Kaindy Lake.
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Kaindy Lake is set in a forest of conifers 2,000-m above sea level. The lake was created as the result of the enormous limestone landslide. The embankment partitioned the gorge with a natural dam. The 400-m-long lake is almost 30 m deep. There are fine views over the Saty Gorge, the Chilik river valley and the Kaindy gorge. The dried-out trunks of submerged firtrees rise above the surface of the water like the masts of a sunken ship.

It is strange, but this uncommonly beautiful lake is almost unknown. Probably, the nearby Kolsay Lakes distract tourists attention. And nevertheless, the Kaindy Lake gradually increases in popularity every year.

The Kaindy Lake is very young, geologically. It was formed only last century, as a result of a land subsidence. Water flooded the resulting basin, forming a natural rocky gate in the middle of the lake. The flooded fir-trees have not yet decayed, and their dry tops rise above the cold water. If you have swum far away from shore, you have an opportunity to climb one of drowned firs and warm-up in the sun.

This lake is located in the canyon to the east of the Kolsay Lakes, It is necessar y to drive up to Zhalanash, the Regiona l Center, to the east of Almaty (turn to the right from the Narynkol highway before the Charyn River).

Then head from Zhalanash up to the Saty settlement in the west. This settlement is located 320 km from Almaty. It is necessary to turn to the left on the dirt road one kilometer before it, by a cemetery, This road brings you up to the lake, but only vehicles with greater power can make it. The lake is located in timber country.

There is a barrier near a forester's house. Arrangements for many days tours on Kaindy Lake are possible, the programs of which include the Scythian baths on the lake shore.

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