{"id":13203,"date":"2019-03-01T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T06:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ak-sai.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=13203"},"modified":"2024-10-11T11:28:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T05:28:39","slug":"contrasts-of-mangystau","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/shop\/kyrgyzstan-tours\/silk_road_tours\/contrasts-of-mangystau\/","title":{"rendered":"Contrasts of Mangystau"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Day 1 Arrival to Aktau.<\/h3>\n<p>Meeting at the airport. Drive to the hotel. Check in. Free time. Aktau port city is a center of the region. It is a well-developed modern city with quite good infrastructure. There is a wide range of hotels (starting from guesthouses up to five star hotels), restaurants and cafes. It is highly recommended to have a walk along the seafront (6$ per person) and you would definitely enjoy eating local fish (sturgeon and mullet) in one of those fancy restaurants located nearby. Zhanaotel 3*<br \/>\nDay 2 Aktau \u2013 Kapamsai gorge. Total distance \u2013 250km.<br \/>\nWe\u2019re going to visit the lake with fossil turtle, have a walk on \u201cground-that-fell-through\u201d and visit one of the underground mosques. Lunch while driving. Dinner and overnight in tents in Kapamsai gorge. B \u2013 hotel<br \/>\nL- quick meal while driving<br \/>\nD \u2013 camp Camping<\/p>\n<h3>Day 3 Kapamsai Gorge\u2013 Kogez ethno-aool (ethno-village). Distance 250km.<\/h3>\n<p>Breakfast. Today we\u2019re going to visit two fantastic spots \u2013 Torish, a field of stone balls, and Sharkala mount. Torish, a valley of stone balls, is one of the most captivating spots in Mangistau. Scientists are still arguing for already 250 years about the origin of those stone balls. It is still not clear though. Sherkala is a legendary mount with a fortress that has been built here in the Middle Ages. That fortress used to keep watch and ward caravan track of the Great Silk Road. \u201cSherkala\u201d means \u201cLion Mount\u201d or \u201cLion\u2019s fortress\u201d in Turk language. We also going to see a multi-color Kokala canyon. Lunch while driving. Dinner (is not paid) and overnight stay in ethno-aool (room sleeping four). Feel free to take a shower, use local bar and the internet. B \u2013 camp<br \/>\nL \u2013 quick meal while driving<br \/>\nKogez ethno-aool (yurts)<\/p>\n<h3>Day 4 Kogez ethno-aool \u2013 Tuzbayir area. Total distance 250km.<\/h3>\n<p>Breakfast. Today we\u2019re going to visit Airakty and Shomanai castle valleys, and then enjoy the view of \u0430 sharply white Tuzbayir area. It\u2019s a majestic creature of nature. This is the place where Ustyurt plateau suddenly turns into a cascade of chalkstone stairs. Those stairs end with a widely spread white alkali soil, they call it \u201csor\u201d in here. Lunch while driving. Dinner and overnight stay in tents in Tuzbayir area. B- camp<br \/>\nL- quick meal while driving<br \/>\nD- camp Camping<\/p>\n<h3>Day 5 Tuzbayir area\u2013 Boszhira area. Distance 170km<\/h3>\n<p>Breakfast. This day is going to be breathtaking because we\u2019re going to head to Boszhira area. On our way to Boszhira we\u2019re going to visit Beket Ata, the biggest well-known mosque. Lunch while driving. Dinner and overnight stay in tents in Boszhira. B- camp<br \/>\nL- quick meal while driving<br \/>\nD- camp Camping<\/p>\n<h3>Day 6 Boszhira area.<\/h3>\n<p>Breakfast. Lets\u2019 call this day a trekking day! We\u2019re going to walk in here and explore local special spots. Boszhira area is full of outstanding and breathtaking landmarks of Mangistau nature. It is a chain of residual hills on the outskirts of west cliff of Ustyurt plateau. The location of this chain at the bottom of the huge canyon makes the view looking fantastic. Dinner and overnight stay in tents in Boszhira area. B- camp<br \/>\nL- quick meal while driving<br \/>\nD- camp Camping<\/p>\n<h3>Day 7 Boszhira area \u2013 Aktau. 280km<\/h3>\n<p>Breakfast. Today is the last day of our tour. We\u2019re going to visit Bokty mount and go back to Aktau through Senek sands. It is an extraordinary residual chalkstone mount. It changes its shape depending on the view points, it might look like a giant boat turned upside down from one point and like a giant colourful pyramid, cut across with blades looking like paws, from the other point. You can see a Bokty mount on a 1000 tenge banknote. Check in the hotel. Free time. Accommodation in Aktau hotel. B- camp<br \/>\nL- quick meal while driving<br \/>\nZhanaotel 3*<\/p>\n<h3>Day 8 The end of the tour. Drive to the airport. 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