Day 1 Aktau – Saura – Zhyrylgan – Sultan Epe - Capamsay 08:00 Breakfast at the hotel and departure from Aktau city to Saura canyon. Saura is a coastal region of the Caspian Sea, where the freshwater lake Karakol is located. The lake is 5 m deep, constant replenishment of groundwater allows relict species of the marshy freshwater turtle to live here. In the morning turtles creep up on stones to warm up. Walk around the canyon and then drive to the opposite side of the Tyub-Karagan peninsula - Zhyrylgan cape. Zhyrylgan is a huge geological landside, mysterious and far from being well known. We will visit Sultan epe – the tomb of the holy man who is considered to be the protector of sailors.
Capamsay Canyon: Chalky cliffs, and at the bottom of the coulee there is a green grove with giant secular trees. Once a deep river here, but now it is dry. There is a huge silicon pebbles valley in the area too.
Day 2 Capamsay - Shokpak ata - Torysh - Sherkala - Kokala - Airakty After breakfast, we will visit Shokpak ata. The underground mosque Shakpak Ata is carved in a mountain chalky rock. It is known that Sufis, which lived in this cave were practiced healing magic. They were helped people, who came here in order to get out from sickness. For that, they have relinquished the sick in the cave for the night. It was thought that during the night the gracious spirit visits the sick person and illness goes away. Till now people are coming with hope to heal from illness.
Torysh. The uncovering nodule lies on both sides from mounting above hundreds of kilometers, which is giving the singularity to the local landscape. Where the bed is broken in a vertical position – it has formed long ridges from stones of various sizes. Where the bed is broken in a horizontal position – it has formed fanciful conglomerations like balls, eggs, mushrooms, UFO, cylinders, nest dolls, and animals.
Sherkala. This is the legendary mountain, where a fortress was built in the middle ages, to secure the paths of the Great Silk Way. The Sherkala is situated behind central and west systems of the mountain range Karatau and in the north part of mountain Akmyshtau. “Sherkala” – by the translation from Turkmen language means “lion fortress” (“sher” – lion, “kala” – fortress).
Kokala. This is a small temporal tunnel from the age of the dinosaurs. We cannot see the fossil bones or tracks of long-gone reptiles, but we can touch to real charcoal from the burnt forest 70-00 million years ago. The Kokala is the natural mottled area among the monotone rocky hill of Mangystau.
Airakty Shomanay. Mountains of Airakty look like magic castles with spires, towers, colonnades, and fort walls. The main sights of the valley are magic grots, fanciful caves, palaces with colonnades, temples with cupolas, gothic spires, and fanciful canopies. In one of the mountains there is a wild winding road, which is punched by half-wild horses; from this mountain is overlooking a view on sightseeing platform where you can see faraway mounts of Aktau and all castles of Airakty.
Day 3 Airakty – Shetpe - Tuzbair After breakfast, we will go to the Shetpe village where you will visit the modern caravan-sarai and try local food. Then transfer to Tuzbair. The sor Tuzbair is the great creation of nature. This is an area of ideal beauty, which is created by two colors: white salt, white limestone, white clouds and blue sky in good weather. If you go to the sor Tuzbair from the west side, you can see perfectly amazing sights!
Day 4 Tuzbair – Naiza - Bozzhira After breakfast, we will continue exploring Tuzbair (canyon and salt lake)
Our next destination is Naiza mountain: sightseeing ancient hunting pounds. Our tour continues with relocating to the tract Bozzhira. This is part of the cliff plateau’s Ustuyrt with an unusual landscape in white chalky tones. The giant valley Bozzhira is surrounded on three sides with white canyons, peaks, mountain-towers, mountain-castle, mountain-yurtas. The visiting card includes two limestone peaks, which are called Fangs. The height of Fangs is more than 200 meters.
Day 5 Mountain Bokty – Kyzylkup – Karagiye After breakfast, we will continue exploring Bozzhira. Climbing to Bozzhira mountain. Free time. Departure to mountain Bokty. The road runs along the picturesque Ustyurt plateau. Bokty is located on the bottom of a dry sor, where the north side is narrow by hillock Golbanshe. Mountain Bokty has amazing characteristics. It is changing its colors from different points of view. On the one side, Bokty looks like a giant boat with an upside-down keel. From the south side, the mountain looks like a horizontal many-colored pyramid.
Kyzylkup viewing platform. Kyzylkup valley is called by name of reservoir Kyzylkup which was in a northeast part of the natural boundary.
On the way back to Aktau we will visit the Karagiye depression which stretches from north to south for 80 km with a width of 25-30 km. the deepest mark of Karagiye is located in the southern part Is 132 m below sea level - one of the deepest in the world. Here you will see the fossilized remains of marine fauna Paleogene era – whales, sharks, rays, bony fishes, turtles and shells of extinct mollusks. Arrival at Tokmak cape.
Day 6 Tokmak – Kuryk - Aktau The first half of the day we will enjoy swimming and spending time on the beach in Tokmak. After lunch departure to Aktau. Arrival and transfer to the hotel or airport
Kazakhstan.6 days $2,080.00
