June-September / 4 days / $689 per person
Route: Turgen – Assy plateau – Ashik Dala Plateau – Zhenishke village – Taldy village – Charyn Canyon – Almaty
Total biking 4 days, 225 km. incl. 232 km. off road, difficulty part (ascent) – 19 km., downhill – 56 km., medium – 157 km. Highest point – 2650 m.a.s.l. Start point- 2650 m.above sea level. Middle level of travel – 1683 m.a.s.l. Level of biking – “active”.
Itinerary:
Day 1. Almaty – Assy. Meeting in your hotel with guide-biker to check and assemble the bikes.
Transfer Almaty – Turgen River. Biking Assy Pass (2650m) – Plateau – Willow grove
(2200m). 47km. Camp.
Day 2. Biking Assy camp – Ashyk Dala Plateau – Zhenishke River (1600m), 65 km. Camp.
Day 3. Biking Zhenishke River – Algabas – Taldy village (1800m), 60 km. Camp.
Day 4. Biking Taldy village camp – Zhily Sai village, 40km. Transfer 20 km. to
Charyn river Canyon, National Park. Biking into Canyon 13km. End of cycling tour.
Transfer to Almaty 190 km. 4 hrs.
Price: $689
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.
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
