Magical Almaty 05 Days Tour Package

Almaty
Almaty City Tour
Visit Panfilov Park
Visit Zenkov Cathedral
Visit Kok Tobe
Excursion Shymbulak Mountain & Ski Resort
Excursion Charyn Canyon and Kolsay Lake
Visit Almarasan

Hotels
04 nights’ accommodation at Hotel Best Western or similar in Almaty

Meals
Daily breakfast. (Except Day 1)
04 Indian vegetarian/non-vegetarian lunches
04 Indian vegetarian/non-vegetarian dinners

Note: Packed lunches, if applicable, will be Jain/vegetarian
(B – Breakfast/ L- Lunch/ LC- Lunch coupon/PL – Packed Lunch/ D – Dinner)

What your tour price includes
Accommodations at the hotels specified above or similar.
Meals, transfers, entrances, sightseeing and surface transport as mentioned in the itinerary.
Services of a professional, friendly & multilingual SOTC Tour Manager (Subject to minimum 25 customers) or a local Representative.

Passport, Visa charges, Airport & Port taxes.
Compulsory tips for tour guide and driver: USD 3/guest/day
Cost of your Air tickets required to participate in this tour.
Porterage, tips, Insurance, laundry, telephone charges, airport transfers, transfers all items of personal nature and also food and drinks not forming part of the group menus.
Cost of the optional tours. (Optional Tours will be operated subject to minimum 20 passengers).
Any increase in the rate of exchange leading to an increase in all land arrangement which may come in to effect prior to departure.
Anything not specifically mentioned in ‘What your Tour Price includes’ box.

Hotels
04 night’s accommodation at Hotel Best Western or similar in Almaty.

Visa Requirements:
You must be in possession of a Single entry visa for Kazakhstan. The cost of this visa is not included in your package tour price. It would be best to check with your travel agent and the consulates nearest to you for advice and information.

Ticketing Requirements:
To participate on this tour you would require confirmed air tickets to arrive into Almaty and depart from Almaty. It would be advisable to check with your sales officer or local travel agent for ticketing.

Hotels
Many hotels have only Twin beds. Double bed will mostly be Queen size and not King size.
For Child with bed: At times hotel don’t have enough roll away beds, in that case they might give a double and a separate single room.
As a 3rd adult person in a triple room, most hotels use roll away beds or 2 queen size beds and the room size may be the SAME as a Twin/ double room. ( Hence we also strongly suggest you to upgrade Triple into 2 separate rooms during booking)
Average standard room size is 15 - 18 square meter.
Standard Check in time 1500 hrs; Standard check out time 1200hrs. Early Check in & late Checkout is subjected to availability and at an extra Cost. Adjoining room’s requests are subjected to availability during Check In.
All hotels rooms booked for group are Standard category. Getting a double room or a twin room is subjected to availability of the same in Hotel during check in.
All selected hotels on above tour, serve breakfast which is a combination of continental & local dishes as per hotel standard. Indian meals will be provided during Lunches & Dinners as per itinerary.
Most hotels have Centralized Air Conditioners which is set at a specific temperature for entire property. Restaurants & Sightseeing attractions are mostly naturally ventilated.
A person 12 years and below is considered a child and above 12 years, an adult.
Due to international events and trade fairs all throughout Asia such as Air Show, music festivals, sports championships etc., you may have to stay in hotels further away from the city.
During certain dates stay may be split in two hotels
Any damages caused to the hotel rooms / Coach during your stay, shall be payable by the passengers.
We also reserve the right to substitute a hotel of similar class if it is deemed advisable or necessary.

Coaches
Most of your journey is by coach and hence you are requested to keep the coach clean.
Due to hygienic reasons it is not permitted to use toilets in the coach. However the tour manager will make comfort stops during long drives.
Eating & drinking is not permitted in the coach.
One check in bag and one hand bag per person only, due to limited boot space in the coach.
In most of cities, there are parking restrictions for coaches and it may not be possible to stop at all the places during the city tour. Tour Manager will try his/her best to stop coach wherever possible for a photo stop.
Coaches are non-wheelchair compliant. There are steps to board / alight from the coach.

General Points
The tour will be operated subject to a minimum of 25 full-paying passengers travelling together. In the event that the group size is less than 25 passengers you will be given on option of travelling on FIT basis, by paying an additional supplement on seat in coach basis with local representatives to assist you.
Passengers can request for a direct flight from the hub city, by paying a supplement cost.
When the tour has less than 25 adults and is operated on a seat-in-coach basis, there will be instances where the driver acts as a guide as well.
Health is of Paramount importance for all Tourists opting for this tour. It is important that every individual tourists to get their health examination done by Family physician before Travelling. Above tour includes walking at many sightseeing locations.
If a Traveller requires wheel chair, this has to be carried by individual from home city/ country.
For certain departures, we may re-route the itinerary. However, all sightseeing & inclusions will remain the same. On some occasions you may have to join another group in case the group does not have adequate members.
Tipping is not kept compulsory on your tour; although we appreciate your gesture of tipping to Guides, Drivers, Hotel staff etc.
Carry passport, Travel document, Visa at all times during the tour.
Entire Tour Program is designed & pre planned with various appointments and schedule, hence we strongly urge you to always be in time for smooth conduct of group tour. For those who repeatedly delay group departures, will be responsible to join the group by own transportation arrangements.
Carry an umbrella and wear comfortable footwear during the tour. Advisable to carry a swim wear or nylon clothing & slippers/ Sandals for Beach locations & water theme parks if any. Casino dress code for men – Full shirt, Pant & covered footwear.
International Debit/ Credit cards/ Currency cards are accepted everywhere, but specific shops Local currency in Cash . Money exchange is available at Airports and city center shopping areas.
Tips & Optional can only be paid in Cash.
Advisable to carry universal charging adaptor.