Baikonur – a path to the space

Dear lovers of astronomy and space travel, Balkan Baltik Tour offers you an unforgettable experience!

preliminary dates 09.09-16.09.2023

Changes to the program are possible due to bad weather conditions or technical issues related to the departure of the ship.

Price 3275 euro – minimum number of tourists – 1 person

Accommodation in single rooms at a hotel in Baikonur

Day 1. 

Transfer to Baikonur.

Going through the checkpoint, hotel accommodation, dinner at the hotel at your own expense.

 Day 2. 

05:00 Breakfast at the hotel

06:00 – transfer to square 121.

7:00 AM – Launch the launch vehicle from the hangar to the launch pad and stand up.

ATTENTION: We will have an opportunity to see closely the installation and testing process, the rocket itself and, of course, the colossal launch gear. This is the closest place to see the rocket.

08:00 – Transfer to square 1, visit to the AIS monument

12:00 – Transfer to the city

14:00 – lunch – (not included in the price)

15:00 Transfer to the International Space School – ICU (International Space School) is a unique educational institution in which children are trained in unique programs with a rocket and space profile. There is an exposition at the school where you can enter a spaceship and measure a spacesuit.

19:00 – dinner (not included in the price)

Day 3. 

08:00 – Breakfast

09:00 – Transfer to the spaceport

10:00 – Energy-Buran command post – visit to the bunker that operated the legendary spacecraft.

11:10 am – Exposition on site # 2 (Museum of the Cosmonautics) – space technology, rocket engines, satellites, equipment providing connection to the spacecraft. Spacecraft “Buran”, “Union”, “East”. The houses of Gagarin and Korolev.

14:00 – Starting complexes “Zenith”, “Union”, “Energy-Buran”. We will visit the launch sites and see the fantastic facilities from which the missiles start.

16:50 – Nedelinskaya start – the ruins of site 41, where it became the largest catastrophe in the history of world cosmonautics.

5:30 pm – Saturn measuring point =

6:30 pm – Dinner (not included in the price).

Day 4. 

10:00 – Breakfast

13:00 – Cosmonauts exit from Cosmonaut Hotel

13:30 Cosmonaut Alley – behind the Cosmonaut Hotel, in which all crews on spacecraft, starting with Gagarin, still plant trees today

4:00 pm – State Commission Report, sending astronauts.

18:00 – Transfer to the observation deck (square 2.)

18:57 – Watching the start. (time is preliminary and is subject to refinement)

Transfer to the city.

Day 5. 

10:00 Breakfast at the hotel

10:30 – Sightseeing tour of Baikonur.

13:00 – Lunch (not included in the price)

00:00 – Room Release – Transfer to Kyzylorda

Day 6.

Departure from Kyzylorda to Dubai

Changes in dates and in the program are possible due to bad weather or technical problems associated with the departure of the ship.

Travel dates: 09.09-16.09.2023

Price 3275Euro – minimum number of tourists – 1 person

Minimum number of tourists for the excursion: 1 person.

The package price includes:

– transfer from hotel in Kyzylorda to Baikonur and Baikonur – Kyzylorda Airport

– 5 overnights with breakfast in hotel in Baikonur;

– preparation of Roscosmos permit documents;

– transport and excursion transfers;

– visiting the excursion sites;

 – a guide with Russian or English;

– Photo and video permission at all available locations.

– snacks.

The price does not include:

– Flight tickets to Kyzylorda

– Hotel accommodation in Kyzylorda, if required.

– health insurance – compulsory insurance coverage EUR 30000;

– Lunches and dinners

– entrance fees for sites visited by tourists;

-expenditure on urban transport;

– personal expenses.

Minimum number of tourists for the excursion: 1 person.

 Method of payment:

100% of the price 30 days before departure.

The final list of tourists with their Baikonur pass details must be ready 35 days before the start, which is Roscosmos’ requirement.

Attention: Balkan Baltic Tour TP reserves the right to change the prices and the program for reasons beyond its control, and is not responsible for tourists not admitted by the relevant border authorities.

 Contact person: 0886 044 993- Mila Stoilova – Manager