Tour from Almaty city to Baikonur city
Travel from Almaty to Baikonur, watch the spacecraft launch, and travel through the Kyzylorda region and central Kazakhstan.
This tour includes visits to the Kyzylorda region, the city of Baikonur, the launch site and the Baikonur spaceport, watch the spacecraft launch, a city tour of Kyzylorda and Baikonur, and more.
- Distance of the route:
1500 km
- Season time:
Best May – Good August
- Best time:
all season April – October
- Group size:
1 – 25 person
- Days & nights:
3 days - 2 nights
Tour itinerary:
From Almaty Airport, we fly to Kyzylorda. Upon arrival at Korkyt-Ata Airport, we depart for Baikonur, passing the village of Zhosaly. The journey takes approximately three hours and covers a total distance of 234 kilometers. Upon reaching the city's checkpoint, we complete the formalities with documents and passes, enter the city, and check into a hotel. After a short rest, we head out on a city tour.
First, we'll visit the city's cosmodrome history museum. Currently, the museum's main exhibits are displayed in four halls: the Baikonur Labor Glory Hall, the History of Rocket and Space Technology and Space Exploration Hall, the Ethnographic Hall, the Exhibition Hall, and the Exhibition Gallery.
After completing the museum tour, we'll visit the monument to the pioneers of the city and the cosmodrome itself. Next, we'll take a sightseeing tour of the city, including a visit to Cosmonauts' Alley.
After the tour, we'll visit a complex containing numerous monuments. We'll stop by the Syr Darya embankment and the military base located there. Finally, we'll visit a local bazaar. Then, we'll return to the hotel for dinner and rest.
After breakfast, we'll set off on a tour of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Entering the cosmodrome area, we'll explore the unique structures on both sides. First, we'll visit pad #200, home to the Proton-K launch pad, which has hosted 143 rocket launches. The journey to it is 55 kilometers, taking a total of one hour.
After a tour of the launch complex, we travel 29 kilometers to pad #254, home to the Soyuz assembly and test facility. We'll then visit pad #112 and the assembly and test building. We'll have lunch there in the cafeteria. After lunch, we'll head to the first pad—Gagarin's Launch Pad—where we'll visit the monument dedicated to Earth's first artificial satellite.
After visiting Gagarin's Launch Pad, we'll head to the cosmodrome museum, located on the second pad, a 10-minute drive away. It houses many unique exhibits. After visiting the museum, we'll tour the small house where Gagarin spoke with Korolev the night before the launch. After visiting the memorial house, we'll return to the city of Baikonur itself, a 40-minute drive. We'll have dinner and rest.
After an early breakfast, we depart for Kyzylorda Airport. We then fly to Almaty and transfer to the city.
Photogallery:
Comments 2