Almaty city tour

GreenX Company is happy to offer a one-day city tour of Almaty with a visit to the key sights of the city: Chimbulak ski resort, Medeo mountain skating rink, ‘golden square’ of Almaty city centre, 28 Panfilovtsev Park and of course Green Bazaar.

Chimbulak ski resort

Chimbulak (‘Shymbulak’) is a popular ski resort located at an altitude of 2,100 metres above sea level, 25 kilometres from Almaty city centre. Chimbulak is known for its mild climate and long skiing and snowboarding season, which lasts from November to April.
Chimbulak offers slopes for different levels of skiing enthusiasts, from green slopes for beginners to black slopes for experienced skiers and snowboarders.
Chimbulak resort entered the Guinness Book of Records as the resort with the highest night ski slope in the world.
The resort has modern lifts and a cable car from Medeo to Chimbulak and further to the peaks. The lifts take skiers to various starting points in the mountains, as well as to the highest point of the resort - the Talgar Pass at an altitude of 3200 metres, which offers a stunning view of the mountains and glaciers.
Chimbulak is home to hotels, restaurants, cafes and equipment rental outlets where skis, snowboards and equipment can be rented. The resort also offers instructor services for those taking their first steps in skiing. Hiking and paragliding are popular in the summer season.

Medeu Ice Rink

Medeo (‘Medeu’) is a legendary high-altitude ice rink located at an altitude of 1,700 metres above sea level, 15 km from the centre of Almaty. It is one of the highest ice rinks in the world and a symbol of sporty Almaty, attracting both locals and tourists.
Medeu is a skating rink that amazes with its scale and the list of international records set. The area of the ice surface of Medeo skating rink is more than 10 thousand square metres, which allows mass skating, training and speed skating competitions. High-altitude location and clean air create special conditions, thanks to which many world records were set here.
The skating rink is open to the public, and regardless of experience, visitors rent skates and spend time on the ice. In the evening the rink is lit up, which adds romance to the atmosphere of this place.
There are locker rooms, cafes and small snack bars at Medeo, where you can warm up with hot drinks and snacks. Routes to Chimbulak also start from the skating rink: a cable car runs between them.
The skating rink was built in 1972 and has been an integral part of Kazakhstan's sporting history ever since. Medeo is known outside the country as a venue for international sporting competitions.

Building of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR, "Astana" Square

Timing and programme of one-day city tour of Almaty city

09:00. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby.
09:10. Transfer from the hotel to the Medeo ice rink car park.
09:55. Ascent by cable car to the lower platform of Chimbulak resort (2 100 metres above sea level). On the way the guide tells the history of the Small Almaty Gorge, who was the meteoric inhabitant of Medeo, construction of the protective dam and Medeo ice rink.
10:20. General acquaintance with the resort. Rise on the ropeways Kombi-1 and Kombi-2 to the Talgar Pass (3,200 metres above sea level).
11:00. Walk along the saddle of the pass. If desired, guests walk a few hundred metres along the mountain valley towards the glacier.
12:00. Descent to the cable car car park.
13:00. Departure to the city centre of Almaty.
13:40. Lunch in the city centre (not included in the price of the tour).
14:30. Continuation of the excursion, we leave the car near the metro station ‘Zhibek Zholy’, go down to the metro, get on the metro and drive through one station. We get off at the station ‘Almaly’, walk along Panfilov Street, Zhibek Zholy. Acquaintance with the architecture of the city centre buildings and historical events.
16:00. Visit to the Green Bazaar.
17:00. Acquaintance with the Park named after 28 Heroes-Panfilovtsy, Voznesensky Cathedral. Return to the car.
18:00. Transfer to the hotel.

Monument to Viktor Tsoy in the square of Tulebayev Street, where the final scene of Rashid Nugmanov's film ‘Needle’ was filmed, Almaty.

Cost of a one-day excursion around the city of Almaty:
210 USD for one guest, individual excursion.
230 USD for a group of guests in number of 2 participants of excursion.
250 USD for a group of guests in number of 3 participants of excursion.
290 USD for a group of guests in number of 4 participants of excursion.
340 USD a group of guests in number of 5 participants of excursion.
365 USD for a group of guests in number of 6 participants of excursion.

The price of Almaty city-tour includes:

• transfer by comfortable car,
• services of English-speaking guide-driver,
• visiting of sights according to the excursion programme,
• drinking bottled water, 1,5 litres for one guest,
• cost of tickets of cable cars: Medeu-Shymbulak, Kombi-1, Kombi-2,
• Almaty metro tickets.

How to book a tour
You can book a tour by clicking on the "Contact Us" button or by writing to us on WhatsApp or Telegram at +7 777 161 1929, we will be happy to answer any questions you may have,
You can send your request to e-mail: greenx.kz@gmail.com.

How a tourist can pay for participation in a trip:

• payment by payment card,
• remote payment within the Kaspi Pay system,
• payment via bank by cashless transfer to the company's current account,
• cash payment.

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