8 days tour – Silk Road, Kazakhstan, Baikonur
Travel to cities, monuments and regions of Kazakhstan –
Multi-day Silk Road tour on the territory of Kazakhstan –
This tour is designed for a long stay in Kazakhstan and covers several regions of Kazakhstan, cities, natural and architectural attractions. Also, this tour includes a visit to the closed city of Baikonur and the Baikonur Cosmodrome (space port). The program can be continued further on the territory of the neighboring state of Uzbekistan, our company can organize this event, it is also possible to make this tour longer or shorter, according to your desire, or develop a new tour from scratch according to your wishes.
The route according to the program: Almaty – Shymkent – Shaulder village – Otrar settlement – Arstanbab Mausoleum – Arstanbaba Mosque – city of Turkestan – settlement of Sauran – settlement of Zhanakorgan – settlement of Sygnak – Kyzylorda city - Korkyt-Ata Memorial Complex – Baikonur city – Baikonur Cosmodrome – Turkestan – Shymkent – Tashkent
- Distance of the route:
1735 km
- Season time:
Summer time
- Best time:
April, May, June
- Group size:
1-25
- Days & nights:
8 days, 7 nights
Tour itinerary:
Arrival in Almaty, meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel, accommodation at the hotel. Breakfast at the hotel, a tour of the city of Almaty, a visit to the 28-Panfilov Park, the Zenkov Cathedral, the Museum of Musical Instruments, the National City Museum. Lunch at the restaurant, after lunch trip: Medeu, ascent by cable car to the high-altitude resort of Cimbulak, return to the city of Almaty, moved to the railway station Almaty-2 by train to Shymkent at 18.04, dinner and overnight on the train.
Arrival in the city of Shymkent, meeting at the train station of the city, breakfast in the city cafe. Shymkent city tour, visit: city Park.
Moving: Shymkent – Temirlan village (48 km), here we will visit the Haji Mukan Museum. Moving Temirlan village – Ekpindi village (22 km), here we will see the Red Bridge (1886) on the Bogen River (an interesting structure).
Transfer: Ekpendi village – Tortkol village – Schaulder village (78 km). Lunch at a local cafe. Excursion to the Otrar Museum where we will see exhibits from the ancient city of Otrar that were discovered during the excavations of the city.
Transfer: Shaulder village – Kogam village – the ancient city of Otrar (X-XII) (14 km), visiting the ancient settlement of Otrar, visiting archaeological excavations, a tour of the ancient city of Otrar, visiting the ancient bathhouse, mosque, fortress wall and residential quarters of the city.
Transfer: Otrar city – Arstanbab mausoleum (3 km), visit to the mausoleum. Then drive to the Arstabab mosque (1 km), visit the mosque.
Transfer: Arstanbab mosque – Turkestan city (56 km), accommodation in the hotel of the city, dinner and overnight in the hotel.
Breakfast in the hotel. City tour, visit: mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yassawi (XII), Azret Sultan Museum, Darvaz Gate (XIX), mausoleum of Yesimkhan (XVI), mausoleum of Rabia Sultan Begim (XV), Zhuma Mosque (1878), underground mosque Khilovat (XII), Oriental bath (XV). Lunch at the restaurant.
Transfer: Turkestan – Sauran settlement (XII) (51 km), excursion to Sauran settlement.
Transfer: Sauran settlement – Zhanakorgan village (68 km), visit to the museum in the village of Zhanakorgan, a monument to those who died in the Great Patriotic War.
Transfer: Zhanakorgan village – Sygnak settlement (42 km), excursion to Sagynak settlement.
Transfer: Sygynak settlement – Shieli village (21 km), excursion to the museum of Shieli village.
Transfer: the village of Shieli – Kyzylorda (130 km), accommodation in a hotel, dinner and overnight in a hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel. City tour of Kyzylorda, visit: city Museum, Korkyt-Ata Memorial, Aitbay Mosque, Holy Kazan Temple, Syr-Ana monument, Syrdarya River embankment, monument to Victory in the Great Patriotic War. Lunch at a restaurant in the city.
Transfer: Kyzylorda – Korkty-Ata Memorial Complex (168 km), the complex is located in the most beautiful Kazakh steppe surrounded by low hills, and is dedicated to the thinker and philosopher Korkyt-Ata. Tour of the complex.
Moving: Korkyt-ata – Baikonur Memorial (66 km). Arrival in the city, accommodation in a hotel, dinner and overnight in a hotel.
Breakfast at the hotel, tour of the city of Baikonur, visit: city museum, monument to the builder of the cosmodrome, monument to V.I. Lenin, walk along Arbat Street (Korolev Avenue), monument to S.P. Korolev, monuments to Proton rocket, and Soyuz rocket, monument to Yuri Gagarin, composition "Glory to the conquerors of space", monument to the train on the railway station of the city, the monument to the SS-15A15 nuclear missile, the Shubnikov Recreation Park, the sculpture Science and Space, the memorial to the deceased testers, the church of the city, the International Space and school and its museum, monuments to the AN-12 and LI-2 aircraft. The end of the tour, dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Tomorrow at the hotel. Transfer: Baikonur – Site No. 31 (54 km), tour of the complex.
Moving: Site No. 31 – Site No. 2 (35 km), visit: Baikonur Museum Complex, Yuri Gagarin House, Herman Titov House, Cosmodrome Museum.
Transfer: Site No. 2 – Site No. 250 (15 km) Energia-Buran complex), excursion.
Transfer: Site No. 250 – Saturn Measuring Complex (36 km), excursion.
Return to the city of Baikonur (12 km), lunch and dinner at the hotel, free time, overnight.
Tomorrow at the hotel, a day trip to the city of Turkestan, lunch on the way. Accommodation in a hotel in the city, dinner, overnight.
Breakfast at the hotel, transfer to Tashkent, the end of the program in Kazakhstan.
Total length of the route: 1,735 km
Shymkent – Temirlan village – 48 km
The village of Temirlan is a settlement . Ekpindi – 22 km
The village of Ekpindi is a settlement . Schaulder – 78 km
Shaulder village – Otrar settlement – 14 km
Otrar settlement – Arstanbab Mausoleum – 3 km.
Arstanbab Mausoleum – Arstanbab Mosque – 1 km
Arstanbab Mosque – Turkestan – 56 km
Turkestan – Sauran settlement – 51 km
The settlement of Sauran is a settlement . Zhanakorgan - 68 km
Zhanakorgan settlement – Sygnak settlement - 42 km
The settlement of Sygnak is a settlement . Shieli - 21 km
Shieli village – Kyzylorda - 130 km
Kyzylorda – Korkyt-Ata Memorial Complex – 168 km
Korkyt-Ata Memorial Complex – Baikonur – 66 km.
Baikonur – site No. 200 of the Baikonur Cosmodrome – 55 km
Site No. 200 – Site No. 254\112 – 29 km
Site No. 112 – Site No. 1 – 8 km
Site No. 1 – Baikonur – 50 km
Baikonur – Turkestan – 540 km
Turkestan – checkpoint "Zhibek Zholy" - 285 km
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