Tour to Bayanaul park
Tour from Karaganda to Bayanaul park -
Sights of Pavlodar region -
Bayanaul National Park (Bayanaulskiy) is a national park located 140 kilometers from the central Kazakh city of Pavlodar in southeastern Kazakhstan. It is included in the list of specially protected natural areas of Kazakhstan. The park was established in 1985 and is the first national park in Kazakhstan. A tour to this park will take us 5 days, this number of days is enough to see all the main attractions of the park. Our path starts in Almaty city, the second checkpoint is Karaganda city, then we will visit such natural sights as: Zhasybai Lake, Naizatas Mountain, Kempirtas Rock, Toraigyr Lake, Bayanaul Mountains, Saimantas Rock, Aulietas Cave, etc.
Tour route from Almaty to Bayanaul park:
Almaty - Karaganda - Bayanaul natural park - Pavlodar - Almaty
- Distance of the route:
633 km
- Season time:
all season
- Best time:
Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Group size:
1-25
- Days & nights:
6 days, 5 nights
Tour itinerary:
Arrival in the city of Almaty. Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel, accommodation. Rest. Breakfast. Excursion around the city, visiting: the park of 28 Panfilov's, the Cathedral, the Museum of Musical Instruments, the National Museum of Kazakhstan, the Medeo tract, Republic Square (4 hours). Lunch at a local restaurant, after lunch a lift on the cable car to Mount Kok-Tobe, a walk around the outskirts of Kok-Tobe, a bird's-eye view of Almaty. Return to the hotel, dinner, overnight.
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport, departure to Karaganda, arrival. Meeting at the airport, transfer to the hotel, accommodation. Excursion around the city, visiting the Karaganda Regional Museum of History and Local Lore. The museum is the largest museum in the region. The museum was opened in November 1932 as a polytechnical museum. In 1936, the collection of archaeological finds, sent by the expedition of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, replenished the museum's funds. Visit to the regional mosque - a cultural and scientific center, located in the ethnographic park named after the 10th anniversary of Independence. Visit to the Miners' Palace of Culture, located on Bukhar-Zhyrau Avenue. The construction of this majestic palace began in 1940.
On the pediment of this building there are six sculptures: a miner, a builder, a shepherd with a lamb, a collective farmer with a sheaf of wheat, an akyn with dombra and a warrior. Here is a visit to the monument Miner's Glory. Visit to the Ecological Museum, this is the only museum of its kind, its opening was in 1995. A visit to the Cathedral of the Entry into the Church of the Most Holy Theotokos, the construction of this temple began in 1991 and ended in 2000. Visiting the Museum of Fine Arts, in the museum you can see the painting of Karaganda, arts and crafts.
Transfer: Karaganda - settlement Aktas - settlement Dubovka - settlement Dolinka (37 km). Arrival in the village of Dolinka, visiting the museum in memory of the victims of political repressions. Return to Karaganda. Transfer to hotel, dinner, overnight.
Breakfast. Transfer: Karaganda - Kokpekty village - Botakara village - Kerney village - Egindybulak village - Bayanaul village - Zhasybay lake. Lunch on the way. On the way visit the eastern coast of Sabandykol Lake. Soon, approaching the Bayanaul mountains, we will see the highest mountain in the park - Akbet. Arrival at Zhasybai lake, hotel accommodation, walk around the lake, dinner, overnight.
Breakfast. Transfer: lake Zhasybay - mountain Nayzatas (Bulka) (8 km). Mount Naizatas resembles the outlines of a mammoth, according to experts, one of the largest monoliths of the Kazakh uplands. Mount Naizatas consists of coarse-grained granite and has a characteristic pronounced stone block of a bizarre shape. Walk around.
Transfer: Mount Naizatas - rock Kempir tas (Baba Yaga) (3 km). The Kempir tas rock consists of coarse-grained granite and has a characteristic pronounced stone block of a bizarre shape from different angles, reminiscent of the heroine of Russian folk tales - Baba Yaga.
Transfer: rock Kempir tas (Baba Yaga) (3 km) - lake and village Toraygyr (6 km). Lake Toraigyr is located at the foot of the northern slope of the Bayanaul mountains. The total catchment area is 12.9 square kilometers, the water surface area is 1.9 square kilometers. The length of the lake is 1 kilometer 775 meters, the maximum width is 730 meters. Walk in the surroundings, visit the spring in the village of Toraigyr and the mausoleum of the poet Toruaygyrov.
Transfer: Lake Toraigyr - rock Saymantas (14 km). Mount Saimantas consists of coarse-grained granite and has a characteristic pronounced stone block of a bizarre shape. From different angles, masculinity, in natural performance with the help of the god Eol (god of the winds), fantastic inventions of the human mind, a miracle created by nature. Walk around.
Transfer: Saimantas rock - Aulietas cave (4 km). Walk to Aulietas Cave, the cave is very cool and damp.
Transfer: Aulietas cave - lake Zhasybay (16 km). Arrival to Zhasybai lake, transfer to the hotel, dinner, overnight.
Breakfast. Transfer: Zhasybay lake - Maykain village - Kalkaman village - Pavlodar city (230 km). Arrival in Pavlodar, transfer to the hotel, accommodation, lunch. Sightseeing tour of the city: visiting the regional museum, visiting the city museum, the central square of the city, the Annunciation Cathedral, the Irtysh embankment. Dinner, overnight at the hotel.
Breakfast. Transfer to the airport, flight to Almaty.
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