sleeves, hat, sun glasses, sun cream, because temperature is about +30 C and very hot on Ili river.
Trekking:
1. Guests carry their personal things themselves while radial trekkings. Trekkings start from the camp in the morning with return to the camp in the evening.
2. "Silk Road Adventures" supplies with tents for living and mattresses, but doesn't supply with personal equipment. We recommend to bring: sleeping bags, warm and waterproof clothes. Also we recommend to bring repellents.
3. The clients must have their health insurance that covers all the expenses in case of accidents i.e. rescue works, transportation to the hospital and staying at hospital.
4. For the visa support it is necessary to send full personal data of the clients no later than 20 days before the program starts.
5. In the itinerary we point duration of driving. This duration does not include different stops: for photo, toilet, customs formalities, etc.
6. The horses carry 15 kg of the personal luggage of one certain client.
7. The road from Ust-Kamenogorsk to Leninogorsk is asphalt (140 km) and further, 30 km - ground road to Gemma guest house. Necessarily we use autotransport 4WD without a/c.
8. Gemma guest house - is small peasant farm. This farm is located 30 km from Leninogorsk, at Ivanovsky range foot among picturesque environments, high mountains with coniferous and mixed forest, mountain lakes and rivers, alpine meadows. Farm consists of 2 wooden houses (each house for 3 pax) and 1 house (2 floors) for 6 pax.There is stove in each house. There are 2 Russian saunas. There is old derrick on territory of guest house. There is daily communication with city by portable radio transmitter.There are 15 horses. You can use these horses for horseriding.
Additional services:
- add. horse for transportation of luggage - $ 55 p/day
- horseriding at Gemma guest house area - $ 5 p/hour
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| Notes: |
All rates for tours are valid until December 31, 2008;
The above rates can be changed without prior notification
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