Highlights of Mangystau Region - Land of the Great Steppe
Kazakhstan.
6 days.
$2,080.00
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Millions of years ago the Tethys Ocean covered this land. Its remnants, fossils of long-extinct species, are easy to find today. Vast clay deserts, salt pans, limestone mountains. You will remember these unearthly landscapes for years to come!
Ustyurt is a huge desert and a plateau with an area of more than 200,000 km located in the west of Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan), between Mangyshlak and Kara-Bogaz-Gol in the west, the Aral Sea and the Amurdarya delta in the east. Ustyurt plateau has long been attracting visitors from all over the globe due to its unique moon landscapes.
Price includes:
Accommodation: Camping (5 nights) including camping tent for 2 pax each, sleeping bag, camping mat, sleeping setup, pillow
Meals: full board: day 1 – LD, day 2 -5 – BLD, day 6 – BL, water.
English-speaking guide-driver services
Transport with a professional driver (trips on the off-road SUV)
Entrance fees for all mentioned national parks (except photo and video charges).
Not included:
Photo and video charges
Alcohol + Beverages
Portages at airports and hotels
Tips and gratuities
Any personal expenses
Any services not included in the itinerary
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Price$2,080.00 per person
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Suggested Itinerary
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.
Moments that define this adventure
