1 day organic wine & cheese tasting tour

^from$ 100

Duration	1 day
Category	GASTROAGRO
Season	May - October

During the tour you will visit amazingly beautiful mountain lake Issyk, the used to be a popular resort during the Soviet time. Taste organic local homemade cheese and wine there. Also you will visit unique burial mounds of Saka tribes, dated VI-IV centuries B.C.

Your guide will pick you up at 09 a.m. and you will be transferred to Issyk Historical and Cultural museum.We will start our tour with visit of unique burial mounds of Sacae tribes, dated VI-IV centuries B.C. (Today more than 80 burial mounds are included in the conservation zone of the reserve-museum). Issyk Historical and Cultural museum and reserve where you can see the famous Golden Man, the Sacae prince and the symbol of sovereign Kazakhstan. Together with us you will go deep into the centuries, the time of great Scythian Queen Tomiris and learn about the history of Great Steppe

1 Day

09:00 departure from the hotel Almaty

10:30 Your guide will pick you up at 09 a.m. and you will be transferred to Issyk Historical and Cultural museum.We will start our tour with visit of unique burial mounds of Sacae tribes, dated VI-IV centuries B.C. (Today more than 80 burial mounds are included in the conservation zone of the reserve-museum). Issyk Historical and Cultural museum and reserve where you can see the famous Golden Man, the Sacae prince and the symbol of sovereign Kazakhstan. Together with us you will go deep into the centuries, the time of great Scythian Queen Tomiris and learn about the history of Great Steppe

12:00 organic local homemade cheese and wine tasting: 4 types of local cheese and wine tasting – white rkatsiteli, rose Pinot noir, red saperavi (2 hours). Lunch (homemade tandoori chicken).

14:45 Issyk Lake.During the tour you will visit amazingly beautiful mountain lake Issyk, that used to be a popular resort during the Soviet time. The lake is located at the territory of Ile -Alatau National Park. The age of this lake is 8000 years.

15:45 departure to Almaty

17:30 arrival and transfer to the hotel

Transport with professional driver per itinerary
English Speaking guide services
Wine and cheese tasting
Lunch
Ticket to museum
Entrance (eco)fees (except photo and video charges)
Photo and video charges
Beverages
Portages at airports and hotels
Tips and gratuities
Any personal expenses
Any services not included in the above itinerary

Cancellation policy

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a 90 % refund for cancellations made at least 15 days in advance of the start date of the experience. (Except for the tours to Baikonur Cosmodrome, see point 1)
a 60% refund for cancellations made later than at least 15 days in advance of the start date of experience. Unless the Customer could not inform the Steppe and Sky travel due to the force-majeure reasons.
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For the tours to Baikonur Cosmodrome the following penalties apply:

1 a 90% refund for cancellations made after the payment is made before the permission from Roscosmos State Corporation is received.

2. a 80% refund in case of cancellation of the tour after receiving permission to visit the Cosmodrome Baikonur by Roscosmos , regardless of the time.

3. a 0% refund for cancellations made 14 days prior to the tour start.

4. a 80% refund in case when Roscosmos refuses the Customer in permission to visit the spaceport (Cosmodrome Baikonur),

5. a 80% refund is applicable when Roscosmos either transfers or cancels the launch of the spacecraft, unless the Customer chooses to use the tour package of ‘between launches’ period, in this case the cost of the tour is recalculated and the difference is transferred to the account of the Customer.

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