Jeep tour to the Aral Sea
Car tours along the coast of the Aral Sea -
Excursions and trips to the Small Aral Sea -
The Aral Sea has been slowly disappearing in the past, but now slowly but surely the sea level is rising. This tour is aimed at visiting the Aral Sea and cities along the route, consists of 4 days of stay in the sea area. There is no tourist infrastructure here, so our trip will be completely autonomous, all the necessary equipment for overnight stay, tents, sleeping bags, etc. we bring with us. It can be quite hot on the Aral Sea, you can also get into a sandstorm here, so you need to be prepared for this. When traveling to the Aral Sea, we never travel in one car, so for safety we are accompanied by a second car, which increases the cost of the tour. Traveling to these places is not cheap so keep that in mind.
The Aral Sea is very beautiful, here you will not meet crowds of tourists, only local fishermen and residents of which you are unlikely to meet on the way if you do not intentionally look for them. This tour is designed for people who like to spend time in the field, as there are no five-star hotels and restaurants in the area. If you wish, you can swim in the sea, you can also rent a small ship or a boat for a trip on the sea.
The route of the tour to the Salt Lake Zhaksykylysh and the Aral Sea:
Almaty - Kyzylorda - Aralsk - Terenozek village - Zhalagash village - Korkyt-Ata memorial - Aralsk - Zhaksykylysh village - Zhalanash village - Aralsk
Detailed tour program day by day in the Kyzylorda region:
- Distance of the route:
445 km
- Season time:
Spring, Summer, Autum
- Best time:
Summer
- Group size:
1-12
- Days & nights:
4 days, 3 nights
Tour itinerary:
Departure from Almaty at 08.25, arrival in Kyzylorda at 10.15. Transfer to the airport, departure by flight KC975, at 08.25, to Kyzylorda. Arrival in Kyzylorda at 10.15, meeting at the airport. Transfer to the hotel (17 km), accommodation. The beginning of the city tour, visiting the regional local history museum of the city, the museum was founded in 1939.
After a tour of the museum - lunch at the restaurant "Kyz Zhibek". After lunch, continue the city tour, visit the Korkyt-Ata memorial. According to the records of ancient sages, the thinker, orator, musician Korkyt, common to all Turkic peoples, was born and lived in the 7th-9th centuries in the country of Bayat, in the city of Zhankent.
Visiting the main square of the city "Tagzym", the station square and the railway station, where the monument to Gani Murtabayev, a public figure and leader of the youth movement of Kazakhstan, is located. A visit to the oldest monument of architecture - the mosque "Aitbay", built in 1878 with the financial support of the merchant Aitbay Baltabayev. Visit to the Holy Kazan Orthodox Church, opened in 1896.
Visiting the Syr-Ana monument and the embankment of the Syr-Darya River, a 40-meter-high stele depicting a Kazakh girl dancing in national dress. Visiting the monument dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. City tour. End of the tour. Dinner at a local cafe, overnight at a hotel.
Breakfast. Transfer: Kyzylorda - settlement Akzharma - settlement. Shagan - Terenozek village (66 km). Arrival in the village Terenozek, visiting the Syrdarya Regional Museum of Local Lore in the village of Terenozek. Transfer to Zhalagash settlement (30 km). Visit to the Zhalagash regional museum of local lore, inspection of the ethnographic department, a collection of ancient weapons. Walk to the main square of the village to the monuments of Bukarbay batyr and those who died in the Great Patriotic War. Lunch at a local cafe.
After lunch transfer: Zhalagash village - Zhosaly village - architectural and memorial complex "Korkyt-Ata" (115 km). The complex was built in 1980, 17 kilometers from the village of Zhosaly and 77 kilometers from Baikonur. Tour of the complex. Visiting the Korkyt-ata mausoleum on the banks of the Syr-Darya River (2 km).
Transfer: complex Korkyt-Ata - Baikonur - village Aiteke Bi (Kazalinsk) (156 km). Arrival in the village Aiteke Bi, transfer to the hotel, accommodation at the hotel. Dinner, overnight.
Breakfast. Excursion around the village, visiting the memorial museum of Gani Muratbaev (late XIX - early XX centuries), viewing the monuments to Soviet statesmen, in the park of the village, visiting the mausoleum of Karasakal Yerimbet (1850 - 1911).
Visiting the house of Ganibay (XIX century), the building of the city library (the former mosque of Ganibay, XIX century), the Nogay mosque (Nuraly mosque, XIX century), the building of the regional house of culture named after. R. Baglanova (former church, 1904). Sightseeing tour of the village, visiting the city square of the village.
A trip to the settlement of Zhankent (Yangikent) (XV century), located near the village of Urkendeu (22 km). Excursion around the settlement Zhankent. Return to Kazalinsk, lunch at a local cafe.
After lunch transfer to Aralsk (130 km). Arrival in Aralsk. Accommodation in a rural house. Excursion to the city museum and the museum of fishermen. Inspection of the railway station, built (1901 - 1905), a sailing ship hoisted on a stament, a monument to the victims of repression located at the railway station.
Continuation of the city tour: open-air museum of the ships of the Aral flotilla, city square with monuments, the monument to Khan Abulkhair, the monument to Zhibek and Tulegen, the stele "Kazakhstan", a walk around the square near the akimat and sightseeing of the monuments - the fisherman, the Przhevalsky horse, the alley of heroes. End excursions, dinner at the Chinson cafe, overnight at the guest house.
Breakfast. Transfer: Aralsk - settlement Zhaksykylysh (22 km). A trip by UAZ vehicles to the Zhaksykylysh salt deposit (12 km), inspection of the salt extraction site, return to the Zhaksykylysh village, excursion to the salt packaging and processing plant.
Transfer: Zhaksykylysh village - Aralsk city - Zhalanash village (85 km). Our path lies to the north-west, after about 5 kilometers from the city the asphalt ends, the further path to the village of Zhalanash passes along the grader. 27 kilometers before the village of Zhalanash, to the left of the road, there are picturesque cliffs of the Saryshoky tract, the northern chin of the Small Aral, a stop for photography.
Arrival in the village of Zhalanash and further transfer to the cemetery of the Lost Ships (6 km). Photographing rural houses with flat roofs, local residents. In 1960 - 1970, the waters of the Aral Sea splashed here, now only this name remains.
The ship, which is located near the skeleton of a large ship, had the name "Baltic" and bore the number OPA-85. Return to the village Zhalanash. Lunch, picnic. Return to Aralsk (63 km). Departure from Aralsk.
Kyzylorda - Terenozek settlement - 66 km.
Terenozek village - Korkyt-Ata memorial - 115 km.
Korkyt-ata memorial - Aiteke Bi village (Kazalinsk) - 156 km.
Settlement Aiteke-Bi (Kazalinsk) - Aralsk - 130 km.
Aralsk - Zhaksykylysh settlement - 22 km.
Zhaksykylysh settlement – Zhaksykylysh salt deposit – 12 km
Zhaksykylysh settlement - pos. Zhalanash - 85 km.
Zhalanash village - Aralsk - 63 km.
Train number 24 "Aktobe - Almaty", daily, from Aralsk, at 06.24.
Train No. 377 "Mangyshlak - Almaty", daily, from Aralsk, at 02.35.
Train number 34 "Aktobe - Almaty", daily, from Aralsk, at 08.02.
Train No. 41 "Atyrau - Almaty", daily, from Aralsk, at 12.35
Train number 7 "Moscow - Almaty", daily, from Aralsk, at 02.22.
1. The number of tourists in a group is no more than 12 people, the same number of people is optimal for camel rides.
2. In the city of Aralsk, the toilet in the guest house is located outside the house. There is no shower in the house, there is a bathhouse where you can wash yourself with hot water (for an additional fee). For an overnight stay in a guest house, you will be offered to stay on the floor in the house on mattresses with bedding in a separate room for several people. A guest house is a house in which the owners of this house also live.
3. To organize an excursion to the Araltuz plant and the Zhaksykylysh deposit, it is necessary to obtain permission to visit the deposit and the plant 10 days before the start of the tour.
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