9 Nov — 22 Nov · 35 tours found
Five days through Zhetysu's top sights: Tamgaly-Tas petroglyphs, the Singing Dune and Aktau Mountains, Chundzha hot springs, Charyn, and lakes Kaindy and Kolsai.
Over the Kokpek and Alasa passes to Lake Kaindy and its sunken forest, a night by Kolsai, and on the way back the Valley of Castles and Charyn's Black Canyon.
The national park by jeep: Besshatyr burial mounds, a 700-year-old willow, the multicoloured Aktau and Katutau Mountains, the Singing Dune and Tamgaly-Tas petroglyphs.
Five canyons in two days: the Valley of Castles, Bestamak, Temirlik with a night in tents, Moon Canyon and Aktogay.
The Issyk Museum and the story of the Golden Man, mountain Lake Issyk, lunch at a trout farm and Bear Waterfall in Turgen Gorge.
A week of camping in little-known places: Temirlik Gorge, a waterfall in the Tekes Valley, Komirshi Gorge, Lake Tuzkol, Ketmen Pass and Charyn.
Bronze Age rock carvings in the Tanbaly gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, plus the reserve's museum.
A gorge in the mountains above Almaty: Alma-Arasan, a hot radon spring and a falcon sanctuary with a birds-of-prey display.
Across the whole south: Taraz and the Aisha Bibi Mausoleum, Shymkent, Otrar and Arystan Bab, Turkestan, ancient Sauran, Baikonur and the Aralkum Desert.
A trip to the freshwater part of Lake Balkhash with a hotel night in Priozersk.
A drive across the steppe to the canyon, a walk down the Valley of Castles to the Charyn River and lunch by the water.
A short drive into the mountains with a guide: turquoise water, Tian Shan peaks and tea from a thermos.
A high-altitude skating rink, a cable car ride up to Talgar Pass and views over the city from above.
The city of apples, Soviet modernism and the Ascension Cathedral, built without a single nail.
The capital's architecture from Baiterek to the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation, and the story of how the city was built.
The museum's Golden Hall, the history of the steppe states and one of the largest mosques in Central Asia.
A trail to the highest point of the Kokshetau Upland with views over a dozen lakes.
One of the oldest towns on the Silk Road and the birthplace of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi.
The country's southernmost big city and its food: tandoor bread, plov cooked in a kazan and tea with halva.
A UNESCO-listed monument from the Timurid era and the city at night with its fountains and canals.
Ruins of the city where Genghis Khan's campaign began, and the mausoleum of Yasawi's teacher.
A walk along the rocky coastline, sunset over the Caspian and a lake with pink water.
A lake with a sunken spruce forest, its trunks rising out of the water, and the quiet shore of Kolsai.
A museum by the Saka burial mounds, the story of the Golden Man discovery and the mountain lake Issyk.
The oldest nature reserve in Central Asia: Greig's tulips in spring and the deep canyon of the Aksu River.
A pilgrimage route across the sands of Mangystau to mosques carved into the rock.
A memorial museum to the victims of political repression and the story of Karaganda as a mining city.
Cook beshbarmak with a local host and taste baursaks, kumys (mare's milk) and shubat (camel's milk).
Three days in the Altai: maral deer, cedar taiga, hot springs and views of Mount Belukha.
Two days in the national park: the Singing Dune, the multicoloured Aktau Mountains and a night at a guesthouse.
A few hours in the saddle across the hills, Bear Waterfall and lunch with a local beekeeper.
A pine forest in the middle of the steppe, Lake Borovoe and the legend of the sphinx-like rock.
White fang-shaped rock formations, the Ustyurt Plateau and a night in a yurt under the stars.
Five lakes among granite cliffs, swimming and dinner by the campfire.
Pines and granite rocks in the middle of the dry steppe, and a trail to Lake Shaitankol.
