Journey · 1 day
Almaty International Airport - Almaty
Meeting at Almaty airport and visit of the South capital of Kazakhstan
- Drive
- 50 km1 hr 30 min
- Walk
- 3 hr
- Season
- Year-Round
- Meals
- Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
- Elevation gain
- 1000 m
- Elevation loss
- 1000 m
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- 02DestinationAlmaty
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Meeting at the airport. The guide and the driver meet you and drive you to a hotel in the city center. Then we visit the city. The excursion starts from the center of Almaty. You will discover the history of the emergence and development of the capital of Kazakhstan, in the south of the country, and also its main attractions: the central museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the presidential residence, the Republic square and the monument of Independence, the opera and ballet theater of Abay, the Bazaar (Zelenyi), the park of 28 guards of Panfilov. Lunch in a restaurant in the center of the city. After The route takes us to the Medeo, where the mud dam is located, which protects the city from the destructive mudslides that form on the western slopes of Tien Shan. From the top of the dam, at an altitude of 1,733 meters, you can admire the magnificent panorama of the largest alpine skating rink in the world, surrounded by the magnificent mountains of Zailiysky Alatau. Return to town in the evening. Dinner in a traditional restaurant. Night at the hotel.
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