Travelling around the Aral Sea
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Program Aral-1. By train to the Aral Sea >>>
Program Aral-2. By plane to the Aral Sea >>>
Program Aral-1. By train to the Aral Sea
Day 1. Transfer to train station Almaty 2. Departure on train #7 "Kazakhstan" at 7:20AM to Aralsk. Length of trip: 30 hours. Overnight on the train.
Day 2. Arrival in Aralsk at 1:40PM. Meeting at the train station, transfer to guesthouse, acommodation. Walking tour of the city. Visits: old port, monument of the old port, cemetery of lost ships. Return to guesthouse. Overnight.
Day 3. Breakfast. Transfer: Aralsk - Aral Sea (120 km). On the way, visit to ship cemeteries. Beside the old, rusted boats and ships lying on the salt flats, are sand dunes among which camels graze. Arrival at the Aral Sea, walk on the beach. Lunch. Return to Aralsk. Overnight at guesthouse.
Day 4. Breakfast. Departure from Aralsk.
Additional information:
All trains from Aralsk to Almaty.
Train #8 Aralsk - Almaty "Kazakhstan", departure on even days, at 12:05AM.
Train Atyrau - Aralsk - Almaty, departure on odd days from Aralsk at 5:00PM.
Train Uralsk - Aralsk - Almaty, deparure from Aralsk on odd days at 9:00AM.
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Program Aral - 2. By plane to the Aral Sea
Day 1. Arrival in Almaty. Transfer to airport, flight #CK 975 at 8:40AM to Kyzyl-Orda. Arrival in Kyzyl-Orda at 11:15AM, meeting at the airport. Transfer: Kyzyl-Orda - Shagan village - Baykonur - Novokazalinsk town - Aralsk (475 km). Arrival in Aralsk, accommodation in guesthouse. Overnight in guesthouse.
Day 2. Breakfast. Transfer: Aralsk - Aral Sea (120 km). On the way, visit to ship cemeteries. Beside the old, rusted boats and the ships lying on the salt flats, are small sand dunes among which camels graze. Arrival at the Aral Sea, walk on the beach. Lunch. Return to Aralsk. Walking tour of the city. Visits: old port, monument to the old port, cemetery of lost ships. Return to the guesthouse. Overnight in guesthouse.
Day 3. Breakfast. Transfer: Aralsk - Novokazalinsk - Baikonur - Shagan village - Kyzyl-Orda (475 km). Transfer to hotel "Astana", accommodation. Overnight in hotel.
Day 4. Breakfast at the hotel. Short city tour: visits to the railway station, city museum, "Korkyr-Ata" memorial complex, Syr-Daria river embankment, general tour of the city. Transfer to airport, deprture on flight #CK 976 at 12:PM to Almaty. Arrival in Almaty at 2:15PM, meeting at the airport, transfer to hotel.
Additional informaton:
**Note: Transfer from Aralsk to Aral Sea only available via Russian jeep (Uaz) without air-conditioner
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