Almaty & the Celestial Mountains
Almaty → Big Almaty Lake → Charyn Canyon → Kolsai
Almaty → Big Almaty Lake → Charyn Canyon → Kolsai
Duration
6 days
Route
4 stops
Group
Private
From
€1,450 pp
The journey
Kazakhstan’s south packs canyon, alpine lake and steppe culture within a day’s drive of a genuinely cosmopolitan city. The perfect scale-shift opener — or finale — to a wider Stans journey.
Leafy boulevards, the wooden Zenkov Cathedral and dinner in the city's famed café scene.
⌂ Almaty Meals: D
Up to the turquoise reservoir at 2,500 metres; Kok-Tobe views back over the city.
⌂ Almaty Meals: B, L
East across the steppe to the Valley of Castles — red towers best at late-day light.
⌂ Charyn eco-lodge Meals: B, D
Spruce-lined alpine lakes and a horseback hour on the high pastures.
⌂ Saty village guesthouse Meals: B, D
An eagle-hunter demonstration and a dombra-scored lunch in a yurt on the way back.
⌂ Almaty Meals: B, L
The Green Bazaar for saffron and dried apricots, then your onward flight.
Meals: B
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