Aconcagua

Wild Women on Top had the most extra ordinary expedition to Mt Aconcagua with World Expeditions! Angel Armesto's passion, experience, commitment and ability to guide safely on a challenging high altitude expedition was superb. Thanks for connecting us with such a remarkable man on such a fantastic adventure.

Di Westaway | Wild Women On Top, Australia
 
 

Mountain Biking Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Cycling with horses across the grasslands of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, 1300 m descents afterbeing dropped off by a helicopter, rocky roads running alongside roaring rivers; this is mountain bikingat its best! From Almaty we take you into the heart of the Tienshan mountains. Snowcapped mountains provide a stunning backdrop for our mountain biking adventure through valleys with lush pastures, and up to passes and plateaus that are teeming with grasslands and wildflowers. The only traffic will be the occasional horseman and we'll meet nomadic Kazakhs that have moved their flocks of sheep to high pastures. Gathering in the cosmopolitan city of Almaty, we have a walk around this leafy city before heading to the mountains and rivers. We start biking again from the Turgen River Gorge, and the landscape quickly changes from pine trees to open rolling grasslands. Everyday we'll ascend up dirt roads to the top of passes, have adrenalin-inducing downhills and then camp next to rushing rivers as we weave our way to the Karkara Valley. The highlight of our tour is two days heli-biking. We are flown to the lofty height of 3500m and then have a daunting descent on single track and jeep dirt roads back to our camp. The adventure continues as we climb to the top of the Mingtur Pass (3900m) and the Chon Ashy Pass (3820m) and descend into Kyrgyzstan.

Brief Itinerary

DAY 1 Join Almaty
DAY 2 Drive to Batan Village
DAY 3 Ride to top of Assy pass, descend and follow river
DAY 4 Ashyk Dala Plateau, camp beside Sary Baluk River
DAY 5 Traverse Kungey Alatau Mountains
DAY 6 Kegen River
DAY 7 Karkara base camp
DAYS 8/9 Karkara base camp, heli-biking
DAY 10 Koshkar Valley
DAY 11 Cycle through grasslands, cross Mingtur Pass
DAY 12 Cross Chon Ashy Pass
DAY 13 Ride through quiet villages, return to Karkara base camp
DAY 14 Transfer to Almaty
DAY 15 In Almaty, trip concludes

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Trip Code: MBK
Trip Grading: Challenging
Duration:  15 days
Activities:  Mountain Biking Adventure Touring
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Next Trip:  07 July 2013
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price: £2,450.00 GBP
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