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In searches of a sacred ark
- Almaty – Taraz – Sairam – Kazygurt
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Shymkent – Otrar – Sauran – Turkestan – Almaty
Day 1: Arrival to Almaty, pick up at the airport,
accommodation in a hotel. Breakfast, city excursion, visiting museums and the
Medeo mountain skating rink (1,640 m above sea level). Lunch in the Kazakh Aul
restaurant, visiting the Shymbulak ski resort (2,200 m above sea level). Dinner
at the hotel.
Day 2: Breakfast. Transfer from Almaty to Taraz (distance: 500 km). Lunch.
Visiting historical sites (Aisha-Bibi mausoleum (XI-XII cc.). Visiting a
stalactite cave with an underground lake. Karakhan, settlement Akyr-Tas. Diner.
Day 3: Breakfast. Visiting unique Aksu-Dzhabagly preserve. Trip to the
Aksu river canyon and Kshi-Kaidy gorge. Return to the hotel, shower. Dinner.
Day 4: Breakfast. Transfer to settlement Sairam (VI-XVIII cc.). Visiting
historical sites (Karashash-ana mausoleum (XVIIIc.), Ibragim-ata mausoleum (XIII-XIX
cc.), underground Buddhist temple). Lunch. Transfer to Kazygurt. Excursion in
the Kazygurt national park. Visiting Sheber Ana nature site. Night in a yurt.
Day 5: Breakfast. Excursion continued. Visiting the place where Noah’s
Ark stopped and equilateral stone cross (100 m in diameter).Transfer to the city
of Turkestan, visiting Otrar settlement (IV BC) en-route. Lunch. Visiting
Temirlanovka village and Ordabas settlement (1728), Arystan-Bab mausoleum (beginning
of XXc.), Sauran (Xc). Dinner and overnight stay in Turkestan.
Day 6: Breakfast. Excursion around Turkestan, visiting Khoja Akhmed
Yassaui mausoleum (XIVc.). Transfer to Shymkent, visiting memorial complex
“Domalak Ana” en route. Lunch. Tour of the city, visiting a museum. Dinner.
Sleep.
Day 7: Breakfast. Return to Almaty. Discussion (sharing impressions and
opinions regarding the trip). Presentation of national souvenirs.
The cost includes:
• visa support;
• registration;
• all transfers ig group;
• medical insuarance;
• board and lodging;
• English, German, French, Italian speaking translator or guide;
• represetative
• excursions
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