Rafting on the rivers of Kazakhstan

Excursions in Kazakhstan

Booking excursion

Time to be rafting on the river Chilik 

Duration - 8 hours.
Season - from 1 of May to 20 of September
Length of the route - 22 kilometers

Transfer: Almaty – to Bartogay reservoir (190 km. 2,5 hours). Rafting on Chilik river in Bartogay canyon (22km, 4 hours). Ending of rafting near by Malybay village. Lunch. Transfer: Malibay village - Almaty (120 km. 1,5 hours).

Additional information.
1. We use rafts for 7-8 persons of Russian production “Aventura” or raft “Mnev” 8 - 10 persons.

Technical description in Bartogay canyon of rafting part on Chilik river

Length – 20 km , duration of rafting – 3 hours.
Complexity – III with elements of IV category when evacuation of water through locks from Bartogay reservoir is 60- 80 cubic meters per sec.
Complexity – IV with elements of V category when evacuation of water through locks from Bartogay reservoir is 100- 120 cubic meters per sec.
River inclination - 7- 8 meters per 1 km.
During 30-35 min after start of rafting – river is relatively quiet with periodic sand-spits with powerful billows.

Rapid №1. Is billows more 1m with sharp turn of river to right and pressing to right-bank, then river fluently becomes level. There are 2 powerful flows and one hole and it is very important – to come in rapid. There are 2-3 poured over stones in river bed more to the left of main flow. Rapid № 1 with typical inclination of water 3 m per each 30 m. Rapid begins in 40-50 min after rafting start, length of rapid is more 100 m. After rapid № 1 river is continuous sand-spit with powerful billows more than 1 meter in height. Token of rapid – inclination of water with suddenly turn of river to right.

To pump up raft before the river
Chilik


The beginning of an rafting on the
river Chilik


In rapid on the Chilik river


In Bartogay a canyon


A turn raft on prompt watercourse
Chilik


On an output from Bartogay a canyon