Journey through Mangistau (Mangyshlak)
Auto tours on the Mangyshlak peninsula (Mangistau region) -
Mangyshlak Attractions Guide -
Mangyshlak is a magical peninsula, a desert region also known as Mangystau, or Tyubkaragan region. This destination is becoming popular among both local travelers and visitors from abroad. This tour is designed for 5 days and 4 nights, and covers the main sights of Mangyshlak, both natural and architectural. The journey begins in the city of Aktau, then we will look at the Karagie depression, pass the city of Zhanaozen and head to Mount Bokty and further to the Boszhira tract. By ordering this tour, you will visit such places on Mangystau as: Naizatau mountain, Tuzbair salt marsh, Shetpe village.
Tour route along the Western chink of Ustyurt:
Aktau town – Karagie depression – Zhanaozen town – Senek village – Tynynbay mountain – Bokty mountain – Boszhira tract – Boszhira panoramas – Naizatau mountain – Syndy tract – Tuzbair salt marsh – the first panorama of Tuzbair salt marsh – the second panorama of Tuzbair salt marsh – Shetpe settlement – Aktau city
Detailed tour program day by day to Mount Bokty and Boszhira tract
- Distance of the route:
920 km
- Season time:
Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Best time:
Spring, the beginning of summer
- Group size:
1-25
- Days & nights:
5 days, 4 nights
Tour itinerary:
Departure from Aktau. At 30 km from the city, an asphalt road crosses one of the deepest depressions in the world Karagie (minus - 132 meters below the Baltic Sea level). The lowest place where the highway passes is minus 119 m.
After 50 km, we will turn off the asphalt and drive 13 km along the steppe road to the panorama of the Karakiya depression in the Sautty area. Photo stop. Here, at the base of a rocky cliff, there is a radon thermal well. The descent is not difficult along the mountain path, it will take 10 - 15 minutes. Here you can swim. The well has not been completed.
Then we return to the track and drive to the city of Zhanaozen, refueling cars before a long journey. Here you can have a bite to eat in a roadside teahouse. Transfer to the village of Senek (60 km, asphalt, then the steppe road), a walk along the dune sands. Photography.
Transfer to Mount Bokty (50 km). On the one hand, Mount Bokty looks like a pyramid. Photography. Transfer to the tract Boszhira (50 km). This is a valley, strongly dissected by a whole system of remnant mountains. Lunar landscape.
A short car ride along the chalk cliffs of the Ustyurt plateau. Panorama of the Boszhira tract from the lower point. Photography. Setting up the camp. Dinner, overnight in tents.
Breakfast. Hiking, 6 km long, climbing one of the amazing and unusual panoramic points 270 meters above sea level. Photography. Here you need to be extremely careful - on the edge of the mountain, the height of sheer cliffs reaches 50 - 70 meters.
Lunch on the way. Transfer to the panoramas of Boszhira. Ascent through Zhusaly to the Ustyurt plateau. Photographing at three picturesque panoramic points.
Moving along the plateau to the residual mountain Naizatau. Inspection of ancient hunting pens. Setting up the camp. Dinner, overnight in tents.
Breakfast. Hiking, 5 km long, on a field of large spherical nodules. Photography. The walk is associated with the descent and ascent to the ledge of the plateau 270 meters above sea level along the mountain path. If we are lucky, we can see mountain Ustyurt rams - mouflons. Lunch on the way.
Transfer to the first panorama of the Tuzbair salt marsh (steppe road). On the way, stops at panoramic points. Photography. Setting up the camp. Dinner, overnight in tents.
Breakfast. Transfer to the second panorama near Mount Tuzbair (old grader, steppe road, 25 km). Photography. Paleontological excursion - search for fossil sea urchins.
Transfer to salt marsh Tuzbair (old grader, steppe road, 75 km). At the entrance to the camp site, an unusual sight - high chalk ledges, intricately cut by scours of temporary streams. Photography. Walk along the bottom of the salt lake. Setting up the camp. Independent walks in the surroundings. Dinner, overnight in tents.
Breakfast. Walk along the bottom of a salt lake with salt crystallization, covered with a thin layer of water. Photographing mirror reflections in lake water. Dinner. Return to Aktau (steppe road 80 km, asphalt 190 km).
Aktau city - Zhana-Ozen city - 150 km
The city of Zhana-Ozen - the village of Senek - 60 km
The village of Senek - the tract Bozzhira - 90 km
Boszhira tract - Tuzbair sor - 160 km
Sor Tuzbair - Shetpe village - 135 km
Shetpe village - Aktau city - 155 km
Jeep trips Toyota, Nissan Patrol. UAZ vehicles are used to transport luggage, equipment and cargo. The route belongs to the category of extreme (high heat, chalky dust) with full autonomous accommodation in the desert field conditions.
The optimal number of tourists for the tour is no more than 12 people.
Two days of travel and all overnight stays take place in waterless places, water consumption is calculated at the rate of 5 liters of water per person per day, taking into account the sanitary use of water.
Toilets in nature.
The tourist's personal equipment includes a sleeping bag, a karemat (sleeping mat), a flashlight. Recommended clothing and footwear: hard-soled sneakers, mountain boots, cap or panama hat, sunglasses, windbreaker jacket, warm sweater for the evening.
Accommodation in tents - 2 people.
Footwear: hard-soled sneakers, mountain boots, cap or panama hat, sunglasses.
Seasonality of the tour - the second half of April - the first half of June, the second half of August - the first half of October.
In springs, water is used for cooking and technical needs.
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