Kazakhstan Tulip Tour, 2015
Day |
Date |
Week Day |
Site, transfer, accommodation |
Tulips and other species to see |
1 |
April14 |
Tuesday |
Arrival to Almaty airport in early morning. Hotel check-in. Rest and breakfast. City tour. Lunch and departure to Turkestan by overnight train. |
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2 |
April15 |
Wednesday |
Arrival to Turkestan. Hotel check-in, breakfast. Kyzylkum Desert visit. Overnight in Turkestan hotel. |
Tulipa buhseana Tulipa sogdiana (rare) Tulipa borszczowii Tulipa korolkowii (rare) Strigosella turkestanica Nonea caspica Leontice incerta Rhinopetalum karelinii Merendera robusta Rheum tataricum |
3 |
April16 |
Thursday |
City tour and Eastern Market visit. Turlan Pass. Kumkent Homestay check-in and overnight. |
Tulipa orthopoda Tulipa greigii |
4 |
April17 |
Friday |
Kyzylkol Lake, Ak-Mechet. Chayan hotel check-in and overnight. |
Tulipa borszczowii Tulipa binutans Iris tenuifolia Caragana balchaschensis Leontice ewersmanni |
5 |
April18 |
Saturday |
Mashat Gorge, Red hill. Jabagly homestay check-in and overnight |
Tulipa lemmersii Tulipa bifloriformis Tulipa greigii Eremurus sogdianus Geranium transversale Rhinopetalum stenantherum Corydalis sewerzowii |
6 |
April19 |
Sunday |
Aksu canyon visit. Jabagly homestay overnight |
Tulipa greigii Tulipa kaufmanniana and hybrids Tulipa turkestanica Scilla puschkinioides Eremurus lactiflorus Eremurus regelii Korolkowia sewerzowii |
7 |
April20 |
Monday |
Kshi-Kaindy Waterfall visit. Jabagly homestay overnight |
Tulipa greigii Tulipa kaufmanniana Tulipa turkestanica Tulipa dasystemonoides Crocus alatavicus Corydalis bungeana Leontice alberti |
8 |
April21 |
Tuesday |
Kuyuk pass, Berikara Gorge. Tau Samal Touristic base check-in and overnight |
Juno willmottiana (Kuyuk) Tulipa greigii var.berkarensis Megacarpaea orbiculata |
9 |
April22 |
Wednesday |
Akkol lake. Asa river. Taraz hotel check-in and overnight |
Tulipa alberti (Akkol) Tulipa lehmanniana (Asa) Juno subdecolorata (Akkol) |
10 |
April23 |
Thursday |
Akyrtas excavations. Merke gorge. Canatorium check-in and overnight |
Tulipa kolpakowskiana (Akyrtas) Tulipa zenaidae (Merke) Tulipa ostrowskiana (Merke) |
11 |
April24 |
Friday |
Kurday pass. Chu-Ili mountains. Arrival to Almaty. Hotel check-in. |
Tulipa ostrowskiana and hybrids (Kurday) Tulipa regelii (Kopa) |
12 |
April25 |
Saturday |
Rest and breakfast. Chimbulak gorge visit |
Tulipa tarda Tulipa tetraphylla Tulipa heterophylla (veg.) Tulipa dasystemon (veg.) |
13 |
April26 |
Sunday |
Almaty Nature Reserve visit (Monakhovo Gorge) |
Tulipa tarda Tulipa tetraphylla Tulipa thianschanica (rare) |
14 |
April27 |
Monday |
Green Market, Academic Book Store, Arbat Art Sale and Botanical Garden. |
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15 |
April28 |
Tuesday |
Back flight from Almaty early in the morning |
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Tulips are the mail subject of this route, so it planned to see as many species as possible in 15 days. I hope to show visitors at least 15 different tulips species as well as at least 100 other early blooming flowers of South and South-East of Kazakhstan.
I may do this tour from airport to airport, including transport, Parks fees, guide, food and hotel reservations.
The price is USD 3,500 per person for 15-days tour for 4-6 people group. All the transfers, meals (full board), packed lunches, accommodation,
Parks fees, professional botanical guide (Svetlana Baskakova) are included.