1. Meeting of the group in Shymkent. Departure to Shaulder (the center of Otrar district) to visit the archaeological reserve of the Otrar settlement. Examining the ruins of a medieval bathhouse of the 14th century, the southern gate, the city citadel with the remains of a festive mosque of the 14th century, a quarter mosque, palace rooms, a well and a city square.

Further, the continuation of the review of the Otrar oasis with the mausoleum of ArystanBaba spiritual teacher Yassavi. Inspection of the mausoleum with the tomb of Arystanbab, a memorial mosque, the premises where the clergy housed carved wooden columns of the 14th century, a miraculous well with bitter-salt water symbolizing the tears of pilgrims.

A trip to Turkestan to visit the memorial complex of St. Hazrat Sultan of Khoja Ahmad Yassawi with cells, a mosque, a tomb, a kitchen, palace rooms, a well and a gathering place for believers, a restored fragment of the medieval city wall, the mazar of the great-granddaughter of Tamerlan Rabiya, Sultan Begim, the mausoleum of the Kazakh khan (a place of voluntary solitude), a Friday mosque of the 19th century, an underground mosque of Hilvat with an underground cell, an eastern bathhouse of Hammam and the most ancient fortification construction of Kazakhstan Kultobe. Return to Shymkent.

2. A trip to the suburbs of Shymkent to inspect the mausoleums of Ibrahim-ata and Karashash-an (parents of Hazrat Sultan), the mazar of the Arab flag bearer Abd al-Aziz Bab, the mazar of the medieval ruler Mir Alibab, the ruins of the mosque with the minaret of the prophet Khizr. Return to the city.

A visit to the observation deck of Baidibek to explore the city from above. Visit to the local history museum. Walk around the city arboretum and the oldest central park of the city.

The mausoleum of mystic and spiritual mentors Arystanbab is located near Otrar, and is a place of pilgrimage for local residents.

We leave from Shymkent by train to the railway station of Tashkent, and there we leave from the capital of Uzbekistan to Bukhara.

In Bukhara, we spend two days where we visit the Lyabi Hauz pond with the Sufi monastery and madrasah. Ark Citadel of Emir of Bukhara, Kalyan Mosque and Madrasah. Unique underground water storage called sardoba.

The next day, we visit the Sufi shrine of Bahauddin Naqshbandi with mosques, a madrasah, a chillahona, a mausoleum of a saint. Caravanserai, suburban palace of the ruler.

Then we leave for Samarkand, where we will have a tour with a visit to Registan Square with 3 madrassas, the tombs of Timur Gur-Emir, the mausoleum of Rukhabad, the Bibi Khanum mosque and the ancient market of Siyab, the mosque of the Prophet Khizr and the ancient necropolis of Shah Zind.

The next day we will visit the mausoleum of the Prophet Daniel, the Ulugbek Observatory, the Sufi monastery of Khoja Ahrar and the holy place of Mahdum Azam, where Kazakh ruler Zhalantos Batyr is buried.

Return to Tashkent. And to Shymkent by bus, cross the border and go home.

Shymkent-Sauran (210 km). Departure from Shymkent and visit the medieval city of Sauran, located in the north of South Kazakhstan. The only ancient city of Kazakhstan that has preserved excellent topography, ramparts, gates, watch towers, the ruins of the first educational institution with swinging minarets, a mosque, a mint, a treasury building, a medieval street, kyariza (underground water supply channels), and estates.

A trip and walk around the ruins of the unique medieval city of Sauran, which has preserved its ancient layout and topography. Exploring old walls, towers, loopholes, ruins of a madrassah and a mint. Inspection of the entrance to the underground gallery of water supply in the city of kyariz. Boardwalk along the oldest pavement of Kazakhstan’s Wall Street. Next, a sortie along the picturesque gorge of the Karatau Mountains and a review of the ancient gallery of petroglyphs 5000 years old at the foot of the amazingly beautiful peaks of the Kamennaya Bride Mountain.

Otrar is located 170 km from Shymkent.
It was the largest city of the Silk Road, destroyed by the Mongols in 1220.
Now an archaeological reserve with an excavated hammam, a citadel and restored South Gate.

Road trip to Shashta Tukta shrine Aziz Bab (patron saint of batyrs and healers) A trip to the village of Baba-Ata to inspect a medieval school of an unusual layout of the 19th century, a visit to the mausoleum of Iskhab-bab (the ancestor of Khoja Ahmad Yassavi), the ruins of a medieval mazar of the 17th century and a feudal castle of the 8th century.

1. Departure from Shymkent on crossovers to the gorge of the Borday river of the Karatau mountain range. Distance 67 km. Travel time is 1-20 minutes. First stop in the village of Terekty. Inspection of the medieval settlement and the sacred spring with stone blocks installed in antiquity for the gravity flow of a mountain stream flowing from the mountains to the center of an ancient settlement. Then we drive towards the mountains on a dirt road to view the ancient petroglyphs located along the stone ridge directed towards the giant table mountain Tura, which in ancient times served as a place of worship and sacrifice. Then our path follows the pass, where an amazing panorama of the river valley opens with the confluence of the two rivers Boroldai and Koshkarata. We go down the mountain road to the valley of the Borday River, where the Pontic hawthorn grows with delicious yellow fruits of the boyar. We examine the Boroldai River and move to the barrier of the branch of the Turkestan-Syrdarya National Park, where the caves of ancient hunters are located at an altitude of 120 meters from the river and 15 meters from the Tattybulak stream, which are objects of our interest. From the caves we walk for 45 minutes along a mountain trail along the dried riverbed of a stream to a rocky canyon with a picturesque waterfall. The stone bottom of the most beautiful canyon is hidden by the crystal clear waters of the rivulet, which we have to swim through. After a great walk we have a picnic at the mouth of the canyon. We return to the parking lot and organize a camp on the banks of the Borday River. We spend the night in the gorge and the next day we return to the city.

2. Shymkent-internal Karatau. Distance 120 km. Departure by bus from the city early in the morning, on the way we inspect the 19th century Sufi monastery Ishan Bazar, located on the left bank of Arys. Then we move along the highway to visit the largest and most picturesque cave of Kazakhstan, the Holy White Mosque with an underground garden. We examine the grotto, exit and continue to move towards the pass, from where a wonderful panorama of the Inland Mountain World of Karatau opens. We get down to the river valley, stop in the village of Shukyrshak and go to inspect the rocky canyon of the Koshkarata river and the natural pool with magnificent waterfalls. We drive to the left bank of the river, make a stop and examine the pantheon of Kazakh batyrs and the ruins of a 12th-century Sufi monastery. Nearby, we observe a mountain road built by Austrian prisoners of war in 1915. We approach the house of the huntsman of a branch of the national natural park, we arrange overnight in a guest house. The next morning we take a walk along the river along the gorge to the origins of Malaya Buguni, 7 km long. We have lunch at the guest house. We return to the city.

A visit to the Neolithic cave Karaungur of the ancient community of gatherers and hunters, populated 12,000 years ago, and an overview of the waterfall at the foot of the grotto. A trip and a picnic on the shore of the spring lake Balykshi.

A visit to the deepest canyon of the Ak-Su River in Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Inspection of the cave Devil’s Throat and the site of the narrowest slot of the canyon 75 cm long. Survey and meditation on the canyon.

Departure to nature in the gorge of the river Borday in Karatau. Inspection of stone drawings, petroglyphs at Mount Tura. Trekking to the rocky canyon of Uzun-Bulak to inspect the grotto of ancient hunters, a walk along a stone gorge filled with clear water of a mountain stream. Halt and swimming in a deep backwater under the streams of a mountain waterfall.

Visit to the Sufi monastery (mosque madrassah) Ishan Bazar of the 19th century. Rest on a picturesque meadow on the right bank of the Arys river.

A visit to the only megalithic structure in Kazakhstan of the 8th century, the magnificent ruins of the giant Akyrtas castle.

A visit to the unique medieval stone fortresses and the ancient cemetery of Kirkiz of the 15-17th centuries on the tops of the mountains. Inspection of petroglyphs under the walls of the fortress.

Welcome to South Kazakhstsan!

Our republic situated at the heart of Eurasia ,appeared on the geopolitical map in 1991.The name Kazakh of Turkic origin is thought to mean “free man’’ which appropriate in a land historically populated by freedom-loving nomads.

It is only South  region of Kazakhstan that was within the sphere of the Silk Road and settled civilization of Transoxiana in medieval times. Chief among its varied attractions are pristine mountain country of Western Tyan Shyan and the splendid Islamic architecture of Yassavi mausoleum at the city Turkestan which is now regional center, Kazakhstan’s most sacred Muslim shrine and fine piece of Timurid architecture. Historic Silk Road made Kazakhstan an important cultural,trade and economic bridge between Asia and Europe. South Kazakstan is home to many different nationalities and faiths. Currently around 120 ethnicities populate Kazakhstan. State language of Kazakhstan is Kazakh. Kazakh is considered the language of ancestors and Russian is widely spoken while English used to communicate with foreign visitors.

It is necessary to search the entire world for fascinating tradition ,beautiful, pristine nature or delicate mixture of old and modern: simply visit  South Kazakhstan.In  Kazakhstan guests are made welcome as they experience the very heart of Eurasia.

We would like to offer your some tours devote to our nature and history including pilgrim tours around Southern part of the country.

If you have questions please contact me:islam.kalani@mail.ru ,+77074390099 WA ,mr.Islam Sayeed Kalani.