Three calendar days include arrival and departure. Keep one Almaty base and choose a single winter outing for the middle day; the overnight eastern tour belongs on a longer visit.
February is part of the planned 2026–2027 winter season, but daily lifts, roads and tours depend on current conditions. Check resort notices and the forecast before leaving, and use maintained routes during daylight. An advertised four-wheel-drive vehicle does not make a closed road accessible. For Kaindy and the canyon, agree an alternative with the operator if the approach or paths are icy; do not use lake ice as a walking route. If a local outing is cancelled, consider the Kasteyev museum after checking its current hours and ticket. Keep a city night and a transport buffer before your flight.
Check in or leave luggage, eat and take a short central walk around Panfilov Park if paths allow. Save the mountain outing for a full rested day. Use a café as a warm stop rather than making arrival depend on a lift or a distant tour. A simple example is 5–7 February 2027: Friday arrival, Saturday local outing, Sunday departure. Confirm the selected service for your actual dates.
Do not rely on a foreign bank card to top up ONAY. The practical route is to buy a physical ONAY card and load it with cash at a supported terminal or top-up point. Check the ONAY map/app for current locations, including any airport points, and check your bus route in 2GIS. If you cannot arrange payment, choose a quoted taxi instead of relying on another passenger to pay.
A private airport transfer to any address in Almaty. The price is for one vehicle, one way; choose the minivan for four adults. Pickups from 23:00 to 06:00 add the night supplement below for each booked vehicle and affected journey, not for each passenger. The planning table assumes daytime pickups.
A Land Cruiser-class transfer for your party. Driver, fuel, parking and the airport meeting are included in the published tariff. Pickups from 23:00 to 06:00 add the night supplement below for each booked vehicle and affected journey, not for each passenger. The planning table assumes daytime pickups.
Budget compares Interhouse, QQ and an individual AQ capsule. Private adds a double room or Uyut Standard and Comfort Deluxe. Premium compares the larger Uyut suites. Choose a base near the city walks and keep your luggage arrangements simple.
Compare a hostel bed, a private capsule and a double room as different ways to stay.
Interhouse and QQ offer hostel options; AQ miniSUITES is a single capsule, with one capsule for each adult.
Dorm-room nightly reference
Listed nightly reference; check room and occupancy
Single capsule · one adult per capsule per night · breakfast extra
Interhouse has a double room with breakfast. Compare it with the Uyut room examples below.
Double room · per room per night · breakfast included
Single occupancy · one room
Double occupancy · one room
Single occupancy · one room
Double occupancy · one room
Uyut Junior Suite and Two-room Suite offer more space. The single- and double-occupancy nightly rates are shown below.
Single occupancy · one room
Double occupancy · one room
Single occupancy · one room
Double occupancy · one room
Spend the full day around Medeu. Budget combines the bus journey with the three-hour MORN horse ride; the horse and a local horseman are included. Private and Premium take a car with a driver for city stops and a walk around Medeu. The table below prices those choices. A cable-car ascent to Shymbulak is an optional change of programme, with its own ticket; it is not included in the shown plan.
Horse ride per person; transfer, food and an English-speaking guide are excluded. The winter route and rider suitability need confirmation.
15,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 15,000 ₸
30,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 15,000 ₸
45,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 15,000 ₸
60,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 15,000 ₸
Jetour T2 with hotel pick-up and return, fuel and three hours of waiting along the route. Agree on stops and any extra waiting. Horse riding and the cable car are separate activities.
120,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 120,000 ₸
120,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 60,000 ₸
120,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 40,000 ₸
120,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 30,000 ₸
Share the vehicle fare with 1–4 confirmed travellers through MORN Co-Sharing. Finding companions is not guaranteed: until they confirm, budget for the whole car. Agree stops, luggage and return time. The trip total also includes rooms and airport transfers.
Find travel companions →Land Rover Discovery with hotel pick-up and return: up to eight hours and 150 km, including fuel. Horse riding and the cable car are separate activities.
144,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 144,000 ₸
144,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 72,000 ₸
144,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 48,000 ₸
144,000 ₸ — Selected service only
Arithmetic share per person: 36,000 ₸
Share the vehicle fare with 1–4 confirmed travellers through MORN Co-Sharing. Finding companions is not guaranteed: until they confirm, budget for the whole car. Agree stops, luggage and return time. The trip total also includes rooms and airport transfers.
Find travel companions →Choose a ride only after the operator confirms the route for the day. Ask about footwear, warm clothing, ground conditions and beginner suitability. Keep a city alternative if riding is cancelled; the photo shows the service, not February conditions.
A local day avoids the overnight eastern departure. Agree pickup, permitted stops, winter access and the return time in advance. Do not interpret a vehicle description mentioning Shymbulak as road access to every resort level.
Keep the final day in the city. Fit in a short walk or warm breakfast only if checkout, luggage and the flight allow. Request an airport journey for the real pickup point and leave time for winter traffic.
These are alternatives for the middle day, not three versions of an identical package. The horse price is per rider; the vehicle prices cover one vehicle within its stated time and distance. Select only the service you will actually use.
Use a café or short walk only if the flight and baggage arrangements allow. Confirm the airport route and leave a buffer.
The same per-vehicle fare applies from your Almaty address to the airport. Pickups from 23:00 to 06:00 add the night supplement shown below.
A private Land Cruiser-class transfer to the airport. The night supplement applies to pickups from 23:00 to 06:00.
One meal per person, not a daily food budget.
Estimated dinner per person; dishes and drinks change the bill.
Estimated dinner per person; dishes and drinks change the bill.
Two city nights, airport travel both ways and a day around Medeu. Budget includes the horse ride; Private and Premium include their selected car and driver, without a horse ride. Airport pickups are daytime and hotel stays use normal check-in and check-out. KZT and USD remain separate.
Private/Premium use one room for 1–2 adults, two for 3–4, with shared airport transfers. Agree who shares a room and whether you need twin beds. Separate rooms, different flight times or another hotel change the estimate.
Interhouse dorm beds, airport buses, one Medeu return and the selected programme below. Other city visits follow the walking route. Uses an existing ONAY card.
Interhouse double rooms · Jetour day charter · RideKZ
Rooms: 1
Rooms: 1
Rooms: 2
Rooms: 2
Uyut Junior Suites · Discovery day charter · RideKZ
Rooms: 1
Rooms: 1
Rooms: 2
Rooms: 2
Read prices by their unit: a bed, a room, a meal or the whole vehicle. The table states which transport, stays and activities it includes. Ordinary meals and optional purchases are separate.
If the local mountain option is cancelled, keep the day in Almaty: a short central walk, a café and an indoor cultural visit once its opening hours are checked. Add the lakes on a longer trip with a confirmed road plan rather than taking time from arrival or departure.