First day
Departure from Almaty - Bear Waterfall - Assy Observatory - Assy Plateau
- Departure from Almaty (in the morning), to the Turgen gorge (80 km - about 1.5 hours)
- Arrival in Turgen (the Medvezhiy (Bear) waterfall), trekking part (2 km, 1.5 hours)
- Departure to Turgen cafe (8km about 15 minutes), lunch
- Departure to the Assy observatory (20 km, about 1 hour), walking time (1 hour)
- Departure along the picturesque road of the Assy plateau to the Red rocks (50 km, approximately 3 hours)
- Arrival to the red rocks, setting up the camp, dinner, campfire, overnight in a tent
Length: 100 km, Total time: 6 hours