The best soft adventure tours in Kazakhstan & Central Asia

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Planning a soft adventure tour to Kazakhstan or Central Asia? Let us make it smooth and unforgettable!

Whether you’re hiking the mountains for a day, exploring the stunning Charyn Canyon, or discovering our national parks on a multi-day tour, we’re here to help. Let’s create wonderful memories together – your adventure starts here!

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Day Tours Around Almaty

Charyn Canyon
Day Tour

Listen to the sound of silence, smell the scent of sage, and feel yourself tiny little thing in the vastness of the Great Kazakh Steppes. Open the book of time and discover the history of the Earth in our Charyn Canyon Day Tour from Almaty. With its proximity to the city, it makes for an ideal destination for a full one-day trip.

Issyk Lake & Turgen Gorge Day Tour

Turgen Gorge is an amazing part of Almaty region filled with spruce trees, mountain rivers, waterfalls, lakes and emerald green hills. The gorge is located not far from the city that makes it an ideal destination for a full one-day trip. Enjoy unforgettable views of majestic Tian Shan mountains and lake Issyk without any stress!

Tanbaly Tas' Petroglyphs Day Tour

Discover the prehistoric sites of the Almaty region during this 8-hour trip. Travel by air-conditioned vehicle with an expert guide and learn interesting facts about lives and beliefs of pastoral peoples from scenes depicted on more than 5000 petroglyphs, spread all over the site which is an area of 900 hectares.

Multi-Day Tours Around Almaty

2-Day Tour to the Kolsay and Kaindy Lakes via Charyn Canyon

Experience the scenic beauty of stunning Kolsai & Kaindy Lakes in this private two days tour via majestic Charyn Canyon from Almaty. Discover South-Eastern Kazakhstan and take in unforgettable views of the classic landscapes of the Zhetisu region.

2-Day Tour to the Altyn Emel National Park

The Altyn Emel National Park tour has a lot to offer: sand dunes, semi-desserts, ancient clay mountains and frozen volcanoes among others. We’re fascinated how Altyn Emel is always new and exciting, no matter how many times you visited it before. It is the place to feel yourself tiny compared to the big nature.

3-Day Active Tour Around Almaty

On our 3 day tours, you will discover endless semi-desserts of Altyn Emel, stunning Charyn canyons & breath-taking Kolsay mountain lakes. Lots of hiking, lots of dusty trails, smoky tang from last night’s campfire, unimaginable amounts of village food, tons of chats and laughter – it will be the best 3 days on your trip to Central Asia!

Are you planning something special?

Got a specific vision for your trip that you just can’t find anywhere? Or maybe you’re looking to blend a few different spots into one seamless, magical journey? We’re here to help you design and curate a truly unforgettable experience across Central Asia

Explore Kazakhstan with Dostar Trips!

It all started ten years ago (time flies), back in 2016, when we printed our first edition of Friendly Map for guests of Almaty and offered our tours at the backside of the map. Suddenly we started to have a good amount of calls and messages and we decided to start a tour company. We called ourselves Dostar Trips and here we are, still super excited to meet our guests from all around the world!

In Dostar Trips we treat each our guest as a friend whom we just didn’t meet yet (“dostar” means friends from Kazakh). If you take a trip with us – you can rely on our friendly support during all your stay, we will always be happy to help you with anything you need – advise the best place to eat, buy a train ticket, meet locals. Check out what our previous guests are saying about us on TripAdvisor. Let’s be friends!

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Map of Kazakhstan:

Explore the iconic locations right here on the map of Kazakhstan and let’s create your unforgettable trip together! Ask us any questions, we will be happy to help!

Discover the Destination:

Charyn Canyon

Charyn Canyon is one of the most popular day-trips in the Almaty region. Its located 195 km east of Almaty, near the Chinese border. Wanna feel yourself a western hero? That’s the right place to try!

Kolsay & Kaindy Lakes

In this article we will answer the most frequently asked questions like “Where is Kolsay lakes”, “Hiking at Kolsai National Park”, “Is it possible to do camping on Kolsay Lakes”, and many more others.

Altyn Emel National Park

Altyn Emel National Park is one of my favorite places in the Almaty region! I love it for endless steppes, mysterious dark old mountains and feeling that it never changes – someone three hundred years ago could stay at the same place and see completely the same fantastic landscape! So let me show you what you will see at one of the largest national parks in Kazakhstan covering an area of about 4600 square kilometers.

Seamless arrangement and great guide arranged by Dostars. Beautiful 2-day tour exploring the beauty that is Kazakhstan! Vladimir was our driver and guide and he was absolutely the best guide! He is concerned for our safety, ready to meet any request from guests, he gives his 100% to serve, passionate about what Kazakhstan has to offer for its beautiful nature. Gaukhar, the co-founder of Dostars also helped to arrange the requests we had for our parents who required certain foods or couldn’t do certain physical activities. Thank you Dostars and Vladimir for arranging this beautiful tour! We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly 🙂

With Dostar Trips I not only found an exceptional guide, but I believe I found a dear friend. Rarely, on travels, you find extraordinary humans with whom you can discuss and talk about a huge range of subjects in depth and candidly, with Gaukhar I had such an experience. The tour was tailored exactly to my interests and liking. She made sure I had all the information to navigate the city even after our tour and gave me contacts for the the city I was going to visit next. We got access to some hidden gems of Almaty which I would have never been able to visit without her. I felt like a real guest or a friend visiting than a mere tourist. Would recommend them in a heartbeat.

Gaukhar really lives up to the name of her business. It was truly a pleasure getting to know a "local" who is so proud of her country, yet is well-travelled herself. You cannot help that some of her enthusiasm drips over to you. At the same time, she is well-prepared and organized, and flexible to the needs of her clients. She has an extensive network of tried-and-tested businesses she cooperates with to make her work a success. I managed to squeeze in 2 tours during a business trip, 1 city-walking trip (solo) and 1 full-day visit (with 2 colleagues) to Charyn canyon. I can't wait for my next business trip to Almaty and hope to manage a multi-day tour then.

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Looking for the best city tours in Almaty?

We highly advise to book with our cool friends from Walking Almaty project – the most knowledgeable but also super fun people to explore Almaty with! They have great choice of city tours: from Soviet monumental art of Almaty to market tours to food tours! You’ll have so much fun!

Our four-legged friends in Almaty

We believe in giving back, and the ‘New Chance’ shelter for homeless animals is a cause very close to our hearts. Watching these animals transform from lost souls to happy pets is a journey we are proud to support. We invite you to be a part of this mission during your stay! There are so many ways to help – from simple contributions to spreading the word. Let’s work together to give these animals the ‘new chance’ they truly deserve