Turgen gorge exploration — 

waterfall and lakes

Duration:
3 days/ 2 nights

Season:
May to September

Type of tourism: off-road tour, horse riding, trekking

This is one of our tours that fits to those who have never ridden a horse, but have a good physical shape and looking for adventures on a horseback. The tour lasts for 3 days and 2 nights. First day you’ll spend in traditional Kazakh ethno-village making friends with horses and training. Two other days you will be riding a horse, visiting Kairak waterfall and beautiful mountain valleys. You’ll spend second night camping near the mountain lake. Good part of the route goes through Chin Turgen gorge famous for its mossy spruce forests that grows in a permafrost.

Day 1.
10:30 – 12:30 Almaty to Tumar ethno village transfer
12:30 – 13:00 Check in
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 18:00 Horseback riding training session
18:00 – 19:30 Free time, sauna
19:30 – 20:30 Dinner 
20:30 – free time

Day 2.
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast 
9:00 – 10:00 Camping equipment packing
10:00 – 13:00 Ride to the lunch stop (passing Kairak waterfall), 7 km
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 Ride to the camp site at the small pond, 8 km
16:00 – 17:00 Camp set up
17:30 – 19:30 Free time, hike around
19:30 – 20:30 Dinner
20:30 – free time

Day 3.
8:00 – 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 Camp packing 
10:00 – 13:30 Ride to the lunch stop in the gorge, 7 km
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch 
14:30 – 17:00 Ride back to ethno village, 8 km
17:00 – 18:00 Packing, check out
18:00 – 19:00 Dinner
19:00 – 21:00 Transfer back to Almaty

 

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