Route 04-10
"HOSPITALITY CUSTOMS OF THE GREAT STEPPE"
  • 2 days / 1 night
    The duration of the tour.
  • 400 km.
    The total length of the tour
  • From April to November
    Seasonality
  • Ethnography of the region
    The special feature of the tour
  • by SUV or by bus
    Type of transport
  • Russian-speaking / Kazakh-speaking / English-speaking
    A professional guide to choose from
  • In a natural felt yurt in the "Ethnic village "Kogez"
    Type of placement
  • In the cafe "Kogez", on the basis of dinner and breakfast.
    Type of food
Day 1 - 200 km
Aktau city - colored gorge Kokala - mountain remnant of Sherkala - chalk canyon Zhylshy - yurt camping "Ethno aul" Kogez ", excursion" Under the arch of the Kazakh yurt ", overnight in a natural yurt
In the morning departure from the city of Aktau. Transfer to the Kokala gorge. The Karatau mountain fold or hillock, composed of multi-colored clays of the Jurassic period, is the natural beauty of ancient history. Walk along the mountain gorge.

Further transfer to Mount Sherkala. Sherkala is a lonely standing mountain of an unusual shape. If you look at it from one side, the mountain resembles a huge white yurt, but on the other, Sherkala looks like a sleeping lion, putting its huge head on its paws. From a bird's eye view, the shape of the mountain resembles a huge Medusa. Walking tour around the mountain.

Further departure to the chalky canyon Zhylshy. A walk along the snow-white chalk canyon, where the two elements Water and Wind whimsically dotted the walls of the channel with grottoes, gutters and honeycombs.

In the evening, arrival at a cozy and hospitable yurt ethno-camping located in the picturesque mountainous part of Mangistau, where you will find an excursion “Under the arch of the Kazakh yurt”, dinner in a cafe, rest in the park area and an evening by the fire, accommodation in a natural 5-seater yurt from felt.
Day 2 - 200 km
Ethno aul "Kogez" - climbing to the top of Mount Airakty in the Shomanai valley - Airakty (Valley of Castles) - Aktau city.
After breakfast in the cafe of the ethno village "Kogez", departure to the Shumanai - Airakty valley.

Climbing to the top of Airakty mountain. A winding path along the slope of the Airakty remnant mountain leads to an observation deck from which a panoramic view of the Shomanai valley surrounded by picturesque remnant mountains resembling the ruins of Castles opens. The grandiosity, scale and unique color awakens the imagination and delights. Walk through the labyrinth located on the top of the mountain.

In the evening return to Aktau city.
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