The airline "miles" idea, on foot: the further you go on a tour, the more tulku you earn. What you collect turns into a straight manat discount on your next booking.
Tulku needs no card and no app: you book with your number and the balance builds up on that same number. To see and spend it you need a free account — one is created for you after your first booking, you just confirm your email. It is not an abstract "point" either: one tulku has a fixed manat value that comes straight off the amount you pay.
How it works
1
Go on a tour
Book a tour that has a route. Once the payment is confirmed and the tour is over, the tulku lands in your balance.
2
Check your balance
Sign in to your account and enter your own number on your next booking — the balance shows up straight away. No app needed.
3
Turn it into a discount
At the payment step choose "use" and the discount comes off the total right away. No SMS or WhatsApp code — your account proves the number is yours.
How tulku is calculated
Not only distance counts — climbing does too: every 100 metres of ascent is treated as one kilometre. That way a short but steep summit hike is not worth less than a long flat walk. Distance and ascent are read from the tour's GPS track rather than typed in by hand, so the same tour gives everyone the same tulku.
Worked example
(6.1 km + 1148 m ÷ 100) × 10 = 176 🦊
That is 176 tulku per person — about 1.76 ₼ off.
Tulku is credited for every paid seat: a booking for three people earns three times as much. It does not matter whose name the seats are in — the tulku goes to the phone number on the booking.
Limits on the discount
There is a minimum: below 100 tulku the discount cannot be selected.
At most 30% of a booking can be paid with tulku — the rest is paid normally.
Unspent tulku expires after 12 months, counted from the date the tour ended.
A booking either uses tulku or it does not — you cannot part-apply it and top it up later.
What to keep in mind
On tours with a route (GPS track), tulku is based on distance and ascent. Tours without a route also give a fixed amount of tulku per participant. If the tour page shows how much tulku it gives, it qualifies.
Points are recorded once the payment is confirmed and unlock when the tour is over — until then they show as "pending". If the tour or the booking is cancelled, the tulku is taken back.
When you apply a discount the tulku is held from your balance immediately and settled once the organiser confirms the booking. If the booking falls through, the held tulku returns to your balance automatically.
The name on the booking has to match the name the balance was built up under — you cannot spend someone else's tulku. On an unfamiliar device the name is shown masked (Z***** T*****).
Tulku earned on a tour can only be spent with that organizer. Gotabiat tulku (promo codes, camp sites) can be used on any organizer's tour.
The oldest tulku is always spent first, and discounts are calculated in whole manats (any remainder stays on your balance).
Where it works
Each organiser sets their own rates, so the numbers can differ.
No. The balance is tied to your phone number. Typing it into the booking form is enough — no password, app or plastic card.
What if I turn back before the end of the tour?+
Tulku follows the tour's published route; your actual steps are not tracked. If the payment was confirmed and the tour ran, the balance is credited.
Do seats I buy for children or friends count?+
Yes — every paid seat earns tulku, and all of it goes to the number on the booking.
Can I spend tulku earned with one organiser somewhere else?+
Tulku earned on a tour — no, it only works on that organizer's tours. Gotabiat tulku (promo code and camp site rewards) is valid with every organizer.
Do I lose my tulku if I cancel?+
No. On a cancelled booking the held discount returns to your balance and the earning for that trip is removed.
How do I see my balance?+
It appears as soon as you type your number into the booking form. On a familiar device the name and number fill in by themselves; on an unfamiliar one only the masked name is shown.
