May –October / 4 days / $569 per person
Route: Along the BAC – Chilik river – Charyn Canyon NP – AE NP – Ak Tau mnts – Singing Dune – Almaty
Day 1
We start biking by tarmac road in a nice alley of trees from Talgar River bridge 20 km. and will visit Golden Man Museum. Then biking 40 km. to camp place near Chilik river.
Picnic lunch on a middle of biking.
Overnight camp
Day 2
Transfer 60 km to Sogety Valley. Cycle for 15 km, 1-2 hours by the dirt road to the Valley of Castles in the Canyon of Charyn River. Picnic lunch. Cycle for 20 km. 1 hour by the dirt road to the highway that leads to Chundzha town. Transfer 190 km transfer to Basshi village- entrance to Altyn Emel National Park. Dinner.
Riding distance about 40 km
Overnight hotel**.
Day 3
Cycle 68km, by dirt road to “Shalash” place at the bottom of multicolored (from white to bright red) Ak Tau Mountains. Transfer back to Basshi hotel. Dinner.
Ride: 68 km.
Overnight hotel**.
Day 4
Cycle 45km, by dirt road to the Singing Sand Dune. Lunch. Descent 12km. to “Oazis Mynbulak”.
Transfer to Almaty, 240km, 4 hours. End of trip.
Ride: 57 km.
Price: $569
50% discount for children under 15 years old
Min. group size 4 persons
Local m. bike with spare parts 4 days hire $60
Price includes:
transfers *4WD escort on a road *entrance fees of National Parks *2-persons trekking tents with mattresses *dining tent with table and folding chairs *toilet tent* shower tent *kitchen accessories *accompany crew (biking guide, cook, camp worker) * full board on the route (hot breakfast and dinner, lunch-box) *2 liters water a day on a road* evacuation if debris from the campsites *local staffs’ insurance.
**Hotel 2 nights, * Tented capm 1 night.
Price does not include: Airport transfers *Hotel and meals in Almaty *Insurance *personal equipment (bike, spare parts, helmet, gloves, sleeping bag, e.t.c.) *beverage *tips
