Almaty tour package 6N7D
- Start/finish: Almaty city
Highlights:
- Kaindy lake tour
- Kolsai lake tour (+middle lake)
- Charyn canyon tour
- Black canyon tour
- Saty village overnight stay
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Almaty city tour
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Koktobe tour
- Shymbulak tour
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Green bazaar, Mega mall shopping
Itinerary
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DAY 1 |
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16-00 |
Arrival KC 000. Meet and greet. Transfer |
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DAY 2 |
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07-50 |
Meet and greet |
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08-00 |
Drive to lake |
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12-00 |
Arrival in Saty village |
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12-10 |
Lunch at cafe |
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13-30 |
Kaindy lake tour |
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19-00 |
Dinner at cafe |
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20-30 |
Drop off |
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DAY 3 |
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08-50 |
Meet and greet |
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09-00 |
Kolsai lake tour |
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14-00 |
Lunch at cafe |
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15-30 |
Kolsai lake tour |
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19-00 |
Dinner at cafe |
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20-30 |
Drop off |
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DAY 4 |
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08-50 |
Meet and greet |
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09-00 |
Drive to canyon |
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10-30 |
Charyn canyon tour |
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13-00 |
Lunch at restaurant |
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15-00 |
Drive to Almaty |
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19-00 |
Drop off |
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DAY 5 |
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10-00 |
Meet and greet |
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10-00 |
Almaty city tour |
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14-00 |
Lunch at restaurant |
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15-00 |
Koktobe tour |
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19-30 |
Drop off |
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DAY 6 |
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10-00 |
Meet and greet |
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10-00 |
Shymbulak tour |
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15-00 |
Lunch at restaurant |
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16-00 |
Shopping |
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19-30 |
Drop off |
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DAY 7 |
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04-00 |
Transfer. Departure KC 000 |
Included:
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4 nights hotel accommodation with breakfast in city
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2 nights guest house accommodation in province
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vehicle
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guide
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entry tickets
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water
Excluded:
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air tickets
- visa
- lunch and dinner
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tips and personal expenses
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shuttle from Saty village to the parking lot of lake Kaindy
Notes:
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tour is subject to change
- you can add/remove entire tours and days
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USD KZT exchange rate is volatile
Remarks:
- weather must be taken into consideration
- 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
- you can visit lake Kolsai 2 (the middle lake) located around 8 km away
- you need to be fit and strong to go there and ready to risk
- 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:
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passport or ID
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rain ponchos if rain is expected
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proper clothes and shoes (if you want to hike)
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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 426 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
