Karatau mountains + Aqmeshit cave day trip

Starting/ending point: Shymkent city

Driving distance: 140 km from Shymkent and back

Tour duration: 11 hours

Start time: 08:00 am Almaty time

Availability season: April - October

Tour language: English | Russian

Tour activities: Sightseeing | Hiking | Walking

Tour options: PRIVATE

Description

A one-day trip to the Karatau mountains, which are located just 70 km from Shymkent.

From the start of the tour you will go to one of the most mysterious places of Southern Kazakhstan - Aq-Meshit cave, which in translation means White Mosque. This is a huge underground cave 254 meters long, 25 meters high and 65 meters wide. A unique natural object not only in terms of size but also due to the fact that at the top there are no trees within a radius of many kilometers and a real oasis is located in the cave.

Further on this tour, you will see a giant table mountain, bronze age petroglyphs, paleolethic cave, and narrow canyon with a waterfall that you will pass right through the water.

In addition, you will enjoy a picnic in the open air.

ITINERARY

08:00 Pick-up at your address in Shymkent
Visiting the underground cave Aq-Meshit (White Mosque)
Giant table mountain, viewing spot
Bronze age petroglyphs
Picnic
Paleolethic cave
Hiking through the narrow canyon
19:00 Drop-off at your address in Shymkent

⚠️ [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	✅ Pick-up/drop-off at your address in Shymkent ✅ Comfortable SUV ✅ English-speaking guide-driver ✅ Picnic lunch ✅ Bottled water ✅ National park entrance fee
Number of people	1	2	3	4
PRICE	$220	$230	$240	$250
per person	$220	$115	$80	$62

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

PRIVATE TOUR BOOKING

[Here you can submit a request to book a private tour. We will try to respond to you within 24 hours]

BOOKING TERMS

Prepayment (10% - 30% deposit for the Private tours, 30% - 50% deposit for the Group tours) of the tour cost is required to confirm your booking. The remaining amount must be paid at the start of the tour.
To accept online payments from bank cards, we use PayPal as a payment gateway, so you can securely pay with any international debit/credit card. No need to have or create a PayPal account.

CANCELLATION POLICY

PRIVATE TOURS

Customer 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 refunds will be made.

FIXED-DATE GROUP TOURS

Customer can change the details or cancel the booking no later than (24 hours - for day tours; 72 hours - for multi-day tours) before the start of the tour with a full refund of the tour cost. After this time, no refunds will be made.
A minimum number of tourists and suitable weather are required. If these criteria are not met, the tour will be canceled no later than 48 hours before the start and you 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.