Wild Flowers and Wildlife - Tours to Kazakhstan

1. Wild Flowers and Wildlife - Tours to Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is a vast nation in Central Asia home to a wonderful array of wild flowers and wildlife with open steppe and high mountains. The tours to Kazakhstan take the wildlife enthusiast to a part of the world they have likely never seen before, with spectacular bird life and the chance to see Horsfield's Tortoise at Lake Kapchagai on the River Ili, near the former capital of Almaty. More so than the wildlife, the Kazakhstan tour main focuses is the botany, as Kazakhstan is the homeland of a number of wild tulip species. Many species of tulip can be seen on tours. Almaty: Visitors to Kazakhstan basically begin their stay in the city of Almaty, nestled beneath the white-capped peaks of the Trans Ili range. From there, you can go to Lake Kapchagai, which is nearly 80 km north-east of Almaty and home to a beautiful range of flora and animal life. Tourists can go in search of the species Tulipaalbertii, Tulipabehmiana and Tulipabusheana, in addition to other captivating flora such as Corydalis karelinii and Iris tenuifolia. The area around Lake Kapchagai is also rich in reptile life, allowing reptile enthusiasts the opportunity of a Horsfield's Tortoise sighting.

2. Merke Gorge: Merke Gorge is a long drive from Almaty, but enjoyable when broken up with botanical stops. One of these, the Kurdai Pass, is a tulipophile's treat: Tulipakolpakowskiana, Tulipaostrowskiana and their hybrids grow here, in a bright weave of red, orange and yellow flowers. The very early flowering Tuliparegelii also grows around the Kurdai Pass, and it is possible to find its distinctive leaves among the other plant species. On to the steep slopes of Merke Gorge in the Kirghiz Alatau mountain range, home to abundant flora and wildlife, tailor made tours will provide a spectacular highlight for tulipophiles: Zinaida's Tulip, endemic to the Kirghiz Alatau. AksuDzabagly Nature Reserve: The AksuDzabagly Nature Reserve is the oldest in Central Asia and another spectacular destination on this Kazakhstan tour. From a base in a guesthouse, tours can go to the Boroldai Gorge - where Greig's Tulips grow in matchless density - and the Aksu Gorge, home to different and indigenous plant species such as Korolkowiasewerzowi, Rhinopetalumstenantherum, and Scillapushkinioides. The open forest in the reserve harbours many plant species that includes one of the rarest plants in the Tien Shan Mountains - the endemic Thesiumminkwitzianum.

3. Saryyaigyr Gorge: In the Karzhantau range, Saryyaigyr Gorge is another beautiful area with a impressive array of botanical wildlife. The custom-made tours will take tourists to see more than ten different forms of Kaufmann's Tulips in bloom on the gorge's steep slopes, in addition to thickets of Ferula penninervis, Ferula tenuisecta and Prangospabularia.For More information mail us info@centralasia-adventures.com or Call to (+998 71) 150-62-80. www.centralasia-adventures.com Address: 27/10, office 23, Kunaev str., Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Thank You