2 Days / Nomadic experience in Yurt

Overview

Day by day itinerary

1. 11 Day / Kazakh Traditional Games⌄

   Today we will drive 1.5 - 2 hours outside Almaty and we will arrive in the first place, here we will stay in the yurt and we will try some traditional food and our guide will also explain and show the difference between a normal Yurt and the Kazakh Yurt, we will see one inside and we will have some snacks. Here the detailed program: 11.00 – 11.10 – We will meet in the Ger camp with two warriors in Saks period with armor and on horses and we will attend the ceremony calling “Shashu” and you will have the opportunity to try baursaks. 11.10 – 12.20 – We will discover a Kazakh yurt, the kazakh national customs and traditions. During the program they will be explaining about each part of the yurt; the philosophy and sacred meaning of the yurt to Kazakh people. Guests also get used to know about previous centuries’ life of Kazakh people (cleaning and whipping wool, making yarn with a spindle, receiving flour and talcan in a derma, ritual laying a child in “Besik”, ritual “Tusau kesu” and “Atka otyrgyzu”). 12.20 – 12.30 – Levada playground exibition 12.30 – 13.10 – Performance of the “Sarbaz” group ( various programs, theatrical legend performance and national horse games). 13.10 – 14.00 – Lunch (pilaf, salad, baursaks, tea). 14.00 – 15.00 – Master-classes in your choice depends on interests: I. cooking national treat “ Zhent”; II. making “Belbau” on a loom; III. making cup holder by the method of work “Syrmak”; IV. archery; V. dzhigitovka (from the word “dzhigit” – horse rider) master-class. 15.00 – 16.00 – Free time (walk in the ethno-aul, riding on a swing "Altybakan")

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner

   Overnight: Yurt Camp

2. 22 Day / Hunting Experience⌄

   Today we will move in another place when we will see an hunting show and in afternoon we can ride horse and enjoy the landscape near us. Today we will stay in the nature and we will relax in the countryside. We will go back to Almaty in late afternoon before lunch, drop off to the hotel.

   Meals: Breakfast · Lunch

   Overnight: Yurt Camp