Kazakh ethno-village tour

Starting/ending point: Almaty city

Driving distance: 100 km from Almaty and back

Tour duration: 7 hours

Start time: 09:30 am Almaty time

Availability season: all year round

Tour language: English

Tour activities: Sightseeing | Horseback-riding | National cuisine tasting

Tour options: PRIVATE

Description

You will enjoy an authentic theatrical show program, which is an acquaintance with the customs and traditions of the Kazakh people in a specially created ethnographic village, located in a picturesque place at the foot of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains.
The guests will be acquainted with the life of nomads, with a national dwelling of Kazakhs - yurt, will enjoy master class on cooking Baursaks - a traditional flour product, cleaning and whipping wool, show with horses and horseback-riding.
Then you will have a delicious lunch of the national Kazakh dishes.
At the end of the program, you will be given an archery master class - the skill possessed by the nomadic Kazakhs.

ITINERARY

09:30 - 10:00 Hotels pick-up and departure from Almaty (Exact pick-up time will be informed the day before the tour)
11:00 Arrival at the ethno-village, meeting guests with warriors in battle armor and the Shashu meeting ritual
11:10 Baursaks cooking master-class
11:30 Acquaintance with the life of nomads, with a yurt
12:00 Show with horses and horseback-riding
13:00 Buffet lunch (meat is cooked and served separately)
14:00 Archery master class
14:30 Free time
15:30 Departure to the city
16:30 - 17:00 Hotels 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	✅ Hotel pick-up/drop-off ✅ Comfortable transfer ✅ English-speaking show host ✅ Buffet lunch (meat is cooked and served separately) ✅ Water and tea ✅ Ethno-village admission ticket ❌ Special meals/drinks
Number of people	2	3	4	5	6 - 8
TOTAL PRICE	$200	$250	$300	$420	$470 - $570
Vehicle type	Sedan/minivan			Minibus

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

IMPORTANT INFO

A minimum of 7 people is required to hold a show program. If the required number is not reached on the booked date, then your booking will be cancelled and the deposit will be returned in full.

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.