Karlag Museum & Karaganda City Day Tour

Starting/ending point: Astana city

Driving distance: 500 km from Astana and back

Tour duration: 10-11 hours

Start time: 08:00 am Almaty time

Availability season: all year round

Tour language: English | Russian

Tour activities: Historic sightseeing | City sightseeing

Tour options: PRIVATE

Description

Explore a significant chapter of Kazakhstan’s 20th-century history on a full-day trip to Karaganda and the Karlag Museum.

Visit the former administrative center of Karlag (Karaganda Corrective Labor Camp) in the village of Dolinka, now a museum dedicated to the history of Soviet repression. Through preserved interiors and exhibitions, learn about the Gulag system and the lives of people who passed through it.

Continue to Karaganda to discover the city’s Soviet-era architecture, monuments, and industrial heritage. Your guide will share insights into how the region developed into one of Kazakhstan’s major coal and industrial centers.

This tour offers a meaningful combination of history, culture, and regional heritage — all in one well-paced day.

ITINERARY

08:00 Departure from Astana to the village of Dolinka, where the museum is located (3 hours)
Tour of Karlag (2 hours)
Departure to Karaganda (1 hour)
Lunch
Sightseeing tour of Karaganda (1 hour)
Way back to Astana (2-2.5 hours)
18:00 Hotel drop-off

⚠️ [Visits to any of the tour sites may be canceled and their order changed due to the change of seasons, weather conditions and other circumstances beyond our control]

OPTIONS & PRICES

PRIVATE tour	✅ Your address in Astana pick-up/drop-off ✅ Comfortable transport ✅ English-speaking tour guide ✅ Museum entrance fee and excursion ✅ Lunch in a restaurant of Russian national cuisine ✅ All toll roads and parking fees ❌ Special food & soft drinks
Number of people	2	3	4	5	6+
TOTAL PRICE	$350	$430	$520	$640	$130 per person
Vehicle type	Sedan/Crossover		SUV/minivan		Minibus

⚠️ [If you are more people, contact us and we will make an individual calculation for you]

PRIVATE TOUR BOOKING

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BOOKING TERMS

Deposit ($50 - $100) is required to confirm your private tour booking. No deposit is required for group tour bookings, but it may be requested later if necessary. The remaining amount should be paid at the start of the tour.

CANCELLATION POLICY

PRIVATE TOURS

Customers can change the details or cancel the booking no later than 72 hours before the start of the tour with the possibility of a 70-90% refund of the tour cost. After this time, no refund is possible. The deposit made is non-refundable.

GROUP TOURS

Customers can change the details or cancel the booking no later than 24 hours before the start of the tour/activity with a full refund of the tour cost. After this time, no refund is possible.
A minimum number of tourists and suitable weather are required. If these criteria are not met, the tour/activity will be canceled no later than 48 hours before the start and customers will be offered a different date/tour or a full refund.

Any tour/booking can be canceled in case of force majeure with a full refund.