People try to bring from the trip not only vivid impressions, but also various objects. Let's talk about what souvenirs from Kazakhstan can be presented to friends and relatives.
Amazing land
If the trip is connected with the vast expanses of Kazakhstan, you can fully enjoy the hospitality of this country. Tourists who fall into this sunny land feel themselves in a real paradise, forget about everyday problems.
Every year, about a million people visit this country. Every tourist wants to take a memorabilty with him, so the question of what to bring from Kazakhstan is relevant and important.
Felt Products
The art of felting can be considered as the cultural heritage of Kazakhstan. This craft is passed from one generation to another without revealing the secrets of the craft. Local felt products are valued all over the world. In Kazakhstan, they learned how to create durable, beautiful, lightweight felt products that have the beneficial properties of natural sheep’s wool. Warm felt slippers can be purchased by older people who need warmth and comfort. Connoisseurs of saunas and baths will appreciate the various accessories designed to visit these establishments: hats, mittens.
Do not know what to bring from Kazakhstan? Take a look at the original felt figures of camels, cases for mobile phones, coasters for hot.
For example, you can pick up gifts from Kazakhstan in the form of souvenir felt rugs, purchase a panel decorated with a national ornament.
About the cost of souvenirs
All felt souvenirs can be bought from 400 to 2500 tenge. Kazakhstan is famous for its skilled craftsmen, so you can find quality products at affordable prices in large markets or choose a souvenir you like in a shopping center.
For example, bright and warm slippers can be bought for 400 tenge, and a beautiful panel can be purchased for 2000 tenge. For reference: 1 tenge is 0.18 rubles.
Genuine leather products
Your friends and relatives will surely be delighted with souvenirs and gifts made of genuine leather. For example, leather flasks, key holders, wallets, cases, complemented by decorative ornaments, look quite impressive.
Their cost depends on the size, quality of the skin, as well as the ability to bargain.
Precious items
Do not know what to bring from Kazakhstan to your family and friends? Take a look at the silver products offered by Kazakh craftsmen. Original unique masterpieces made by local jewelers will not leave anyone indifferent. Complex Kazakh patterns made in silver are complemented by cornelian, amethyst, chrysoprase, jade, chalcedony.
For fashionistas, you can pick up massive silver necklaces, pendants, and bracelets. Modern Kazakh jewelers offer jewelry in which folk traditions are combined with modern technologies. Bracelets for watches, pendants, jewelry sets, all this is offered in a huge assortment, so even the most demanding fashionistas can make their choice.
Bowls
Elegant pottery made for long tea time. Porcelain set of bowls purchased in Kazakhstan, as if created for pleasure and communication.
Kazakh masters offer products for every taste, wallet. For example, local ceramic dishes will be a wonderful gift for connoisseurs of classic tea drinking. Any housewife who will be presented with such dishes will definitely be satisfied.
Wood and bone products
Thinking about what to bring from Kazakhstan? Pay attention to the products of bone and wood. In Kazakhstan, craftsmen offer numerous products that will be useful in everyday life. For example, you can buy handmade checkers or chess made of natural wood. There are also wooden dishes created by craftsmen from elm wood. You will be offered kumis sets, trays, various plates that your friends will appreciate.
Handicraft, involving fine artistic carvings, reflects the beauty of the local ornament, and will also become an adornment of your interior.
Local food
All local food has an unusual taste, besides, the benefits of koumiss are known throughout the world. For true food gourmets, this drink made from mare's milk will be a welcome gift.
Horse sausage has an amazing taste, offered to tourists in smoked or dried form. Kurt balls, which are dry salty cheese, have an unusual taste.
Friends and those fruits that you take with you from their sunny Kazakhstan will appreciate it. At the local market you can buy prunes, pears, apples of the Aport variety.
Sweets
Since the ruble to tenge exchange rate is quite stable, it is quite possible to find chocolate and Kazakh sweets made at the Rakhat confectionery factory at quite affordable prices. It is difficult to find at least one tourist who found himself in the territory of Kazakhstan, who would deny himself the pleasure to try "Rakhatov" products. The average price of sweets is 150 tenge. Given that the ruble to tenge exchange rate is approximately one in five, this is a fairly low price for tasty and high-quality sweets.
Kazakhstan cognac
What is this country associated with among tourists? The first items that come to mind are the Kazakh skullcap and local cognac.
Currently, the selection of this strong drink is quite wide. Since it has a specific taste, local cognac is in demand among guests from neighboring countries. Europeans are very careful about this alcoholic drink, prefer to purchase products from well-known world brands. The average cost of Kazakh cognac is about 700 tenge.
National baseball caps, caps, skullcaps with inscriptions on them are popular among the younger generation of tourists.
Among the democratic and useful souvenirs that can be brought from Kazakhstan, we also highlight multi-colored T-shirts with inscriptions. This product is in demand among tourists coming from different parts of the world.
Small souvenirs
What else can you capture from this country for your friends, numerous relatives? In local markets, craftsmen offer a huge range of trinkets, dolls, coins, magnets, pens made of bone, wood, genuine leather. For example, a small copy of the Golden Man is of interest, as well as small key rings, on which there is a coin in 100 tenge.
Tourists are also interested in the souvenir in the form of an apple, which symbolizes this sunny and hospitable country. The cost of these small souvenirs ranges from several hundred tenge, depending on the size, material, and also on the tourist’s ability to trade.
Kazakhstan is developing rapidly, so local craftsmen take into account the innovations that occur in the modern world. For example, among numerous souvenirs, you can find unusual flash cards, business cards, made in the national style.
Such products will not only be an excellent way to recall the days that were spent in Kazakhstan, but will also be used for its intended purpose.
The camisole, embroidered with gold and silver threads, arouses genuine admiration among tourists. Not all guests of Kazakhstan can afford such a product, mainly this element of national clothing is in demand among officials and entrepreneurs.
For lovers of functional and useful gifts and souvenirs, we recommend choosing an embroidered local blanket called korpe. These handmade products are used as a comfortable and soft lining on a stool or chair. That korpe is used for covering stools, moreover, such a thing will be indispensable when traveling to nature. Fans of original handmade products, who received a unique product as a gift, will be pleased with your gift.
Many travelers who come to the welcoming, southern country bring a variety of hats from here. For example, a real Kazakh chapan is of interest. Not all people are capable of wearing this heavy headgear, but as an original souvenir brought from Kazakhstan, it is quite possible to consider it.
For fans of small and compact souvenirs, local craftsmen recommend choosing bright and colorful skullcaps. True connoisseurs of oriental culture are trying to bring just a skullcap from these lands.
Such a useful souvenir brought from a sunny, hospitable country will be a great present for work colleagues.
Tea from Kazakhstan
True connoisseurs of this tasty and healthy drink appreciate the unique and inimitable taste of genuine Kazakh tea. Among the many tea brands offered at local supermarkets, Rahmet and Assam are of particular interest. Guests and locals are trying to purchase the products of these tea brands.
National products are almost never found outside the country, therefore, true connoisseurs of Kazakh cuisine, gourmets, local producers are advised to try shubat, packaging, tulk, without moving far from Kazakhstan.
As for such a specific drink as “Tan”, now it is quite possible to get it in large domestic food stores, so it’s absolutely not necessary to go to Kazakhstan itself.
Of course, in order to enjoy the true taste of the “tana”, gourmets still go to the territory of Kazakhstan.
Real local products can be purchased in Almaty only at grocery stores.
Conclusion
Kazakhstan is a country with unique national traditions, gastronomic delights, therefore, millions of tourists from different parts of the globe annually try to get here. In addition to beautiful dried goods, souvenirs made of genuine leather, people also seek to take food products from this hospitable country as souvenirs.
For example, it is difficult to refrain from taking jerky from Kazakhstan. Manufacturers made sure that their products do not deteriorate, offering them in a vacuum package.
As an unusual souvenir for tourists who are in a sunny paradise, we can recommend the national currency - tenge. Since local banknotes have a very colorful appearance, they may well act as an unusual and useful souvenir. Such a memorable gift will delight friends and acquaintances, will be a wonderful reminder of this unusual country.
As a useful item that you can take with you from Kazakhstan, experienced travelers recommend the Kyzyl May oil. This is a natural extract of several medicinal plants growing in the country. This oil has unique healing, anti-inflammatory, and also antibacterial characteristics.
This product is freely available, it can be purchased not only in specialized stores, but also in local pharmacies. What other advice can be given to those planning a trip to Kazakhstan?
In order to fully enjoy the local flavor, choose the right souvenirs, food, it is better to find an escort from the locals for the entire trip.
Develop your travel program, stock up on local national currency, and boldly go for tickets to this amazing, hospitable, sunny land. There are no restrictions on the export of souvenirs and food from Kazakhstan, so feel free to go shopping.