Ultra-Trail Marathon nearby Almaty
Combine a sports event with a cultural tour!
Highlights of this 6-day program including Ultra Trail running in Kazakhstan nearby Almaty:
– running in the steppe landscape of Kazakhstan
– acquaintance with the cosmopolitan city of Almaty and the high mountains nearby
For the sixth time, an Ultra-Trail Running Event will be held near Almaty (about 90 km from the city), on May 12, 2020. The entire program will move one day if you choose to participate in this longest distance!
We offer you a package holiday including excursions in Almaty on 10 and 13 May. Including the international flights on 8 and 13 May, the trip takes six days.
You can register for distances of 15, 35 and 70 km, in the age categories 18-35, 36-50, 51-60 and 61+ years, for both men and women.
A visa is not necessary for a visit of up to 30 days to Kazakhstan for most countries.
You can read more about highlights and practical advise on travelling in Kazakhstan here.
Day 1, May 9, 2020
Flight to Almaty
Day 2, May 10
Panfilov Cathedrale in Central Almaty
Arrival in the early morning and transfer to a 3* hotel in Almaty. Breakfast and rest. Start of your tour including ultra trail running in Kazakhstan!
From 11 AM you will be offered an excursion in the city. This includes visits to Park Panfilow and the Zenkow Cathedral, the Green Bazar, Central Museum. And other places if time permits.
Day 3, May 13
Start of the running event, for which you visited Almaty in the first place. Program, after breakfast in your hotel:
12:00 – registration for the race, getting the start numbers
13:00 – acquainted with the terrain
19:00 – registration is closed
19:10 – the beginning of the briefing,
20:00 – dinner
21:00 – opening of the Marathon, the show program “The Spirit of Tengri”
22:30 – general retreat
Dag 4, May 12
Day of the Race
04:30 – breakfast
06:00 – start “Trail” category (35 km) and the “Ultra” (70 km)
09:00 – start category “Sprint” (10 km)
13-00 – control time at the end of the 10 km and 35 km
14:00 – lunch
18:00 – control time at the end of 70 km
19:00 – rewarding
20:30 – return to the city of Almaty and transfer to hotel Astana International
Day 5, May 13
High Mountains nearby Almaty
In the morning leisure time and and in the afternoon excursion to Big Almaty Lake at 28 kms from Almaty over an adventurous road. Lunch box included.
Transfer back to the hotel.
Day 6, May 14
At two people the cost of this program with ultra trail running in Kazakhstan is €695 per person, at four persons €575 p.p. and €450 p.p. from six persons. Please write to us for other group sizes.
Included in the offer are:
– four nights of accommodation in a 3* hotel in Almaty on the basis of bed & breakfast and in double rooms
– one night of accommodation in a tent in the Tamgaly Valley, where the running will take place. Included are the rent of tent, sleeping bag and mat
– three meals a day in the valley
– transfers airport-hotel-airport in Almaty, plus hotel-Tamgaly Valley – hotel
– two days of excursions in and around Almaty as described in the program, with local, English speaking guidance
Not included are the international flight tickets to and from Almaty, the remaining lunches & dinners, registration for the event and services not mentioned in the program.
Finally we will withhold €15 per booking for the Dutch GGTO Travel Guarantee Fund.
PLACE | Almaty |
DATES | May 5-11, 2019 |
PRICE | from €675 p.p. at two persons to €420 p.p. at combined group of 10 p. |
LENGTH | 7 days |
Contact
Telephone
tel. (00)31 23 700 12 22
(00)31 6 47 12 64 09Email