Altyn Emel National Park 2-day jeep tour
Starting/ending point: Almaty city
Driving distance: 800 km from Almaty and back
Tour duration: 2 days/1 night
Start time: 08:00 am Almaty time
Availability season: March - October
Tour language: English | Russian
Tour activities: Sightseeing | Hiking | Walking
Description
TOURIST PLACES you'll visit:
This tour is designed for travelers who want to visit the most famous places of Altyn Emel National Nature Park. Within 2 days you will explore such wonders of nature like Singing Dune and Aktau/Katutau Mountains. You will see incredible unearthly landscapes where you will feel like you are on another planet for a moment. Everything around you will seem somehow unrealistic.
You will head to one of the largest National Parks of Kazakhstan, with an area of 3076 sq.km. called Altyn Emel, which means the Golden Saddle. The territory of the park includes mountain, sand-desert, gravel-clay-desert landscape complexes. In 2017, the Altyn-Emel National Park was awarded the international status of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
ITINERARY
Day 1
- 08:00 Pick-up, departure from Almaty
- Arrival at Basshy village
- Lunch
- Visiting the Altyn Emel National Park's museum
- Trip to Katutau/Aktau mountains
- Stop at 700-year-old willow tree
- Aktau Mountains, round hiking to the best viewing spots
- Katutau Mountains, walking
- 19:00 Arrival at Basshy village, accommodation, dinner
Day 2
- 08:00 Breakfast
- Trip to Singing Dune
- Singing Dune, climbing to the top, enjoying the view
- Stop at Oshaktas Stone Steles
- 13:00 Lunch
- Way back to Almaty
- 18:00 Arrival in Almaty, 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
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✅ Pick-up/drop-off
✅ 4x4 SUV
✅ ENG-speaking guide-driver
✅ Breakfast x 1, Lunch x 2, Dinner x 1
✅ Bottled water
✅ Guesthouse accommodation in a private room
✅ National park entrance fees
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Number of people
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1
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2
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3
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4
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PRICE
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$650
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$700
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$750
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$800
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per person
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$650
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$350
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$250
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$200
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⚠️ [If you are more people, contact us and we will make an individual calculation for you]
IMPORTANT INFO
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Mid-high
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level.
WE RECOMMEND TO TAKE WITH YOU: cap, jacket, trekking boots/sport shoes, sunblock, replacement socks, personal hygiene products.
PRECAUTION
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Not allowed for travelers who can not withstand long trips by car, long walks and hikes
- Not allowed for travelers with disabilities, injuries, diseases that limit physical abilities
GROUP TOUR SCHEDULE 2023
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Small groups of 5-15 tourists
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Perfect for couples and solo travelers
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Enjoying the trip, having fun and meeting new people
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Budget savings and more travel
GROUP TOUR BOOKING
[Here you can book your place on a group tour by yourself specifying the number of people and selecting an available tour date]
⚠️ [We use PayPal as a payment gateway to accept online payments from foreign bank cards, so you can securely pay with any debit/credit card. No need to have or create a PayPal account.]
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 can be paid at the start of the tour.
We use PayPal as a payment gateway to accept online payments from foreign bank cards, so you can securely pay with any debit/credit card. No need to have or create a PayPal account.
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.
GROUP (SHARED) 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.
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