Is one of the most unique nature tourist spot. Under the influence of thousand-year processes of weathering of sedimentary rocks, the original form of the relief had taken the shape of isolated rocks, columns and towers. Charyn canyon is a natural monument, built of sedimentary rocks whose age is about 12 million years. The walls often consist of large deposits of clay, which at sunset turn red and shimmer with amazing shadows. If you look at the canyon closely, you may “see” an ancient town, which seems to be real under the rays of the setting sun. Here time and natural factors have created countless grottoes, caves, huge cracks, as if some painter had worked on the entire canyon.
Cretaceous Mountains Aktau located in the south-east of Kazakhstan – a unique natural monument that is part of the Altyn-Emel National Park. The multi-colored hills formed from bluish-gray sandstone and red clay, interspersed with yellow and pink cornelian jasper and white quartz, resemble a layer cake. The height of the sediments reaches hundreds of meters.
Ancient low mountains, in which there are more than 5,000 petroglyph drawings from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages. Gallery of petroglyphs Tambaly are treasures of world importance and are under the protective fund of UNESCO. Here both Saks and Turkic, but the majority – the most-mysterious – were made in the era of developed bronze (more than 3000 years).
Our guide was Mihail and he was an excellent guide. He was safe, patient, knowledgeable, and respectful. The SUV was clean and had a lot of extra safety gear. The guest house was nice and the food was delicious. Of course the nature was stunning and Mihail made an effort to get us the best views. He even set out to find us horses to ride when it appeared that it wouldn’t be possible to get horses. We would definitely book a tour with Mihail again.
To leave the city had at 6 am. Since the excursion was a day, and had to catch it. The tourists had cut the road, after 3 hours we were in the village of Basshi, where we expected a little brunch. Another hour on a dirt road and we are near of the dune. To be the pioneers is always interesting, because on this day we were the first who saw him. The lack of footprints in the sand clearly talked about it. The ascent took about 40 min.
The weather was very lucky, it was cloudy, a few kilometers away from the lake Kolsai obviously rained. Rising to observatories were arranged in a memorable photo shoot. Clouds flowing over us and through us. A lot of unforgettable impressions of each participant of the tour. At the end of the road we descended down to the village Nerd. The plans were the ascent to the Kayraksky waterfall. In the end, after visiting the waterfall was still time to explore the famous Chinturgensky mossy spruce forests. All members of the city remained in full delight. I’ll see you around.
