KAZAKHSTAN: BAIKONUR COSMODROME MOTORCYCLE TOUR

baikonurWe will ride on motorcycles on southern edge of Kazakhstan to the Baikonur city.

There we will visit the main sight, pride of Kazakhstan – the State test cosmodrome — the first and the largest cosmodrome in the world. Therefrom the first-ever orbital satellite has been started and therefrom for the first time the person has gone to space.

Also we will pass through the Turkestan city - a sacred city for all devout Kazakhs, a city-pantheon of the medieval Kazakh nobility. There we will visit the mausoleum Hodzha Ahmed Jassavi — the sufi poet, one their the first sufi mystics in the Turk world. He has died in 1166 and has been buried. In the end of XIV century governor Tamerlan has begun mausoleum building. The complex of palaces and temples is one of greatest Temirlana erected during an epoch. The construction 44 metres height and diameter of the main dome 22 meters has of more than 30 rooms and halls.


Booking the tour

Main features of the tour

Duration: 9 days, 7 days riding
Country: Kazakhstan
Start/finish: Almaty
Total distance: approx. 2000 km.
Character: on-road
Accommodation: Hotel*** in Almaty (2)
During the tour: hotels (4), guesthouse (2)
Support: : Toyota Land Cruiser and motorbike leader of group
Garage: Yamaha TTR250 Raid