Tours around Almaty cities.
Tour around Big Almaty Lake
THE BIG ALMATY LAKE
Seasons: any season
Distance: 40 km
Length: 10 hours
Equipment: sports shoes and sports clothes.
Departure at 9.00. One way journey time is 2.5 hours, which includes a visit to the mud stream check dam
in the canyon of the river Bolshaya Almatinka bearing the traces of the last mud avalanches.
A mountain Lake (2,510) set in a valley 25 km outside Almaty is like a shining mirror, surrounded on all sides by magnificent peaks.
The lake changes color depending on the season - from pale green to turquoise blue.
It is 1.5 km long and 35 m. deep. Above the lake are Tien-Shan Astronomical Observatory( 2,700)
and a space station (3,300 m), where you can stay the night and gaze up at the stars.
Time of return is at 19.00.
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