Surely not everyone will get the idea to go for treatment and rest to the resorts of Kazakhstan. And it’s very in vain, because among them there are places that are known far beyond the borders of this state and are rightfully worthy of as many tourists as possible visiting them. Indeed, for example, the Shchuchinsko-Borovsk resort area, famous for its magnificent mountains and pristine lakes, gives its guests an unforgettable experience. Nature has created the best conditions for the treatment of various diseases, which is why many health resorts were erected in this area.
Here is the famous "Okzhetpes" - a sanatorium owned by the Medical Center of the Presidential Administration. Its infrastructure and medical facilities are at a very high level, so there is practically no end to those who want to come here.
When was the Kazakhstan health resort formed?
1965 can be considered the time of birth of JSC LOK “Okzhetpes”. The sanatorium opened its doors at the base of a rest house belonging to the Tselinnaya Regional Executive Committee. Already in 1966, everyone knew him as a climatic health resort called "Yasnaya Polyana". The sanatorium could simultaneously receive 75 guests for treatment.
In the summer of 2001, or rather, in the month of July, the health resort decided to conduct a major reconstruction. When it ended, a new date appeared in the life of the institution: March 17, 2003. Yes, the complex was under repair for two years, but now Okzhetpes is a sanatorium equipped with the latest technology, which even managed to get several prestigious awards.
One of them, issued in 2006, classified the sanatorium as the "Best Resorts in the World". They awarded her for the fact that in the Okzhetpes health resort there was an active scientific activity and great successes were achieved in organizing health-improving processes.
Modern health resort description
Today, the Okzhetpes sanatorium (Borovoe) is a modern health-improving complex. It is equipped with the best advanced technology designed for the diagnosis and timely treatment of patients of all ages, including the smallest.
On the territory of the health resort there is a main residential complex consisting of seven floors. It is here that comfortable rooms accommodate guests arriving here. Okzhetpes is a sanatorium that operates throughout the year, so vacationers can enjoy the local beauty and receive high-quality treatment in a variety of months and seasons.
Green and well-groomed territory is replete with beautiful flower beds and benches, where you can relax during a walk or just sit for your pleasure. The nice arbours meeting guests here and there can also be a great place for unity with nature. You can come to Lake Borovoe, because there is an equipped beach. So in the summer, swimming is a type of leisure in a health resort.
Exact location
The Okzhetpes sanatorium is located in an insanely beautiful place with a majestic pine forest. In the immediate vicinity of the health resort there is Lake Borovoye, stunning with its beauty, which, without a doubt, is a real gem of all Burabay. Nearby there are also unique natural sights that are familiar to every fan of these places. We are, of course, talking about incredibly beautiful rocks under the names Zhumbaktas and Okzhetpes. And if you go for a short walk along the pine forest, you can find yourself next to the Polyana Abylay Khan.
The distance from the capital of Kazakhstan to the health resort is 250 km, and to the regional center of Kokshetau you need to drive only 70 km.
How to get here?
Vacationers who have purchased tickets to the Okzhetpes sanatorium do not have many options for getting here. All methods of transfer to a health resort are reduced to private or public transport.
For example, it is best to come from the international airport in Astana or Almaty by rail to the resort called Borovoe. Already from here you can order a taxi or take the minibus or bus, which will take you to the village of Burabay.
A car trip straight from Astana or Kokshetau should pass through the city of Schuchinsk, and then continue along the regional highway before entering the sanatorium.
Number of rooms
Okzhetpes is a sanatorium that offers its guests a variety of spacious rooms, each of which is equipped with the necessary new furniture and modern household appliances.
On seven floors of the residential building there are more than 100 rooms of various categories. For their relaxation and treatment, tourists can choose:
- One room with an area of 19 square meters. There is a double bed, necessary furniture, TV, air conditioning, telephone, safe, slippers with a bathrobe and hairdryer.
- Two-room second-class suite with a balcony of 27.5 square meters. The bedroom is equipped with a double bed. The living room has a wonderful corner for relaxation, each of the rooms is equipped with a TV.
- Two-room first class suite. An area of 30 meters includes a marathon, a coffee table and a bidet.
- VIP number. Contains two bedrooms with an area of 32.5 square meters. There are two mini-refrigerators and a cabinet, an electric kettle, a chest of drawers and a coffee table. The bathroom has a bidet and two sinks.
- Luxury apartments, consisting of two bedrooms, two living rooms and an entrance hall, with a total area of 165.6 square meters. The standard set of furniture here is doubled, there are also two sideboards, a dining room and tea sets. In addition to two mini-refrigerators, the room is equipped with a large refrigerator.
High-quality housekeeping is provided daily in all rooms, so they are always clean and tidy.
What diseases are treated in a sanatorium?
Sanatorium "Okzhetpes" year-round receives within its walls all guests who have diseases:
- cardiovascular, nervous and musculoskeletal systems;
- ENT and respiratory system;
- skin and peripheral vessels;
- digestive organs;
- gynecological and urological.
Also, the leading specialists of the sanatorium have created special wellness programs that combine corrective, diagnostic, and information-educational methods of medicine aimed at restoring the body. The list of these programs includes such popular areas as "Easy breathing", "Women's health", "Slim figure" and "Easy walk".
Treatment methods
The medical base available at the Okzhetpes sanatorium is very rich and truly unique. All patients here are received by highly qualified doctors of various directions, so that the picture of the health status of each guest is very complete and detailed. You can have a consultation with a cardiologist, general practitioner, endocrinologist, nutritionist, gynecologist, otolaryngologist, dentist and neurologist.
Also, using modern methods of hardware diagnostics, qualitative analyzes of biomaterials, all kinds of research and monitoring are carried out. Of course, in the health resort there are all kinds of rooms for procedures and massage, physiotherapy and balneology departments, a separate room for inhalations, as well as a phytobar.
In the treatment of diseases by the doctors of the sanatorium, natural remedies are used that directly affect the improvement of the condition of patients:
- A unique climate with clean air and the presence of pine forest;
- mineral water from Lake Maybalik, which contains a lot of magnesium and bromine salts;
- silt mud from a lake called Balpashsor;
- radon waters and pantotherapy;
- treatment with koumiss and Kulager-Arasan mineral water;
- treatment with diets.
What does the sanatorium treatment program include?
By purchasing a sanatorium ticket to Okzhetpes health resort, patients receive a certain list of wellness and treatment procedures. Based on data on human health, the doctor draws up an individual course of treatment, which will include such measures:
- consultations of medical specialists;
- general blood and urine tests;
- ECG;
- therapeutic walks;
- diet food;
- phytotherapy;
- koumiss treatment;
- intake of several types of mineral water;
- physiotherapy;
- various baths, mud therapy, hydropathy;
- climatotherapy;
- physical, magnetic, laser therapy;
- taking oxygen cocktails,
- inhalation;
- psychological relief room;
- gynecological and dental irrigation with mineral water;
- swimming pool;
- fitness;
- ski walks.
Treatment courses in the sanatorium are designed for 6, 10 or 14 days.
How is food organized?
In every sanatorium, nutrition is an integral part of the entire medical process that is prescribed to patients. And "Okzhetpes" in this matter is not an exception to the rule. For vacationers, special therapeutic diets are organized here. Any of them is characterized by a certain type of culinary processing, as well as a special vitamin and mineral composition.
During the day, four meals a day are provided, at a separate time, koumiss is issued. In some cases, patients who need more frequent meals, in agreement with the attending physician, an individual diet can be established.
Patients take one meal in a spacious dining room, which can accommodate up to 200 people at a time. The sanatorium has a menu-based food ordering system, that is, each patient chooses what he likes best the next day from the dishes on the menu. At the same time, each guest is offered a list of food that is fully consistent with the diet that the doctor prescribed him.
Does the sanatorium have entertainment and other services?
Sanatorium “Okzhetpes” offers its guests not only high-quality treatment. At a time when patients are free from undergoing procedures and consulting with specialists, they can have a great time and find something to their liking.
For this, all necessary conditions are created on the territory of the health resort. Internet lovers can enjoy fast wireless Wi-Fi, which is surely caught throughout. Book lovers can visit the local library and choose the right literature. Some of the patients will probably want to play billiards, because in the sanatorium there are as many as four special tables with everything necessary for the game.
Evenings can be passed in the cinema, designed for 250 seats. At 17-00 cartoons are shown here, and the adult session starts at 8 pm. In the lobby of the restaurant every evening there is some kind of fun event. For example, a disco, various concerts or singing karaoke can be organized here.
For the young patients of the sanatorium there is an equipped children's room, in which fun is provided for each child. And for those who are watching their appearance or just want to relax, there is a spa complex, which is happy to welcome every guest.
You can also organize various excursions to the natural attractions of this region, allowing you to fully enjoy the beauty of these places.
How much to pay for pleasure?
In this sanatorium of Kazakhstan, accommodation prices are considered very high. However, the list and quality of services that are offered here are fully justified. It is indicated, by the way, in tenge - the national currency of Kazakhstan. To understand the price level, you should know that for 100 tenge you need to pay about 18.9 rubles.
In the most expensive season (from June to August) prices for one day start from 42,400 tenge per one-room apartment. Moreover, the most expensive apartments will cost 112,700 tenge, two-room suites of classes 1 and 2 will cost 50,900 and 56,800, respectively. A two-room VIP will cost 59,800 tenge.
The rest of the time, it is possible to visit the Okzhetpes sanatorium with accommodation in a single room for 35,000, in two-room suites of 1 and 2 categories for 46,600 and 52,000 tenge, respectively. For a two-room VIP it will be necessary to give 54 800, and for an apartment 103 000 tenge.
You can get tickets to this resort with the help of various travel agencies, for example, through the company A-Mega Tour, located in the city of Kokshetau.
Guests are talking about the sanatorium
All patients arriving for treatment at the Okzhetpes sanatorium (Borovoye) leave almost equally positive reviews. They like everything in this place: the treatment, the surrounding countryside, and clean, comfortable rooms. Guests praise a varied diet, as well as a wide range of treatment procedures.
Against the backdrop of such enthusiastic responses, even the high cost of rest in this place is not particularly striking.
Resorts of Kazakhstan are not very popular in our country. However, some places, thanks to their unique qualities, have long been known. The Okzhetpes sanatorium deserves to be among the most desirable places of rest and treatment for each resident of not only Kazakhstan, but also the neighboring republics.