Hike to mountain lakes in vicinities of Almaty
Excursions in Kazakhstan
Emerald edge of mountain lakes of Kazakhstan
Advance order – 2 days before
Season – from of April to of October
The program of tour:
1 Day. Transfer: Almaty – Chilik village – Kokpek village – Zhalanash village – Kaindy lake (H-1867)
(271 km, 5 hours). Walk in environs of lake. Transfer to guest house “Kolsay” (26 km), accommodation. Overnight.
2 Days. Breakfast. Passage: Guest house “Kolsay” – Lake – I (H-1818)– Lake – II (H-2252) (9 km, 2 hours). Walk in environs of lake . Back to guest house “Kolsay”. Overnight.
3 Day. Breakfast. Transfer: Guest house “Kolsay” – Saty village – Zhalanash village – Charyn canyon (100 km). Walk on a canyon up to the river. Transfer to Almaty (200 km).
Lake Kaindy
This beautiful lake is almost not known. Probably lakes Kolsajskie located near to it distract on themselves attention of tourists.
Kaindy - young lake, It was formed in XX century, in 1973 during Zhalanash earthquakes, as a result of a mountain collapse. Water has filled a hollow.
Fur-trees which grew at the bottom of a foundation ditch, have appeared flooded, their trunks tower above cold lake, therefore at lake such surprising and unique kind. This lake is, in 26 kilometers, in gorge, the rivers Kaindy, to the east from lakes Kolsay. It is necessary to pass up to the village Zhalanash located to the east from Almaty in 250 kilometers, preliminary, to turn on a guide sign «Saty», "Lake Kolsay" to the right, for 1,5 kilometers in front of the bridge through the river Charyn.
Then, not reaching settlement Saty, approximately, for 700-800 meters, before descent to settlement, in area mazars to turn on the left in a southern direction on a country road which sharply rises upward.
This road conducts up to the lake, the road only for machines with the raised passableness, is necessary ford through the river Kaindy. The lake is in territory of timber enterprise, the house of the forester has a barrier. Cost of visiting of lake - travel 300 tenges from the machine and on 200 tenges from each person.
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Near to a mouth of the river Kaindy
Trees were bleached with time
A kind on lake from the top road
From the south the river Kaindy runs
into lake
Trunks of trees
A kind on lake from northeast
By the western part of lake there
passes a highway
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