Shooting tour Almaty - AK 47, Mosin, M16, Glock and others

Very poor experience, overpriced transfer to this shooting range

If you're considering this tour, know what you're actually getting. We had a "guide" who had no knowledge of the guns, couldn't answer basic questions, and gave us no historical or cultural commentary. What we paid £190+ for was, in practice, a very long (2+ hours longer than advertised), poorly communicated taxi ride to a shooting range. absolutely not worth the money. Pickup & Transfer
 After sharing our pick-up location, we were asked to be picked up a 20-minute walk away from the location we sent through (10-min prior to pick-up). The drive to the range then took 2.5 hours, far beyond the advertised 1 hour. This was particularly annoying as it was my birthday and we ended up spending nearly half a day in a car with zero warning this would happen. Different tour guide:
 We booked based on reviews praising the guide’s (Dimitri) knowledge of guns (on GetyourGuide), their history, and Almaty/Kazakhstan more broadly, which is why this is listed as a "tour," not a transfer. In reality, the guide barely spoke to us during the 2.5-hour drive, admitted he "didn't know" anything when asked about the guns, and made minimal effort to translate what range staff were explaining. None of the cultural or historical content other reviewers mentioned was provided. Entry Fee Mark-up
 The range confirmed the entry fee was 5,000 tenge (£8). We paid £190+ (for 2 ppl) for the experience, a significant markup on top of what was, at best, an inefficient taxi service. The bullets are not included. The shooting itself was enjoyable and the facility is good. However, given we were told nothing about the guns by the guide, we felt a bit confused by everything. Broken Return Time & No Accountability
 We were told via WhatsApp we'd be back by 3pm and planned our day around that. When it became obvious we'd be late, there was no proactive communication or apology, we had to raise it ourselves. We'd already rearranged another appointment to 3:50pm to accommodate the delay, but didn't get back until 5pm, two hours later than promised, making us late even for the rescheduled plan. We were told the extra delay was because "that was good for the driver," again without any prior communication. When flagging we needed to be back fro 3:50PM to Dimity via WhatsApp, our messages were just ignored. Summary
 For £190+, we got a mismanaged transfer, a guide with no relevant knowledge, an inflated entry fee, and no communication or accountability when things went wrong. I recommend just reaching out directly to gun ranges around Almaty and booking with them and arranging your own direct transfer.

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Amazing time

Dmitriy was an amazing guide for this shooting tour, even though I was the only participant, he didn't cancel it and picked me up from the hostel and dropped me off back. His shooting lessons were very easy to follow and I was able to try out both an AK and mosin nagant and dragunov snipers! Very fun experience for sure and Dmitriy is also a great person to talk to if you want to learn more about history of the region and any other tips. I booked another tour with him also afterward for alma arasan spring and the big Almaty lake tour, and he was helpful with booking it last minute!

Response from the operator: Thank you)

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