タンバリーの古代岩面彫刻 - ユネスコ世界遺産

Great day with guide Mina. She totally made this experience enjoyable for us. The petroglyphs are nice, fairly short walk from the parking lot. The site is actually 3 hours from Almaty, but discussing Kazakhstan and life with Mina made time fly by. The guide on site was long winded and the tour itself would be better if it was an hour rather than two. No shade while viewing petroglyphs, not a complaint, just a warning.

Mina was an exceptional guide. She was extremely knowledgeable about the petroglyphs, about Almaty, and about all of Kazakhstan. She patiently answered every question and responded with a passion for the subject. She’s traveled the world herself and it’s clear that she loves travel and working as a guide. Learning about the petroglyphs and getting to see them firsthand was an extraordinary experience. I highly recommend this company and working with Mina.

Nursultan drove and guided us around the petroglyphs and provided an informative and interesting tour. A good driver, and easy to chat with. The day more than lived up to our expectations. I would recommend to book directly rather than through the Getyour agency that earns a commission and makes the tour more expensive

Dimash was an excellent guide. Very good English as well as Russian, Chinese and Kazakh. He provided lots of insight and interesting information about his town and country. I highly recommend!

Mina the guide was amazing. She was on time, explained the site very well and she was always helpful. The tour is also really good and I really recommend it.

Mr Nursultan was my tour guide and driver, and he is exceptionally knowledgeable and professional, who, besides the tour site, provided me with insights about Kazakstan in general. We visited the petroglychs of Tanbaly and its visitor centre. It is worth the time and effort to go that far just to see these valuable yet mysterious creations. A highly recommended tour in my opinion

Interesting visit to the Petroglyphs. About a 3 hour drive each way, and once there, a short museum visit and a hike around the petroglyph sites. Some parts required climbing, others could be seen from the paths. Our guide was knowledgeable and kind, stopping as much as we needed for snacks/lunch/bathroom breaks.

I visited this place with Mr. Nursultan on 16 February 2026, and I had a great experience. First, it is not usual to have a World Heritage Site just for you. And this was the case that day, we were just Mr. Nursultan and I enjoying the petroglyphs. I booked the tour online 6 days before, on Feb. 9. Mr. Nursultan was proactive about contacting me and confirm the pick-up place (my hotel) and time. The day before at around noon, he sent me a message saying that the roads to Tanbaly were partially closed that day and the day before because of the thick fog and snow near the Tanbaly. He told me that the forecast for the excursion day (the following day) was better and he didn´t expect problems, but he wanted to let me know. He told me that there were a couple of options: -If the roads were open, go with the plan. -If the road were close, re schedule it. -If I couldn´t re schedule and the roads were closed, I would receive a full refund. I appreciated him telling me clearly the situation. He said he would continue monitoring the situation. In the afternoon/evening he told me that we were OK to go the following day. The trip to Tanbaly was great, as I was not driving. I say this because it is true that there was a lot of snow, from previous days. You could see that in the photos. It is beautiful as a passenger, as a driver you need to be more careful. And Mr. Nursultan is a patient and careful driver. We were lucky to see a bunch of camels crossing the road, and two flocks of sheep. Mr. Nulsultan was waiting for me at the meeting time, and I enjoyed a lot the day. He is an expert on the petroglyphs and I loved his explanations. Not only that, you could ask him any questions about Kazakhstan, and he will respond them. On our way to Tanbaly we stopped on a market, and bought some local food. I asked about some bottles of milks that there were there, and he told me that they are called kumis, and he invited me to try, with some grains. I did, it was great. About the place, it is very interesting and the explanations of Mr. Nursultan enhance it. I totally recommend this tour.

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It was an amazing experience to see the petroglyphs in my own eyes in such an incredible setting, not to mention an important UNESCO site that deserves to carry that status. My guide Nursultan provided me with great touring guides and his knowledge on the site’s history demonstrated at a very high level.

We had the best trip, I can’t recommend this tour to the Tanbaly petroglyphs with Nursultan highly enough. His excellent knowledge and very good English made it so much better. The site itself is incredible, thousands of petroglyphs that have been in place since the Bronze age, and to visit such a special place without seeing a single other person was pretty special.