Industrial part of Kazakhstan​ – Astana, Karagandy, Ekibastuz, Almaty

Arrival Astana at the morning
Meeting with the guide
Transfer to hotel
Accommodation
Breakfast
10.00 Drive to city tour
City tour starting from old part of the city on the right side of Ishim river. Constitution Square, Museum of the First President, Congress Hall will be starting points of excursion. You will walk along the riverside of Ishim and see the city in dynamics, and how it is developing. and continue tour with the most important architectural buildings and monuments of the modern capital (Independence Square, Water-Green Boulevard, Round Square), as well as its history and development plans.
Visit Presidential Centre of Culture of the Republic of Kazakhstan. At the museum you will see the Golden man, well known not only in the Kazakh steppe but also in all Central Asia.
Lunch in Revolving restaurant in Soluxe hotel on 23 floor
Visit Temple of Peace and Accord – pyramidal building of the Palace of peace and Accord built by the project of a prominent British architect, Norman Foster, became the genuine decoration of the new capital of Kazakhstan.
Transfer to the stadium
Welcome dinner in Alasha restaurant with show and wine
Transfer to hotel.
Overnight

Breakfast
Departure to Karaganda ( 215 km, about 3 hours)
Karaganda – the most famous in the whole post-Soviet city of miners. It was built in 1930, when there came workers who wanted to work at mine coal from all over the country because of insufficiency of job in the small villages. Today it is a major industrial, scientific and cultural center of the Karaganda region.
During tour there you will visit ecological museum which illustrates the whole ecological situation, which is now in Karaganda region, as well as visit ethnographic museum. En route visit of Stella of Independence
Lunch
After it, attend Palace of Culture of miners – one of the main attractions of Karaganda. It was built in 1940, and in 1952 was put into operation. There held almost all important festivals of the region. The palace is a symmetrical composition of three volumes.
The next points are Monument of Bukhar Zhyrau Kalkamanuly and Monument of Abay Kunanbayev.
Drive to Astana
Transfer to gala dinner
Transfer to train station
23:55 night train to Ekibastuz

05:16 arrival to Ekibastuz
Meeting at the train station
Overseeing of a city.

Transfer to airport for flight to Almaty
Transfer to hotel
After check-in at hotel, transfer to Kok-tobe hill, watch the city at night, visit the world’s highest TV tower. During the free time, you have a chance to go for a walk in park. From the observation platform you can enjoy a beautiful city panorama, especially charming at night, visit the National souvenir shop. Dinner in kok-tobe, back to the hotel, overnight.

Drive to BAO (Big Almaty Lake)
Excursion in the Big Almaty Lake.
Big Almaty Lake is located in gorge of river Big Almatinka, at height of 2511 m above sea level, in 28,5 km to the south from Almaty.
Transfer to Falconry farm “Sunkar”.
Excursion in falconry farm and falcon show. The show takes place in the musical accompaniment. Viewers get a lot of information about the history of falconry, the biological features and the way of life of birds of prey.
After sightseeing transfer to the airport, the end of the tour.