Jungar Alatau Lakes and Glaciers Trekking Tour

Unique tour route through the central part of Jungar Alatau, to its main gorges, glaciers, alpine meadows and alpine lakes. These places are wild, and the chance to meet the tourists is very low, that makes the tour quite extreme.

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We spend more than 1000 hours a year on staff training in reputable training centers.

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Our company sends 1% of the cost of the services you purchase to the Red Crescent Fund of Kazakhstan.

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Private tour price depends on the number of people in the group. A child participates in the tour at the price of an adult. The price (per person) indicated below is for a group of 4 people.

Price per Person:

1655

USD

Adults:

Children (aged 4-11):

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Total:

Tour Date:

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9 Days

Distance

1132 km

1030 km

102 km

Jungar Alatau Lakes and Glaciers Trekking Tour

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GENERAL INFORMATION AND BOOKING TERMS:
Tour Rates Include: transportation in comfortable air-conditioned vehicle, professional English-speaking trekking guide services, accommodation on cordon Malyi Baskan and in a guest houde in Lepsinsk, all admission and environmental fees, admission to the border zone, meals (lunch and dinner on Day 1, three-times meals on Days 2-11 ), drinking water, all necessary equipment for camp organization and cooking in hiking conditions.
Tour Rates Exclude: accommodation in Almaty before or after the tour, Visa support and registration in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan (if required), personal expenses and other expenses not indicated in the program, insurance policy.
Booking Terms: Full payment is required for tour reservation. Accepted methods of payment: cash in local currency, wire transfer, bank card.
Cancellation Terms: 50% of the tour price is not refundable in case of tour cancellation less than 72 hours before the tour departure time, 100% of the tour price is not refundable in case of tour cancellation less than 24 hours before the tour departure time, as well as in case of no-show.
Group size: minimun 4 people, maximum — 8 people.

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Itinerary:

Almaty - Bolshoi Baskan

Bolshoi Baskan - Terensai Gorge

Terensay Gorge - Sun Valley

Sun Valley

Upper Zhasylkol Lake

Confluence of the Yekiasha and Agynykaty rivers - Ak-Tas Plateau

Ak-Tas Plateau

Ak-Tas Plateau - Lower Zhasylkol Lake

Lower Zhasylkol Lake - Lepsinsk

Lepsinsk - Almaty

Almaty - Taldykorgan - Sarkand - Bolshoi Baskan

After meeting with Your guide and boarding the excursion transport early in the morning You will depart from Almaty to Taldykorgan city. Today a long and hard day is waiting for You. The first stop will be made in Taldykorgan city, the regional center of Almaty region. If there is enough time You will visit the Museum of Local history of Almaty region first and then have lunch in a local cafe. In the afternoon the movement will continue in the direction of the small town of Sarkand, passing which remains to make the last leap that day and drive to the gamekeeper cordon. Here You will have dinner and stay overnight.
Overnight on the cordon
Car mileage on this day is about 500 km

Bolshoi Baskan - Outpost - Terensai tract

After wake up, breakfast on cordon and gathering personal stuff You will continue your way. You will be driven to the old semi-abandoned frontier post by an off-road vehicle, which will save You 3 hours of walking time. At the outpost, You pick up your backpacks and move along the Bolshoi Baskan River to the confluence with the Terensai River. On the way, You will have a stopover for lunch and rest. Until the evening, You will need to get as close as possible to the foot of the nameless pass where the camp will be set up. After dinner, You will be able to rest and gain strength by the next day.
Overnight in a tent camp
Walking mileage per day is about 12 km

Terensay Gorge - Nameless Pass - Sun Valley

Today You will have an early rise, breakfast and camp gathering. This is followed by climbing the Nameless Pass (3200 m above sea level). The ascent will take place through a wide gorge; sometimes there is a well-trodden path, closer to the saddle You will overcome a small talus slope. From the saddle of the pass there is a wonderful view of Terensay gorge and Sun Valley, located in the downstream of Kora river. At the pass, You will stop for rest and lunch. After that there is a descent from the pass into a wide valley on a simple grassy slope, sometimes on excellent path. Once you reach approximately the middle of the Solar Valley, You will stop at the confluence of the Kora and Bala Kora rivers. Here You will camp and have dinner.
Overnight in a tent camp
Walking mileage per day is about 14 km

Sun Valley

Today there is no need to get up early, so You can sleep a bit longer. But, if You want to watch the wild animals, You have to get up before dawn, After breakfast in the camp You will make a radial exit to the foot of the largest glacier in these parts. Since these places are not visited by tourists, it is not so easy to get here. There are a lot of wild animals that You can observe. You will move up the gorge along the banks of the Kora River. Along the way, You will be making halts, resting and admiring nature. You will have lunch during one of the stops. On this day You can walk as much as you want. In the evening, You will have to go back to the camp to prepare dinner and rest.
Overnight in a tent camp
Walking mileage per day is about 10 km

Sun Valley - confluence of the Yekiasha and Agynykaty rivers

Wake up, breakfast and camp gathering. There is not much to go through today, but due to the fact that people rarely walk here, all the trails are covered with thick and tall grass. You will also have to overcome a few fords, which are simple, not too deep, but your feet will have to get a little wet. On the way, You will stop for lunch and get some rest. By evening, You will reach the camp site, located a little above the confluence of the Yekiasha and Agynykaty rivers. After cooking dinner, You can rest in peace.
Overnight in a tent camp
Walking mileage per day is about 14 km

Upper Zhasylkol Lake

Today You will have a day of rest at the lake, located at an altitude of 2200 meters above sea level. After waking up and having breakfast in the camp, You will go to a small but very exciting trekking session. You will have to overcome a stone heap of quite large size to see the lake and approach its shore. The lake has blue-green hue reminiscent of the surrounding green slopes, covered by alpine meadows and sparse, stunted shrubs. Due to the remoteness, the lake is seldom visited, although its attractiveness and beauty in no way inferior to the lower lake.
In the evening You will return to the camp, have dinner and rest.
Overnight in a tent camp
Walking mileage per day is about 10 km

Confluence of the Yekiasha and Agynykaty rivers - Sorokonozhka Pass - Ak-Tas Plateau

After breakfast and gathering the camp You will go to the confluence of the Agynakaty and Yekiasha rivers, the trail to which runs along a wide alpine meadow, and in some places through river floods. Before the confluence, You are overcoming Agynakaty river in the ford and continue to go along its right bank to Tersai gorge. After fording Tersai river You'll have lunch and rest. After the rest, You are awaited by the assault of Sorokonozhka (Centipede) pass. This fancy name to the pass is given knowingly: its vertical drop is about 1000 meters, and the trail along the slope has 40 serpentines with the length of approximately 5 km. Experienced tourists usually go "in the forehead", so it is faster. Anyway, the climbing to this pass takes a lot of strength. After climbing there will be a rest on Ak-Tas plateau and then - trekking through Ak-Tas plateau to a spring, near which a camp will be set. If you are lucky and willing, You can take a short walk and admire the lower lake of Jasylkol.
Overnight in a tent camp
Walking mileage per day is about 15 km

Ak-Tas Plateau

Breakfast and disassembling of the camp. Today You will walk on the plateau almost all day. Trekking through the plateau will deliver a lot of pleasure and pleasant experiences. Wherever You look - You will see the endless expanses of alpine meadows and bizarre granite rocks, and in the distance - almost all the vertices of Jungar Alatau are clearly visible. The plateau itself is framed by beautiful white rocks. this was the source of its name. In the evening, You will need to choose a convenient place to break camp and rest after dinner.
Overnight in a tent camp
Walking mileage per day is about 10 km

Ak-Tas Plateau - Lower Zhasylkol Lake

Breakfast and disassembling of the camp. Today You will continue trekking through Ak-Tas plateau to the specular spring at which You will make a stop for lunch. This is followed by descending to the lower Lake Zhasylkol, which is located on the northern slope of the Jungar Alatau Range in the valley of the Agynykaty River at an altitude of 1640 metres above sea level. Until the 80s of the last century this place was practically untouched by humans, and is not surprising as this is an area of the state border. The trail follows a traverse on a slope that is in some places heavily overgrown with high grass, which creates certain difficulties. At the end of the descent, You will pass to the lake shore, set up a camp, have dinner and rest.
Overnight in a tent camp
Car mileage on this day is about 380 km

Lower Zhasylkol Lake - Zhalanash Cordon - Lepsinsk

Breakfast, disassembling of the camp and trekking to the highest apiary of Jungar Alatau, which sent honey to the table of the last Russian tsar. Lunch in the apiary and honey tasting. Then follows transfer to Zhalanash cordon and further to Lepsinsk - a village with a very interesting history, some of which will be told to you by local old-timers. Here You will be accommodated in a guest house. And in the evening You will have a sauna and dinner.
Overnight in a guest house in Lepsisnk

Walking mileage per day is about 3 km
Car mileage on this day is about 30 km

Lepsinsk - Sarkand - Taldykorgan - Almaty

After breakfast and gathering teh camp and stuff You will leave Lepsinsk at 09:00. On the way there will be a stop in Taldykorgan to have lunch in one of the city cafes. Arrival in Almaty at about 21:00 hours.
Car mileage on this day is about 500 km

* It is highly desirable for at least 4 people to go to this tracker group.