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Discover Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve UNESCO Heritage site on a private tour from Nur-Sultan

Nur-Sultan
Book online or call: +44 0800 015 4961
Duration: 10 hours
Activity Level: Easy
Experience: Adventure, Unesco, Family, Historical, Nature, Wildlife
Language: English
Photo permit included
Tour by public transport
Canal Boat tour included
Train tickets included
Suitable for little children
Wheelchair accessible tour
Museum ticket included
Light snack included
Lunch included
Transportation included
Walking Tour

Overview

A bird lover's paradise, Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve gives a home to a huge colony of pink flamingos. During the last years over 35.000 flamingos were counted on the shoal islands in the big salty Tenniz Lake. Korgalzhyn State Natural Reserve is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List - Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan. The reserve is located in the southwestern Teniя-Korgalzhyn cavity. The flora of the reserve has 443 plant species, 5 of which are listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan. During this fantastic tour, you are going to see the phenomenal wildlife of Korgalzhyn nature. So be ready to look at and take photos of pink flamingos, wolfs, marmots, and even saiga.

What's included

  • Professional licensed guide
  • Pick-up and drop-off
  • Transportation by air-conditioned vehicle
  • Admission tickets
  • All fees and taxes
  • Lunch and drinks (own expense)
  • Personal Expenses

Highlights

Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve
Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Aqmola and Karaganda regions of Kazakhstan, located west of the city of Astana. It is part of the UNESCO heritage site Saryarka — Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan, Ramsar site and biosphere reserve. It protects about 5432 km2 of lakes, steppes, and semi-deserts. The biggest lake is Lake Tengiz. Territory Korgalzhyn State nature reserve area of 543171 hectares is one integral portion located in the Steppe of central Kazakhstan region of the Indian and Siberian-East African migration routes of migratory birds and an important wetland of international importance, not only for Kazakhstan, but also for the whole of Asia. Extensive reserve waters provide the necessary living space in the largest Asian population of wetland birds.
Nur-Sultan
Nur-Sultan, known between 1998 and 2019 as Astana, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. In March 2019, it was renamed Nur-Sultan in honour of the departing Kazakh president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. It was founded in 1824 as a Russian military outpost and became an administrative centre in 1868. Its population had reached 33,000 when it was made an oblast (province) centre in 1939. The city’s importance was greatly enhanced during the Soviet period by the government’s Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign of the mid-1950s—Tselinograd was Russian for “City of the Virgin Lands”—and by the city’s role as the capital of a Kray (region) that united the five northern provinces of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in 1960–65.

Itinerary

08:00 09:00 10:00

Meet your guide at the hotel lobby in Nur-Sultan.

Transfer from Nur-Sultan to the Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve (130 km, 2 hours).

The tour with a local guide begins with a visit to the Bird’s Paradise Visitor Center located at the Korgalzhyn State Nature Reserve. You will watch the half-hour film “Secrets of the reserved land”, which will preliminarily acquaint you with the reserve and the animals found there. Also, you will have the opportunity to visit the hall of the steppes, the winter garden, the hall of history, and the ethnography of the region.

Then, accompanied by a local guide, you will continue your acquaintance with the nature of the local area along one of the eco routes.

Explore 45 mammal species, 8 of which are listed in the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature); 357 bird species, of which 41 species are listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan and 27 – IUCN.

15 types of fish;

4 types of reptiles;

2 types of amphibians;

more than 700 species of insects;

14 types of freshwater mollusks;

443 plant species, 5 of them are listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Drive back to Nur-Sultan city after the tour.

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