Kazakhstan - road to space. BC-1
Travel to Kazakhstan

Duration: 20 days;
Accommodation: hotels- 4 nights, yurts - 2 night, tents - 13 nights;
Season: may 1 - October 1;
Group size: no more than 12.

Day 1. Arrival in Baykonur. Accommodation at Cosmonaut ** hotel, in rooms where cosmonauts stayed. Dinner in the cafe, also visited by cosmonauts. Night at the hotel.

Day 2. Breakfast. Beginning of excursion to Baykonur cosmodrome. Departure from the hotel at 08.00 a.m., in 400 meters we stop at check point where passports and visit permits will be checked by Russian police. At the entrance to cosmodrome there is another check point. From here unique buildings are seen to the left and to the right. Most of those buildings can be seen at Baykonur only. After documents check we proceed to launch complex "Proton" (55 km, 1 hour).

A tour of "Proton". More than 90 different launches are done from "Proton" up to now. Another check point and drive to universal launch complex of "Energia" (Energy) rocket. Tour of launch place of legendary carrier-rocket "Energia" and space ship "Buran". Those, who wish, may rise up to the observation platform, situated at a height of 80 m - cosmodrome and Baykonur steppe are perfectly seen from there. Transfer by car to the test complex of carrier-rocket "Soyuz". In the eighties "Energia - Buran" complex was built-up there. Transfer to space ship "Buran", which stands under the open sky. There we can see one of the "Burans". There were four space ships "Buran", made on that program. Transfer to the ground ¹2, lunch in a cosy cafe where presentations and parties after successful launches and returns of the cosmonauts to the Earth are held.

After lunch drive to Gagarin's start, the place is also called ground ¹1 (8 km, 20 minutes). After 108- minute flight of Gagarin on April 12, 1960, the name o the ground remained "Gagarin's start". Tour of the launch place and monument to the first artificial Earth satellite. On the 21st of August, 1957 the first artificial Earth satellite was delivered to the orbit by R-7, the first intercontinental ballistic missile. Taking pictures on the ladder of the launch complex. By September 2004, more than 420 launches of different space ships were carried out from Gagarin's start. More than 100 people started into the outer space. Transfer to the museum of Baykonur cosmodrome (1 km, 10 minutes). Tour of museum: models of different space ships, personal things of Y. Gagarin, S. Korolev, space food, computers of the 50-ties, presents to the museum. After excursion tour of the memorial house of Yuryi Gagarin and his alternate German Titov, where they stayed a night before the launch. Tour of memorial house of general constructor Sergey Korolev. Transfer to the launch complex "Zenit", tour of complex. More than 30 different launches were carried out there. Return to Baykonur city (50 km, 40 minutes). Rest at the hotel. Dinner at the hotel cafe. After dinner we will watch the movie "White sun of the desert". Night at "Cosmonaut" ** hotel.

Day 3. Breakfast. Walking along the alley of cosmonauts near the hotel, visit to the sports center of cosmonauts training. Tour of Baykonur city: city museum of cosmodrome history, monuments to pioneers, Yuriy Gagarin, Academic Yangel, General Shubnikov (head of Baykonur city construction), General Nedelin. Monuments to "Soyuz" or R-7 space ship, dedicated to 20^th anniversary of Gagarin's start. Visit to international space school, city square, Gagarin's summerhouse at Syr-Darya river. Lunch and dinner at local cafe. Night at the "Cosmonaut" ** hotel.

Day 4. Breakfast. Departure from Baykonur.

The cost of the program (US$)
Num. pax	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8+1	9+1	10+1	11+1	12+1	12+1	12+1
Cost p\p	2655	1755	1440	1380	1290	1225	1180	1272	1230	1190	1160	1140	1120	1110
Single supplement - US$ 138 per person

Prices include:

Price does not include:

Visa support to Kazakhstan; All necessary permits to enter cosmodrome Baykonur; All land transfers according to the program; Guide and interpreter service: accommodation at the Cosmonaut ** hotel (double rooms with breakfast); Necessary registration at local police office; Full board; Guide consultations; Mineral water during sightseeing; All excursions according to the program; Permission to take private pictures and video.

Airline tickets; Tips; Medical insurance; Additional excursions not mentioned in the program; Personal expenses like overweight luggage; Laundry service; Telephone/telegraph/fax/e-mail costs; Alcoholic drinks; Mini-bar and other services at the hotel.

We hope you like the program and assure you that we are absolutely open to any suggestions to increase the range of our services for the entire satisfaction of our clients and are happy to meet your special requirements.

You can alter the duration of your tour and places of visits by adding one of the extensions. Our tour operator will work closely with you or your travel agent to carefully prepare an itinerary based on your stated interests.

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Notes:

All rates for tours are valid until December 31, 2008; The above rates can be changed without prior notification