— Early departure from Ust-Kamenogorsk at 4:00 AM
— Breakfast en route
— Travel across Kurchum Bridge
— Travel through Markakol Village, where the legendary Old Austrian Road, built in 1915-1916, begins Austrian prisoners of war
— Stop at the Mramorny Pass (1371 m), which offers a picturesque panorama of the white sands of the Akkum Desert in China.
— Then we descend into the Akzhaylau Valley (White Pasture, translated from Kazakh as "zhaylau" means "summer mountain pasture").
— Arrival at the ethno-village, accommodation in a yurt camp.
— Lunch
— Walk, rest, free time.
— Dinner
— Rest, archery, evening by the campfire, tea with Altai herbs, homemade baursaks, and kurt—nomad cheese. Horseback riding is available for an additional fee.
— Breakfast
— Walking tour to Lake Shoptykol
— Return to the ethnoaul
— Lunch
— Kamcha weaving workshop
— Dinner
— Rest, archery, evening by the campfire, tea with Altai herbs. Horseback riding is available for an additional fee.
Ethnoaul – Urunkhayka – Old Austrian Road – Katon-Karagay – Ust-Kamenogorsk
— Breakfast
— Departure to Urunkhayka village
— Arrival, walk to Lake Markakol and the 700-year-old larch tree in the Markakol Nature Reserve
— Lunch
— Departure to Ust-Kamenogorsk via the Old Austrian Road
— Stop at the Burkhat Pass (2141 m). A viewing platform overlooking a beautiful mountain panorama and the Bukhtarma River valley. Tea and snacks.
— Stop on the shore of the Bukhtarma Reservoir, swimming, dinner.
— Visit to the "Medovaya Marka" meadery.
Price: 180,000 tenge per person.
Payment plans with bank deposits of 6 and 12 months are available.
INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE:
— Transportation
— 2-night yurt accommodation
— 3 meals a day as per the program, kumys, and saumal
— Tea with Altai herbs by the fire, with baursaks and kurt
— Kamcha weaving workshop, archery
— Insurance for the duration of the tour
— Markakol Nature Reserve entrance fees
— Katon-Karagay National Park fees
— Guide
— Excursion to the Medovaya Marka meadery
— Equipment: trekking poles
— First aid kit
— 1 liter of bottled water on the way
NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOUR PRICE:
— Round-trip tickets to Ust-Kamenogorsk
— Accommodation in Ust-Kamenogorsk
— Horseback riding
— Everything personal and other expenses not specified in the program