Days
4
From / per pax
US$ 887 US$
Start and end in Almaty
This route is based on the inspection of the central Tanbaly gorge. You can also explore other sites and museums, visit folk akyns or folk healer. Naturally, priority is given to rock art sites, as well as natural landscapes in which ancient archeological sites have been located for centuries.
As a result, you can see 5-8 different rock art sites located in the spurs of the Zhetyzhol and Chu-Ile ridges: Kulzhabasy, Karakyr, Akkainar, Akterek, Basbatyr and others or reduced to 1-2 main for ex Tamgaly and Kulzhabasy. Also, you can explore the sites of medieval urban culture: the town of Kastek, the ruins of a medieval caravanserai. This tour can also be shorten to 2 or 3 days.
Guide-archaeologist, PhD candidate Zheleznyakov B.A.
Tanbaly is a petroglyph site in the Zhetysu of Kazakhstan. Tanbaly became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Tanbaly is located 170 km (by road) northwest of Almaty.
The earliest of the petroglyphs of Tanbaly date from the Bronze Age (about 3,000 years ago), when the area was populated by the precursors to the Saka/Scythian people, and the most recent from the 18th or 19th century. There are approximately 5,000 petroglyphs at Tanbaly distributed among 48 sites.
08:00 departure from Almaty.
09:30 stop at Targap village (sanitary stop, trying traditional Kazakh drinks)
09:50 visiting the site of Basbatyr rock art, as well as the site of Nauryzbay batyr. A petroglyphs tour
11:10 departure to Tanbaly
12:20 arrival at the Tanbaly Visitor Center, museum excursion
12:50 check in at guest house
13:00 lunch at guest house
14:00 tour of the central Tanbaly route
18:00 return to the guest house
19:00 dinner
07:00 breakfast
07:40 departure to the complex of Tamgaly sites in the Koyandysai gorge, located on the territory of the UNESCO site
08:00 tour of the settlement of Tamgaly V
09:30 tour of petroglyphs of group VI
11:30 walk to the settlement of Tamgaly 1. Examination of the ruins and petroglyphs
12:30 return to the camp
13:00 lunch
14:00 rest and tea time
natural landscape: black shiny rocks, a spring with two willow groves
18:40 return to the guest house
07:20 breakfast
08:00 hiking tour to Shoshkaly valley through the gorge
11:00 return to the car or walk along the picturesque Oisu river
11:40 picnic or return to the guest house for a full meal
13:00 departure to the site of the ancient Turkic era, Guided tour to the site. Departure to the “Anyrakay
14:30 excursion
17:30 return to the guest house
08:00 breakfast at the guest house
09:00 inspection of the Gorny site (Tanbalytas)
11:00 departure to Kulzhabasy site
12:20 camp organization, hygiene, a small tea party
13:20 start of walking towards the main clusters of petroglyphs of Kuljabasy 3 gorges. Excursion for 3 hours
16:20 return to the camp, tea, discussions or visiting another gorge, for example, gorge No. 5
17:50 departure from Kulzhabasy site
19:00 dinner in a cafe on the highway
22:00 arrival at the hotel in Almaty
Total Price: 
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