On this tour you will visit the salty part of Lake Balkhash, the Kalashnikov Museum, as well as a network of salty healing lakes called Paradise Lakes (Lake Raikhan-Ana).

Lake Balkhash is a closed lake, the western part of which is fresh, and the eastern part is salty. Balkhash is the second largest perennial Salt Lake (after the Caspian Sea) and 14th on the list of the largest lakes in the world. The lake is divided by a narrow peninsula into two parts with different chemical characteristics of water, and at the same time, fresh and salt water in the lake do not mix at all. We will visit the lake from its eastern side, where we will set up a tent camp on the shore and spend the night. At the end of the first day and at the beginning of the second, swimming in the lake is provided!

On the second day we head to the Paradise Lakes through the Saryesik-Atyrau desert. Along the way we will visit the Matai station, where the same Mikhail Kalashnikov invented his first machine gun. At the railway depot we will visit a small museum in which the memory of those events is immortalized. In the afternoon we will arrive at the Paradise Healing Lakes. Paradise Lakes is a network of fresh and salt lakes in the middle of the treacherous Saryesik-Atyrau desert. They are called heavenly after the name of the woman healer Raikhan-Ana (Ryan), who, according to local residents, was cured of leprosy by bathing in these lakes. We will set up a tent camp on the shore of the main lake and spend the night.

On the third day we set off on the road back to the city of Almaty.

Start: Almaty city

Finish: Almaty city

Duration: 3 days

Seasonality: May-September

1. An identification document or passport is required.

2.Individual medicines and personal hygiene items. All our jeeps are equipped with medical first aid kits, but only you know what and in what quantity is right for you.

3.Wardrobe and personal hygiene items. We always recommend that you take care, first of all, of comfortable shoes and sun protection (hat, sunscreen). Depending on the season, you will need swimming trunks (swimsuit), raincoat, wind coat or warm jacket.

► Off-road transportation

► Services of a guide driver

► Fuel

► Services of a tour guide

► Entrance tickets to the museum

► Environmental fees

► Renting a camping site

► Use of camping equipment (tents, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, etc.)

► Car passenger insurance

► Meals (2 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 2 dinners)

► Drinking water

► Hiking

► Pictures from the trip

► Flights

► Airport transfer

►Hotel in the city of arrival and departure

► Alcoholic drinks (optional)

The final and exact cost of the tour is calculated individually depending on the number of people and wishes from:

For 1 tourist – $1130

For 2 tourists – $1210 ($605 per person)

For 3 tourists – $1290 ($430 per person)

For 4 tourists – $1370 ($343 per person)

For 5 tourists – $1750 ($350 per person)

For 6 tourists – $1830 ($305 per person)

For 7 tourists – $1910 ($273 per person)

For 8 tourists – $1990 ($249 per person)

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