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Duration
22 days/23nights
May 20-June 20, September 15 - October 15
Accommodation In 3* hotels in cities, guest houses in villages, tents in nature

Almaty - Aksu-Dzabagly - Kurgaldzhino - Hi river - Altyn-Emel -Ash Tree Grove - Zhalanash - Great Almaty Lake

Kazakhstan is a place of great variety of species of avifauna - about 490.
There, one can meet rare birds from the wooden steppe, taiga and
tundra, coming there for wintering. Specialized ornithological
tour to observe birds in the natural environment: eastern white pelican,
black and white storks, saker falcon, blue whistling-thrush and many other.

Programme       next page

Day 1. Arrival to Almaty early in the morning, transfer to the Hotel accommodation, breakfast, lunch, city tour including visit to the State historical museum, dinner, overnight.

Day 2. Breakfast, after lunch night train to Shymkent dinner and overnight in the train.

Day 3. Breakfast, transfer from Shymkent to Bairkum village, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight in the private house.

Day 4. Breakfast birdwatching, lunch-boxes, transfer to Shymkent, accommodation, hot dinner, overnight at the hotel.

Day 5. Breakfast, transfer to Aksu-Dzhabagly national park, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 6. Breakfast, full day in Aksu-Dzhabagly national park, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 7. Breakfast, all day birdwatching, lunch-boxes, after dinner transfer to train station Tulkubas, overnight in the train.

Day 8. Breakfast early morning transfer to Almaty airport, flight to Astana, transfer to Kurgaldzhino national park (Tengiz lake), accommodation in the guest house, hot dinner, overnight in the guest-house.

Day 9. Breakfast all day in Kurgaldzhino national park, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 10. Breakfast, birdwatching in Kurgaldzhino till lunch, transfer to Astana, flight to Almaty, transfer to the hotel, accommodation at the hotel, dinner, overnight.

Day 11. Breakfast transfer to Kanshegel village via Sorbulak lake (210 km.), lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

  

Day 12. Breakfast birdwatching. lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest house.

Day 13. Breakfast, transfer through Taukum desert, Topar lake, Akkol village to  alcanas village (200 km), accommodation at the private house, overnight

Day 14. Breakfast. lunch-boxes, transfer to Altyn-Emel national park (290 km), hot dinner and overnight at theguest-house in Altyn-Emel.

Day 15. Breakfast full day in Altyn-Emel national park, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 16. Breakfast full day in Altyn-Emel national park, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 17. After breakfast drive to Ashen Grove (150 km), birdwatching, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 18. Breakfast transfer to Zhalanash village (95 km), birdwatching, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 19. Breakfast after lunch transfer to Almaty (220 km), accommodation in a hotel, hot dinner, overnight at the hotel.

Day 20. After breakfast transfer to Almaty lake (35 km), birdwatching, lunch-boxes, hot dinner, overnight at the guest-house.

Day 21. After breakfast excursion to Medeo with lunch in Kazakh-Aul restaurant (45 km), drive to Almaty, accommodation at hotel, dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Day 22. Breakfast, rest in the hotel, optional excursions (shopping, sauna, national instruments museum, national instruments concert, bazaar, botanical gardens), galadinner, overnight.

Day 23. Early departure to the airport