Beauties of nature of fabulous Kazakhstan

 

Name of the tour:  Beauties of nature of fabulous Kazakhstan
Itinerary duration: 4 days & 3 nights

Day 1: Almaty - Tamgaly - Altyn Emel
You will be picked up by our driver upon at the airport and starting exploring the south of Kazakhstan. We will drive to Altyn Emel national park, and have a stop at Tamgaly Tas on the road. We will go near by unnatural Kapshagai water basin, the biggest in Almaty, where is situated the casinos of "Kazakh Las-Vegas" on its bank. In course of your tour you will come to Tamgaly Tas, the first remarkable point on the bank of Ili river. Tamgaly Tas - the lively monument with representation of Buddha's and texts in Tibetan, Kalmyk and other languages. En route you are going to have hours to Basshi village, that is situated in the land of Altyn Emel National Park and go to marvel to the Singing Dune. Singing Dune reaches a height of 150 meters and a length of about 3 km, and is situated in one of the corners of the Altyn-Emel National Park. There is very fine pure sand in this place, which begins to "sing" in windy weather and the sound of it seems the organ music. In the end of the tour you will walk up to the 150-meter dune, you will come back to Basshi village and overnight in a lovely local hotel.

Day 2: Altyn Emel
Today you are expected driving on not paved park roads over 80 km (about 2 hours) to the Aktau Mountains. Aktau Mountains (White Mountains) are world-wide paleontological land. In the stratum of Paleogene lacustrine lays well-kept rests of ancient animals whose age is concerns to 25-30 million years that have been found. There are the rests the giant rhinos, crocodiles, turtles among the finds. Magnificent conical mountains seem the Egyptian pyramids and are wonderful scenery of the differences of shapes and colors. In course of your tour you will have a walk on Martian landscape needs nothing particular from you; you need to be attentive on a soft sandy land and to imagine scenes listening to the guide's stories and legends about inhabitants of an ancient ocean. In the end of the tour you will see the sights at Aktau Mountains, you will came back to Basshi village, to overnight.

Day 3: Altyn Emel - Charyn - Almaty 
Today you will drive to Ash-tree Grove on the Temerlik River. In the lower layers of the Charyn River and its territory Temirlik there is a wonderful territory, where remains kinds of Sogdian Ash-tree are growing. There is a legend that says, a wind blew an alar seed of Sogdian Ash-tree another 5 million years ago in this called "Valley of Yurts". The Ash-tree Grove has been given the symbol of the monument of nature in 1964. In the copse the four trees of about the identical age are enclosed. It looks as open-air museum. On the tour you will drive to Charyn Canyon. When you will arrive, you will observe attractive the grand panorama and come down the stairs to the lower part of the canyon, and then saunter around 2 km through the labyrynth of the Castles Valley with its sides of strange shapes overhanging you. Charyn Canyon is a natural complex, rare in its kind world- known not only in Kazakhstan looks like the Grand Canyon of Colorado River in North America and it was originated during Paleogene, although nether to it in size. You will have a great opportunity to walk among the bizzare towers and columns, being astonished by the wild picture of the nature. Then you will transfer to Almaty and overnight at local hotel.

Day 4: Flight
Transfer to Almaty International airport.