Tour to Kok-Aral dam (Aral Sea)

Breakfast. The beginning of the city tour from the railway station, inspection of the station building, a sailing ship hoisted on a pedestal, a monument to the victims of repression located at the railway station. Further continuation of the city tour: visit to the city museum. Lunch at the Chinson cafe.
Continuation of the city tour in the afternoon: visiting the museum for fishermen, the museum of the ships of the Aral flotilla in the open air, the 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 visiting the monuments - a fisherman, a horse Przhevalsky, alley of heroes.
Transfer: Aralsk - village Aralkum village - lake Kombash - village - Amanotkel village Bogen - Aklak hydroelectric complex - village Karateren (184 km). From Aralsk to the village of Kombash (86 km), from the village of Kombash to the village of Bogen (68 km), this section with an asphalt surface of the road and 28 km from the village of Bogen to the village of Karateren is a good grader. On the way, stop at the village of fishermen Bogen, visit the beautiful local mosque, walk around the village, visit the local school, which is surrounded by sand.
Further transfer to the village of Karateren, a stop at the Aklak hydroelectric complex on the Syr Darya River, which was built to fill the network of lakes that are upstream of the river and fill the river floodplain with water. Arrival in the village of Karateren, accommodation in the house of the villagers, dinner, overnight.

Breakfast. Transfer: village Karateren - Kok-Aral dam - mountain Daut (Kok-Aral) - village Akbasty (100 km). On the way, we will stop to inspect the Kok-Aral dam, which blocked the Small and Big Aral. The length of the dam is 13 kilometers, thanks to the dam, the water level in the Small Aral Sea has risen to a level of 42 meters. We will see the locks of the dam through which the blue water from the Small Aral flows towards the Big Aral and is lost in the sands.
Transfer to Kok-Aral dam, climbing the mountain, photographing the panorama of the Small and Large Aral. The water surface of the Big Aral is practically not visible from the hill. Further transfer to the village. Akbasty, which is lost among the sands of the Aral Sea region, in this village, local residents are engaged in fishing and breeding camels.
The most interesting place in Akbasty is the local cemetery covered with sand, which is located among the dunes. Dinner. Return to Karateren. On the way, visit the ancient mazars, during the construction of which reed mats were used. Arrival in Karateren. Dinner and overnight in a rural guest house.

Breakfast. Transfer: pos. Karateren - pos. Bugen - lake Kombash - pos. Aiteke Bi (Kazalinsk) - railway station (155 km). Arrival in Kazalinsk, inspection of the railway station built in 1905, transfer to the hotel, accommodation.
Lunch at a local cafe. Excursion around the village, visiting the house of Ganibay (XIX century), the building of the memorial museum of Gani Muratbaev (late XIX - early XX centuries), the building of the city library (the former mosque of Ganibay, XIX century), the Nogai mosque (Nuraly mosque, XIX century), the building of the district houses of culture R. Baglanova (former church, 1904).
A trip to the settlement of Zhankent (Yangikent) (XV century), located near the village of Orkendeu (17 km). Excursion around the settlement Zhankent. Return to Kazalinsk, transfer to the hotel, dinner, overnight/

Breakfast. Seeing off at the railway station, departure from Kazalinsk.

City of Aralsk - settlement Karateren - 184 km.
Karateren village - Akbasty village - 100 km.
Village Karateren - village Aiteke-Bi (Kazalinsk) - 145 km.
Village Karateren - village Aiteke Bi (Kazalinsk) - 155 km.
Aiteke Bi village (Kazalinsk) - Orkendeu village - 17 km.

Train timetable №7 "Kazakhst an", Almaty - Moscow
Train number 7 "Almaty - Moscow"
Departure at 05.47 from the station "Almaty-2", arrival at 11.16 at the station "Aral Sea" (29 hours on the way)
Train schedule Kazalinsk - Almaty:
Train number 24 "Aktobe - Almaty" departs daily, from Kazalinsk, at 8.59.
Train No. 377 "Mangyshlak - Almaty" departs daily from Kazalinsk at 04.58.
Train number 34 "Aktobe - Almaty", departs daily, from Kazalinsk, at 10.08.
Train No. 41 "Atyrau - Almaty", departs daily, from Kazalinsk, at 14.41
Train No. 38 "Uralsk - Almaty" departs daily from Kazalinsk at 13.49.
All trains from Kazalinsk to Almaty and other directions are passing.

Traveling by UAZ vehicles or jeeps, possibly without air conditioning, there will be dust in the car interiors during the journeys.
The optimal number of tourists for such a tour is no more than 12 people, the same number of people is optimal for camel riding.
The path to the village of Karateren from the village of Bogen, also from the village of Karateren to the Kok-Aral dam, lies along a grader road, which in some places has one lane, the gravel on the road is poorly fixed, therefore the recommended maximum speed is no more than 60 kilometers per hour.
In the village of Karateren, the toilet in the guest house is located outside the house. There is no shower in the house, there is a rural 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.
The Aral Hotel in Aralsk has only two suites, which have a shower with Ariston heaters and a toilet. These numbers are often busy. The rest of the standard rooms do not have a shower, there is a washbasin with cold water and a toilet, there is no hot water in the rooms. The hotel is not renovated, all equipment and furniture are in a dilapidated state.