Our team | TRAVEL IN KAZAKHSTAN

The «Nomadic Travel Kazakhstan» team consists of the people, who are keen on their job and have already had opportunity to contribute to tourism development in Kazakhstan and keep working in that direction to present day, also in the framework of certain non-profit-making projects.

Yelena Kim is the director of Nomadic Travel Kazakhstan LLP. Traveler. Full member and vice-president of the «Avalon» Historico-geographical Society» public association and «Avalon» public foundation financial assistant for projects on the development of ecological tourism and biodiversity conservation in Kazakhstan, chief accountant in a number of commercial and non-commercial organizations. Hobbies: cycling and mountain expeditions, archeology, various handiwork, cooking, reading.

Vitaliy Shuptar — Deputy Director of Nomadic Travel Kazakhstan LLP. Traveler. President and one of the founders of the «Avalon» Historico-geographical Society» public association and «Avalon» public foundation . Author of tourist maps and guidebooks for Kazakhstan and other countries of Central Asia, publications on tourism and travel. Over the past fifteen years — an expert on ecological tourism in projects implemented on the territory of Kazakhstan. Hobbies: cycling and mountain expeditions, history and archeology.

Olga Toporkova — guide-interpreter and manager at Nomadic Travel Kazakhstan LLP since 2019. Coordinator and guide of the «Live Lessons» project in Karaganda and Karaganda region in 2021. Associate member of the Avalon Historical and Geographical Society since 2012. Photographer-naturalist. Volunteer of the public fund for the protection of stray pets in Karaganda «Vernyi Drug» (Loyal Friend). Hobbies: cycling and car travel, photography, handiwork.

Other tours

ULYTAU

Ulytau (from Kazakh “the great mountains») is an incredibly interesting part of Central Kazakhstan, justly considered “the cradle of the Kazakh nation”. The Ulytau mountains always attracted the attention of nomads. Here was situated the headquarters of the oldest son of Genghis Khan – Zhoshy (Jochi), the ancestor of most of the Kazakh rulers. Moreover, here graphic evidence of historical events, connected […]

KARLAG, KARAGANDA AND MINE-MUSEUM

Many guests associate Karaganda with coal mines and Karlag. And these two associations are interconnected, although the history of each began at a different time. This tour will allow you to immerse yourself in the history of the city from the very foundation of the first mines, learn more about coal mines and see their […]

Back in the USSR. Part 2: Saryshagan

During the Soviet Union, Central Kazakhstan became a place for testing various types of weapons. There was a decision to use the vastness of the Betpak-Dala desert, spread west of Lake Balkhash, due to its sparse population, for testing new anti-aircraft missile systems and anti-ballistic missile defense systems. Since 1956, it was here that the State Research and […]

Bayanaul – legends and stories

The Bayanaul Mountains located in the south-west of Pavlodar region, in the north-eastern part of the Kazakh Upland — Saryarqa. The forested mountain range is literally saturated with history and legends. Every rock, every lake, every stone: everything here is connected with a historical or legendary event. The name of the mountain forest area refers […]