Dina works for Kazakhstan’s most professional tour operator. Founded in 2010 in Almaty, we have been working together since 2013 – we have found them the perfect provider for group tours and city tours around Almaty and Nur-Sultan, as well as visits to the national parks and historical attractions beyond the city.
A modern fleet of buses and cars, as well as some of the best guides in Kazakhstan are the main assets of the company, besides helpful and knowledgeable support staff who can tailor services to your needs.
In 2013, the company opened a representation in Nur-Sultan. They are also one of the founding members of the Kazakhstan Inbound Tourism Association (KITA) and have started their own guide courses.
What Dina says:
We invite you to become our valued customer and will make every effort to ensure you and your guests retain an unforgettable impression of the journey to the beautiful land of Kazakhstan!
Fabulous tour! I really enjoyed seeing the petroglyphs the drive out there. The sight was beautiful I well layed out. Viktoria did a wonderful job answering all of my questions. Ungurtas was very interesting. It took us a lot to locate the site but once there Victoria i walked the hill. Though not a welcoming place at first, behind a closed fence it became fascinating. I appreciated Victoria`s interest and flexibility to go Bifatima`s home and walk to the new site. How nice to have a guide that was genuinely interested.
Tour: Tamgaly petroglyphs
Elaine van Vleck (USA)
Iskander did everything I could have wished for. He was outstanding and helpful Excellent job.
There was safe driving.
The tour was fairly complete, entertaining and nice.
Tour: Altyn Emel and Kolsai Lakes
Christian Schulz (Germany)
Our guide Iskander was great! Polite, knowledgable, funny.
Typical central Asian soup/meat/carb. It gets tiny after awhile.
Tour: Altyn Emel
Laura Santos-Bishop (USA)
Thank you! I enjoyed the trip very much! Dilyara is an excellent guide, very intelligent and well world oriented! I hope she’ll get a performance bonus ???? Shukrat was super friendly and a really good driver, I got vegan food, which I enjoyed and everyone in the hotel was nice and helpful.
I also have one suggestion for lunch boxes – maybe you could use the multiple use ones and metal cutlery instead of plastic ones? It’s just to be more eco friendly?
Thank you very much once again and hope I’ll be able to come back here again next year and book your service!
Tour: Altyn Emel
Zuzanna Olko (Poland)
The Baikonur space trip was wonderful, and I will recommend your company to anyone who wants to go.
David William Koehl (USA)
Our guide is very lovely and well informed. Helpful in everything and excellent English! Car is nice but sometimes speed up.
Tour: Kazakhstan 15 days
Ann Salitsky, USA
Yes we have had a good trip. Fantastic. So I liked the mini Haj to Turkestan (we are not Muslims ) but it is a holy place and Hajad Ahmed Yasawi is a really cool mystic. Also Aisha Bibi also very special and good the train journeys, the tours round Astana, Taraz, Shymkent, Almaty . The trip to the mountains fabulous and as I do construction too I give the local villagers some building tips! Main problem far too much banging at night and no social area. Maybe better an older dacha or house until up to speed.
I think we manage now thank you very much. Thanks for great trip and our best wishes.
Tour: Kazakhstan 9 days
Peter and Lalla (UK)
Thank you for the amazing day, detailed explanations and delicious lunch.
Tour: Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve (10 hours)
Miroslava Polakova (Czech Republic)
I thought the tour covered a lot in 5 days which was really good. Moved at right pace and food was provided at all the right times.
Tour: Golden Ring of Zhetisu
Frances Warren (UK)
An amazing trip visiting Kazakhstan beautiful country. Company was excellent. Dina, Slav and Alexander, thank you!!!
Tour: Golden Ring of Zhetisu
Craig Quigley (UK)
The tour was very well organized. Alex paid attention to everything so we can enjoy it as much as possible. Starting from adjusting our itinerary according to weather, taking care of us during hiking so that, we can make it till the end, and telling us information about places in interesting way.
Furthermore, accommodation was also very pleasant. Meals were delicious and beautiful. The host was very kind to us. I will for sure recommend this to my friends who are coming to Kazakhstan in summer.
The tour was a greate experience!
Everything was perfectly organized- starting with communication with the office for booking the tour the guides were always well prepared for every situation (spray against mosquitos, sunscreen, rain covers, kettle for teat picnic, …). They took care for the wishes of everyone in the group, were always friendly and very nice company!
The places we saw were fascinating spots of nature and we were given the time to enjoy them. Also the background information given was very interesting and our additional questions were all answered by the guides.
РАХМЕТ for everything!
Our guide Alex was absolutely fantastic from start to finish! Slav was one of the most competent and safe drivers ever. Vehicle is fabulous. Most meals were fantastic; was very impressed with quality of food on Monday-Wed morning.
Overall, had a truly fantastic trip travelling around the Golden ring of Zhetisu. Alex was a really wonderful guide, very knowledgeable and made us all very comfortable with the trip and each other. Slav was a fabulous driver, and I felt safe the whole trip with him. Other than a hiccup (?) with the hotel outside of Saty (Wednesday evening) where there were multiple issues, the trip was wonderful. I particularly enjoyed the hot springs on Tuesday evening, and thought all of the stops we made were worthwhile and very interesting. I will be recommending this tour, and the company, to friends and family – thank you for such a memorable week!
Tour: Golden Ring of Zhetisu
Sammy Woodfarde (Australia)
It was a great tour packed with a lot of amazing opportunities to encounter different pasts of Kazakh nature. The places we visited were situated in very remote areas and therefore, it was very important to me to visit them with local guides and drivers.
A highlight of the tour was climb on the Singing Dunes. The climbing itself was very adventurous and made me forget about exhausting climb. We got reward by stunning, picturesque and mesmerizing views of the desert, the mountings and the river. We had enough time to sit down, relax and take in beautiful view.
Another great experience was the visit and hike around the Aktau mountings. We took our time to walk around, climb on certain rocks and our guide explained the nature and spoiled some animals for us. I have had the feeling this tour was hushed; we saw many breath-taking things, did adventurous activities, and got some extra coffee/tea to get more energy!
-Highly recommended! One of the best tours I ever had.
Excellent! Funny, interesting. Really great!
Good safe driver. Just no personality at all. No problem – just old.
Tour: Burabai National Park (10 hours)
Kerry David Burns, USA
The tour was up to my expectation and I and my wife we are so happy and thankful to Elvira, she is a perfect person with a very good guidance experience. I would recommend her and the tour company to my colleagues visiting beautiful city Almaty.
The tour to Manshuk Mametova lakes was excellent. Everything was well-planed, Daria was clear in communicating the day`s plans and was very capable when it came to all the relevant, technical and safety skills. The hike went off without a hitch, the weather was perfect, and it was challenging hiking just like I had used for. I especially appreciated the fact that Daria brought an extra set of trekking poles that, made hiking much more comfortable. All in all it felt very professional, the hiking was unbelievably beautiful, and most of all, I had a great time.
Dasha is a smart, wise, well-trained guide.
Maxim is the perfect driver.
Tour: Altyn Emel 2 days
Csaba Grezsa (Hungary)
Alex answered our many questions, was a great guide. It was a perfect way to see these sights that we wouldn’t have been able to see otherwise. Vehicle is very roomy, perfect for the 4 of us. Food is delicious, enjoyed the breakfast stop+ late lunch
Tour: Charyn Canyon – Bartogay reservoir
Katie Liming (USA)
Guide is very knowledgeable, had great answers to questions. Driver drove a bit fast over rough roads. Vehicle is great. Guide was very accommodating in helping to get a vegetarian meal.
Tour: Charyn Canyon – Bartogay reservoir
Jillian Jablonski (USA)
It was a good opportunity to experience Kazakhstan for 3 days. When I booked this tour, the only thing I expected to experience was just this looking around the lakes. However, during this tour, I could look many aspects of Kazakhstan – food, people, animals. What I like the most is accommodation, the guest house. I didn’t expect it to be clean or have nice restroom but it had. And all the facilities are nice state. Overall, this tour was nice. The only thing I want to suggest to this tour is that, it would be better
specifying the meeting points. Since most foreigners do not have Kazakhstan phone numbers, it is little bit hard to meet their guide. In my case, I was wandering around the hotel lobby and even asked to the hotel front whether the lobby is a meeting point. Except that, it was nice experience. I would recommend it to others.
Dear Dina Ispanova
I arrived safely yesterday to Almaty.
At Aktau your guide made it very well.
I appreciate it very much. Thank you for arranging my tour. There were many good memories in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan is in good condition and food is delicious. I came to like Kazakhstan very much. I will return to Japan now. I would like to ask you also when coming back.
Thank you very much.
Best Regards
SATORU HIRA (Japan)
Tour: Aktau and Tamgaly petroglyphs
The whole experience was perfect! The booking process for my two tours (Altyn Emel 2 days and Kolsai and Kaindy lakes 3 days) was very clear and fluent, Dina answered very quickly my emails with doubts and provided me all the information I needed for my tours and the payment procedure. The experience of both tours, the landscapes, the experience talking with the locals and of course the hiking were amazing! Olga, the guide, was fantastic, talking with her made me learn a lot about Kazakhstan. I completely recommend the agency.
Re: “Altyn-Emel group tour”
I returned to Japan last night. The tour was really amazing!!! Everything I saw in the tour was wonderful, the food was tasty, the hotel was clean and cosy and the guide and the driver were so nice!
I hope I can go back to Kazakhstan in the future to see more.
Just wish to say thank you.
Best regards,
Akiko
We had booked two 1-day tours with Caravanistan in June of 2016, an individual tour to Issyk lake with a visit to the Issyk museum and a trekking Tour to Manshuk Mametova glacier. The booking process by email went very smoothly, and the tours themselves were very enjoyable: the guides were all professional, helpful, and friendly.
mid September 2016 we had a one day walking tour in Astana, the transfer from and to the airport worked very well, the guide was very helpful and showed us all highlights of the city, the booking itself and the payment was without any problems, the responses were quick and professional, we can recommend this agency