Trip to Big Almaty Mountain Lake

Trip to Big Almaty Mountain Lake

Duration - 5-7 hours
Season - all the year round
Pax - 1 - 15



To reach the lake involves a longer day trip from Almaty into the Zailiysky Alatau foothills. Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake is a turquoise lake 1.25 km long, 2500 meters high and about 32 km south of central Almaty. The route up to it, along the Bolshaya Almatinka River’s canyon, is scenic, though part of it is slightly disfigured by minor hydroelectric stations.

Itinerary: Transfer Almaty - Big Almaty lake ( the lake is 1,5 km long and 35 m deep) was formed about 8000 years ago as result tectonic fluctuation. (H-2527) (30 km, 1,5 hours). Walking at environs of lake. Lunch. Back to Almaty.

The cost includes: transport, lunch, guide services, ecological taxes.