Kazakhstan Desert Park: Diverse Landscapes and Wildlife

Explore Altyn Emel’s diverse landscapes and rare wildlife on a 1-day tour. Discover Singing Dunes, Aktau Mountains, and more. Book your adventure now!

Duration: 16 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Aktau Mountains - We will drive out to the bottom of the Ocean to explore the Chalk Mountains of Aktau.
    Here is schedule for the tour:
    5:30 am Pick up time
    7:30 am Quick stop to WC/market
    9:00 am Bashi village/Enrence to national park
    Off-road way to first location
    10:00 am Arriving to Aktau mountains
    12:00 am Departure
  • Katutau Mountain -…
What's Included
  • National parks entrance fees
  • Bottled water
  • Snacks
  • English speaking guide
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Breakfast
Additional Information

This is the only desert park in Kazakhstan, where you can see many different landscapes: sands, tugai forests, floodplains, conditions, mountains. At fairly close distances, you can observe rare animals living in unstable conditions, goitered gazelle and kulan. As part of the project, three tourist routes have been developed, equipped with signs,…

Location
Aktau Mountains
State National Park Altyn-Emel
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Arlina_kureta
Oct 19, 2024
Definitely a 10:10 - The places we visited were very beautiful, authentic and the real core of Kazakhstan. The guide Bek but as well the driver were very joyful people, understanding and professional.
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Escape40293556163
Oct 12, 2024
Singing Dunes - The trip is well organized. Bek and Alisher done a good job for the whole tour. Although the tour is long start from early morning but it is worth to go.
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Alfonsomr7060fk
Oct 12, 2024
An affair between friends - It's been an amazing adventure. Everything has been organized excellently, the afternoon before we were confirmed the pickup time, which underwent a small change of form that we thanked the confirmation the afternoon before. The next morning there was our on-time driver at the entrance of the hotel and from there we set off for the national park, with a gas station stop to buy snacks. We were two cars, 4x4, very comfortable and spacious. On the other was our amazing Bek Guide. The tour once you get to the park is dirt and we went into safari mode, but the driver we had was very skilled and an excellent driver. During the journey he encouraged us with very good music. At all times our Bek Guide was attentive to the needs of the group, there were 5, which made it feel like a private excursion. The food at noon was excellent in a local house, it was soup with noodles and beef, great! In short, it is an intense excursion but with guides like Bek and fun drivers like ours make this excursion an adventure between friends.
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Olive
Oct 11, 2024
Excellent experience Group Tour to Aktau Mountains - We had booked a tour to Altyn Emel National Park with Kazakhstan Very Nice Tour. The group tour was conducted and we did really enjoyed our trip. Assem, our guide was very friendly and supportive. We really made good friends in the group as well. First half we visited the Aktau and Katatau mountains, it was very scenic. Second half was fun climbing the sand dunes and going down the dunes singing. We highly recommend booking this tour, If you are coming to Kazakhstan.
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Sakinas592
Oct 11, 2024
Amazingly coordinated! - Everything was so well coordinated, and happened on time! So we ended up seeing the 700 year old tree too. Assem was also an excellent guide. I highly recommend this tour, and KVN in general. They are very good at what they do!
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Dream65849641711
Oct 5, 2024
Must to do in Kazakhstan - It was a super nice tour, you'll never regret! You can see and feel the nature that you've never experienced. Especially, our guide Bek is so kind and friendly. I was alone, but thanks to him, I was able to enjoy my trip.
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Europe61
Oct 5, 2024
Wonderful Trip and Strongly Recommended - We did a lot of researches and decided to use KVN to get on the trip to this nature wonder in Kazakhstan. The trip was very well organised and we had such a great experience. First the tour manager was very responsive and patient on WhatsApp prior to the trip. I have been in constant touch with them on daily basis a few days before my departure to ensure the trip won’t be cancelled at the last minute. It turned out the worry is not necessary, the manager was very helpful and always promptly responded to me to assure me the trip is a go. The pick up is on time and our guide Bek is a knowledgeable and friendly young guide. He shared a lot of knowledge with us and was very talkative to keep us entertained on the road. Meanwhile he took care of the logistics very well by having water and sweets ready. The entire group were in good hands under his watch. Our driver Rufat was the best and most y driver I ever meet. He knew the terrain well and saved us a lot of time from one point to another. Just a side note, he drove faster in bumpy roads and you would need to be ready for this. This is not something for light hearted people, but I thoroughly enjoyed the thrilling experience. As a matter of fact, having him drive us alone is a great experience, let alone the great views the sights brought to us. Lunch was served in a local house and very hearty and delicious. Overall we thoroughly enjoyed this trip and this is the highlight of our trip to Almaty, which we will never forget. Kudos to Bek and Rufat and our closing guide Assemi, who was so sweet and caring. 100% recommended for anyone who will visit Almaty.
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Jeanekoh
Oct 5, 2024
Great views and amazing guides - Views were amazing and the national park is geologically very interesting! Our guides Bek and Assem speak very good English and shared alot of good information on the park and Kazakh culture. Super fun sliding down the Singing dune as well! Only that the car trip was a bit long but otherwise everything was good!
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457trinea
Oct 2, 2024
Amazing over expectations - Amazing overall experience Great and forthcoming guide Beautiful views Great guesthouse Highly recommended - must see
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Jenniferdi
Aug 17, 2024
Great day-trip - I had a great time during the visit to Altyn-emel, our guide was very nice and knowledgeable and spoke both Russian, Kazakh and English well. Altyn-emel itself was a beautiful destination and there were not many other visitors at the park.
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From $280
up to 3 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).