Expeditions
Ten routes — from a 2-day escape into the foothills to a 10-day traversal from the Caspian to the Tien Shan.
Pick by the time you have. Escapes are short, deliberate departures from Almaty. Journeys go deeper into one signature landscape. Expeditions cross the country. All ten are private, with named guides, own vehicles, and own camps. Every route can be customised — length, season, group size — written to your brief.
01 — 1–2 days
Short immersions from Almaty — ideal Friday-to-Sunday escapes.
Thirty minutes from Almaty — and another world. A living cultural environment at 850 m: dastarkhan feast, eagle handling, archery, horsemanship.
Two days in dense fir forests of the Turgen River valley. Day 1: 16 km trek to Kairakty Waterfall. Day 2: gentle walk to Bear Waterfall.
Singing Dune (150 m, harmonic resonance), Aktau coloured mountains, Kosbastau radon springs, wild camp under the dark sky.
Kolsai's emerald lake and the Valley of Castles, overnight at YurtaDa Charyn — private yurts with en-suite and a canyon terrace.
02 — 3–5 days
Multi-day routes that go deeper into one signature landscape.
Saka royal burial mounds, 5,000+ Bronze Age petroglyphs, the Singing Dune (150 m), Aktau coloured badlands, Bortle Class 2 stars.
Fully supported trek: Assy 2,600 m → Kyzylauuz Pass 3,010 m → Zhinizhke Valley → Kolsai. 90 km, day-packs only.
Assy 2,600 m → Charyn → Tekes Valley → Khan Tengri panorama. Three distinct overnights: YurtaDa, canyon cabins, ethno-village.
03 — 6–30 days
Deep-country traversals across Kazakhstan's most remote territories. Combinable into a 22-day full country crossing.
Six days into the most dramatic ecological story of the 20th century — from Kyzylorda through the steppe to the ghost ships and the restored Small Aral Sea.
Kyzylorda → Aral → Ustyurt → Aktau. 2,400 km of steppe, salt flats, and the chalk pinnacles of Bozzhyra. Aral seabed to Caspian shore.
Aktau → Turkestan → Almaty. 3,300 km full crossing — Mangystau cliffs, Yasawi Mausoleum, snow leopard reserve, the tulip valley, Tian Shan.
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