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.


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.


15

April28

Tuesday

Back flight from Almaty early in the morning



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.