Almaty tour package 6N7D

  • Start/finish: Almaty city
Highlights:
  • Charyn canyon tour
  • Black canyon tour
  • Kolsai lake tour
  • Kaindy lake tour
  • Saty village overnight stay
  • Almaty city tour
  • Koktobe tour
  • Shymbulak tour
  • Almarasan gorge tour
  • Green bazaar, Mega mall shopping

Itinerary   

 

DAY 1

16-00

Arrival KC 000. Meet and greet. Transfer

 

DAY 2

06-50

Meet and greet

07-00

Drive to canyon

10-00

Charyn canyon tour

11-30

Drive to Saty village

12-50

Arrival in Saty village

13-00

Lunch at cafe

15-00

Kolsai lake tour

19-00

Dinner at cafe

20-30

Drop off

 

DAY 3

07-50

Meet and greet

08-00

Kaindy lake tour

13-00

Lunch at cafe

15-00

Drive to Almaty

19-00

Drop off

 

DAY 4

10-00

Meet and greet

10-00

Almaty city tour

14-00

Lunch at restaurant

15-00

Koktobe tour

19-30

Drop off

 

DAY 5

10-00

Meet and greet

10-00

Shymbulak tour

15-00

Lunch at restaurant

16-00

Free time

19-30

Drop off

 

DAY 6

10-00

Meet and greet

10-00

Almarasan gorge tour

14-00

Lunch at restaurant

15-00

Shopping

19-30

Drop off

 

DAY 7

04-00

Transfer. Departure KC 000

Included:
  • 5 nights hotel accommodation with breakfast in city
  • 1 night guest house accommodation in province
  • vehicle
  • guide
  • entry tickets
  • water
Excluded:
  • air tickets
  • visa
  • lunch and dinner
  • tips and personal expenses
  • shuttle from Saty village to the parking lot of lake Kaindy
Notes:
  • tour is subject to change
  • you can add/remove entire tours and days
  • USD KZT exchange rate is volatile
Remarks:
  • weather must be taken into consideration
  • depending on weather, the tourist track from the parking lot to Almarasan baths can be muddy, dusty, snowy, icy, etc. 
  • you need to walk among trees and stones and climb a small hill
  • if you want to take a bath in Almarasan, carry towels and other stuff 
  • Kolsai lake and Kaindy lake are 300 km away from Almaty (next to Saty village)
  • do not expect 5 star service in the province
  • state of infrastructure in the province is not as good as in Almaty
  • do not expect mobile Internet, Wi-Fi, hotel service in the province to be as good as in city
  • road from Saty village to Kaindy lake is subject to motion sickness
  • after Saty village there will be a special off-road vehicle (old Soviet-Russian Uazik) to reach the parking lot of lake Kaindy: off-road driving takes 30-40 minutes
  • special off-road vehicle has bad AC/heater and is dusty 
  • it takes 30-40 minutes of hiking or 15-20 minutes horse riding or 10-15 minutes of additional off-road driving to go from the parking lot to lake Kaindy
  • depending on weather, the tourist track from the parking lot to lake Kaindy can be muddy, dusty, snowy, icy, etc.
  • in nature there is a risk of an insect bite
  • veg food is available but not Indian
Saty village info:
  • as a rule, price of shuttle from Saty village to the parking lot of lake Kaindy is around 30-50 USD per vehicle to and from for 10 people group size
  • lunch is from 5-10 USD per person, dinner is from 10-15 USD per person
What to take with you:
  • passport or ID
  • rain ponchos if rain is expected
  • proper clothes and shoes (if you want to hike)
  • paper money and coins to pay for goods and services in the province
Standard tour
Price per person (based on 10 people group size)
from 408 usd
Different group sizes
Price per person depends on the size of the group: for example, different rates are applied for 2, 4, 5, 7, 20 people and so on
from N usd