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Alakol Lake
At the moment the only permits needed for the Alakol Area is permission from the local police in Usharal to go into the mountain area near the Chinese border. While there are still many open places to go hiking, one should first check with the local authorities to make sure where you plan to go is okay. Also arrangements need to be made with the local Zapovednik administration in Usharal before going into the Zapovednik conservation areas ... |
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Balkhash Lake
There is a legend; saying that rich man Balkhash had a beautiful daughter Ili. Once Balkhash held a feast and promised to give the winner of the contest his daughter as a wife. Ili loved Karatal the shepard. She helped Karatal to win the contest of grooms. But Balkhash didn't want to give him Ili. And the young lovers ran away. And the angry father could not catch the fugitives so he turned them into rivers and turned himself into a lake between them ... |
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Big Almaty Lake
Upon studying a map of the foothills, you might think that if there is a Big Almaty Lake, then a small one should exist somewhere nearby. But that is not the case. Big Almaty Lake has no close relatives, so to speak. It is one of a kind. It is proudly referred to as the closest mountain lake to the outskirts of Almaty ...
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Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea is the largest closed reservoir in the world, which washes the western part of Kazakhstan. The name of the Sea is connected with the Caspii tribes who had settled shores from time immemorial. It had had such names as Girkanskoye, Khazarskoye, Khvalynskoye. The first mentions about Caspian Sea and its tribes were in the works of Gerodot ... |
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Charyn River Canyon
The Charyn Canyon is one of the most exotic places you could visit. The strange forms left by erosion and weathering created an unreal fairyland of weird sandstone sculptures - the Valley of Castles, Witches' Gorge, and so on. The canyon extends for 154 km NE-SW along the Charyn River, one of the deepest rivers of the northern Tien-Shan (200 km east of Almaty) ...
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Ili River
The Ili River is the artery of Semirechye tourism. The name of the river has been taken from the Mongolian "Ilansu", that means flickering, sparkling. Hi is formed by the confluence of the Kunges and Tekes Rivers flowing from the Central Tien-Shan. It flows along an intention main valley within Kazakhstan; the valley is wide and flat ...
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Irtysh River
Black Irtysh river flows into Zaisan lake in the east, flowing out of China. The river flows through exotic desert landscapes. Right bank is steep and abrupt. The left is gently sloping with sandy beaches. River flood-lands are overgrown with wood, consisting of great poplar and shrubs. It's a kingdom of boars, roe-deer and pheasants ... |
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Kaindy Lake
The Kaindy lake is set in the Kungei Alatau, near the more famous Kolsai lakes. The unique nature of the Kaindy lake is in special charm and fresh beauty of this area. The gorge itself contains a manmade birch grove perfect ly fitting in the canifer landscape. 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 ... |
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The Kapshagai Reservoir
Kapshagai is an Almaty satellite city, it appeared in connection with the construction of the Kapshagai Hydroelectric power station on the Ili River. However, the majority of the Almaty citizens understand this, first of all, as the reservoir of the same name ... |
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Kolsay Lakes
Kolsai lakes are one of the treasures of the Northern Tien-Shan. These three picturesque mountain lakes, set among steep pine-clad slopes, nestle in a spur of the Kungei Alatau. This is a wonderful place for hiking, camping and mountain biking. The lowest height, at of 1,818, stretches for 1 km. It is accessible by road and there are comfortable guesthouses and campsites ... |
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Maloulbinskoye reservoir
20 km to the south from Ridder there is a beautiful Maloulbinskoye reservoir , a part of the oldest hydro energetic complex of Kazakhstan which was founded in the 1938. It represents engineering and technical historical monument ... |
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Shalkar Lake
Shalkar lake is the history and nature monument, object of tourism, rest and treatment.
Glorious nature left us a wonderful ancient monument - Shalkar Lake, which situated in Ural area.
Shalkar Lake has unique ecological, scientific, cultural, recreational and esthetic value ... |
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Sibinskie Lakes
The object is located 85 km away from Ust-Kamenogorsk - for 2 hours journey with asphaltic covering. During the trip the tourists can observe picturesque hilly landscape with granite massifs. Lakes can be used as a non-basic tourist object for demonstration at Eastern route. It's a system of 5 splendid clean and transparent lakes surrounded by granite mountains, which have joint name Sibinskie (Ablaketskie) Second level object. Can be used as an object of Ecological tourism ... |
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Zaisan Lake
Zaisan lake is located 30 km away from Kiin-Kirish - unpaved road. Zaisan lake - huge freshwater reservoir, where a lot of fish is found. Its length is about 100 km, 30 km wide, the area exceeds 1800 square kilometers, depth - 8 meters. With the advent of stars in the sky, one can tuneful jingle hear a tuneful jingle, resembling humming of wires ... |
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