Do you want to be the real nomad? You need to go to the geographical center of the country –Zhezkazgan city.

   

There is a sacred place where the rate of the eldest son Genghis Khan – Dzhuchi settled down in the neighborhood of this city.

Ulytau – is a place where there was lifted the Kazakh governors on a white koshma, including the leader of the nation Nursultan Nazarbayev. The landscape of the district is surprising and diverse.

At the foot of mountains of Ulytau steppe open spaces are replaced by birchwoods and sandy dunes. Having risen by highest sacred mountains Edyge and Auliye (1133 m), you can observe tremendous types and appear in the center of the world. In the ancient time the night spent in this cave relieved women of infertility.

 

Ancestors believed that at tops of these mountains you can contact with space, and later near the sacred place have constructed Baikonur Cosmodrome. There is spring Auliyebulak at the foot of mountains where you can satisfy thirst runs. You can buy drinks, have a bite and just have a rest in street cafe. 

You can spend the night at the foot of mountains in the real yurtas or stay at hotels the villages of Ulytau and hotels of the city Zhezkazgan. The prices from 3000 tg to 15000 tg in days. Also two weeks won't be enough to visit all interesting places of this edge. Visit the museum in the settlement where the guide will tell in detail and demonstrate story of Ulytau.

   

There are mausoleums Alasha-hana, Dzhuchi and Dombauyla in radius of 100 km. A set of archaeological monuments and petroglyphs, majestic mountain tops, a privacy with the nature, immersion in centuries-old history of nomads and even communication with space – it all waits for you.