Tours to Baikonur cosmodrome
Kazakhstan - road to space.
Duration - 3 days / 2 nights
The program:
1 Day. Transfer to airport. flight to Kyzyl-Orda city, arrival in Kyzyl-Orda. Meet at the airport, transfer to Baikonur (276 km). Arrival in Baikonur city, accommodation at the hotel. Excursion a city museum of history of the cosmodrome Baikonur, excursion to the hotel "Cosmonaut" and avenue of cosmonauts, visiting: a monument to trailblazers, monuments to Jury Gagarin, academician Jangel, general Shubnikov, general Nedelin, a memorial of the lost verifiers, a monument to a rocket Union, rockets ÑÑ-17 (Satana), plane AN-12, IL-14, the city area, pavilion Gagarin on coast of the river Syr-Darya. Overnight in the hotel.
2 Day. A breakfast. The beginning of excursion on the cosmodrome Baikonur. Departure at 9.00 from hotel. Our way to platform number 2 to museum of cosmodrome of Baikonur, excursion to museum. Visit a legendary spacecraft Buran. Excursion to of memorial small houses of Jury Gagarin and cosmonaut-doubler Herman Titov in which cosmonauts have lead night before start and general designer Sergey Korolev. Transfer to platform number 1 on the Gagarin of start, excursion. Visiting of a monument - to the first artificial satellite of the Earth. Transfer to platform number 112, survey of a platform of a rocket of carrier «Energy". Transfer to platform number 250, survey start complex, survey of a starting universal complex stand-start "Energy" - "Buran", - on it tested "Energy", from here it has for the first time started in space. Transfer to test case "Proton-M" which is intended for preparation of a rocket of carrier «Proton-M". Returning in a Baikonur (50 km). Viewing of film «The White sun of desert». Overnight at the hotel.
3 Day. Breakfast. Transfer to Kyzyl-Orda (276 km). Arrival in Kyzyl-Orda, transfer to airport, flight to Almaty, arrival in Almaty city, meeting and transfer to hotel.
Along the Great Silk Road in the south of Kazakhstan to cosmodrome Baikonur.
Duration - 8 days / 7 nights
The program:
1 Day. Arrival in Almaty. Meeting at the airport, transfer to hotel. Accommodation. Breakfast. City sightseeing before lunch: Park named after 28 Panfilov guardsmen, the Cathedral, museum of national musical instruments, Medeo gorge, Republic square. Transfer by car to railway-station Almaty II. We take a train "Otrar" to Chimkent city. Night on the train.
2 Day. Arrival in Chimkent. Breakfast. Transfer by car: Chimkent city - Shaulder village - Otrar ruins (156 km). Tour of Otrar ruins. Transfer to Arstanbab mausoleum XII c. (2 km). Tour of mausoleum. Transfer to Turkestan city (64 km). Accommodation at the hotel "Yassy". Night.
3 Day. Breakfast. Tour of Akhmed Yassavi mausoleum complex: gallery of stone status, cultural-historical museum, historical (cultural sanctuary) museum Azaret-Sultan, the Gates (Darvaza) XIX c., Esimkhan mausoleum (XVI c.), Rabii Sultan Begim mausoleum (XV c.), Akhmed Yassavi mausoleum (XII-XIV cc.), Zhuma mosque (1878 year), underground mosque Khilovat (XII-XV cc.), oriental bathhouses (XV-XVI cc.). Transfer by car: Turkestan city - Kzyl-Orda city (296 km). In 30 km from Turkestan to the left, the remains of ancient fortress Sauran (XII-XVI cc.) are seen. Sauran was one of the strategic and trade places on Syrdarya river. In XII c. Sauran was a capital of White Orda. By XIV century Timur turned Sauran into a military fortress (diameter 550 - 800 m) and its location on a Great Silk Road lead to prosperity. The most amazing thing in the city was a net of water canals made by hands. By XVII c. Sauran was already abandoned. Arrival in Kyzyl-Orda city. Accommodation at "Asetana" hotel. Night at the hotel.
4 Day. Breakfast. City sightseeing: visit of renovated building of a railway-station, built in the beginning of 20-th century, visit of regional museum and memorial Korkyt-Ata on the beach Syrdaryi, tour of the city. Nowadays Kyzyl-Orda grew up on the territory of Ak-Mechet settlement. In 1817 Ak-Mechet appeared on crossroad of caravan routes. In period from 1925 to 1929 years Kyzyl-Orda was a capital of Kazakh Autonomy. After lunch transfer to Baykonur (267 km). In 77 km before Baikonur city we will visit a museum under the open sky Korkyt-Ata. This architectural complex is dedicated to philosopher and thinker of Kazakh people, founder of Kazakh stringed and bow music, Korkyt-Ata. Arrival in Baikonur city. Accommodation at the hotel. Overnight.
5 Day. A breakfast. The beginning of excursion on the cosmodrome Baikonur. Departure at 8.00 from hotel. At entrance to a zone of the cosmodrome, on the right and left parties constructions as speak at the cosmodrome are looked through: - without analog and in the majority, - unique in the world and which can be seen only here. Our way lays on a starting complex Proton, a platform 200 (63 km, 1 hour.). Excursion on a starting complex Proton - from here it is made more than 90 various start-up of rockets. Crossing to a complex Union, a platform 254, survey of a complex. Crossing on a platform 2. After lunch, crossing on Gagarin start, a platform 1, (8 km, 20 mines). Survey of a place of start. Visiting of a monument - to the first artificial satellite of the Earth. Crossing to a museum of cosmodrome (1 km, 10 minutes). Excursion in a museum, near to a museum is a legendary spacecraft Buran. After excursion in a museum - survey of memorial small houses of Jury Gagarin and cosmonaut-doubler Herman Titov in which cosmonauts have lead night before start and general designer Sergey Korolev. Returning in a Baikonur (50, km. 40 minutes). After a supper viewing of film «White sun of desert». A lodging for the night in hotel.
6 Day. A breakfast. Excursion on avenue of cosmonauts. Excursion on the city of Baikonur, visiting: a monument to trailblazers, a city museum of history of the cosmodrome, monuments to Jury Gagarin, academician Jangel, general Shubnikov, general Nedelin, a memorial of the lost verifiers, a monument to a rocket Union, rockets ÑÑ-17, plane AN-12, IL-14, the city area, pavilion Gagarin on coast of the river Syr-Darya. A lodging for the night in hotel.
7 Day. Breakfast. Transfer by car: Baykonur city - Turkestan city (563 km). Accommodation at "Yassy" hotel. Night at the hotel.
8 Day. Breakfast. Transfer: Turkestan city - Chimkent city - check point on Kazakh-Uzbek border "Zhibek-Zholy" (Chernyaevka) (165 km). Crossing to Uzbekistan, meeting by Uzbek touoperator.
Supervision over start of a piloted spacecraft "Union TMA"
Duration - 3 days / 2 nights
The program:
1 Day. Almaty. Transfer to airport, flight to Kyzyl-Orda. Arrival in Kyzyl-Orda, meet at the airport. Transfer: Kyzyl-Orda city - Shagan village - Baykonur (276 êì, 4-4-5 hours). Arrival in Baikonur, accommodation at the hotel.
Excursion on avenue of cosmonauts. Excursion on the city of Baikonur, visiting: a monument to trailblazers, a city museum of history of the cosmodrome, monuments to Jury Gagarin, academician Jangel, general Shubnikov, general Nedelin, a memorial of the lost verifiers, a monument to a rocket Union, rockets ÑÑ-17, plane AN-12, IL-14, the city area, pavilion Gagarin on coast of the river Syr-Darya.
2 Day. Breakfast. Crossing to cosmodrome Baikonur on a complex "Union", a platform 254 - the report of crew of cosmonauts to chairman of State commission. Visiting of Installation-test case " Union " on a platform 254. Grossing on a helicopter platform - supervision over start of a spacecraft "Union TMA". Start of a spacecraft "Union TMA". After start-up of a spacecraft "Union TMA", crossing on Gagarin start, a platform 1. Survey of a place of start. Visiting of a monument - to the first artificial satellite of the Earth. Crossing to a museum of cosmodrome "Baikonur" (1 km, 10 minutes). Excursion in a museum, near to a museum is a legendary spacecraft «Buran". After excursion in a museum - survey of a memorial small house of Jury Gagarin and cosmonaut-doubler Herman Titov in which cosmonauts have lead night before start with 11 for April, 12th, 1961 and a small house of general designer Sergey Koroleva. Returning in a Baikonur (50, km. 40 minutes). A lodging for the night in hotel.
3 Day. Breakfast. Early crossing: Baikonur - Kyzyl-Orda (267 km). Arrival in Kyzyl-Orda, transfer to airport, departure flight to Almaty. Arrival in Almaty, meet at the airport, transfer to town.
