A canyon 154 km long carved by the Charyn River, with red rock formations; the Valley of Castles section has a walk of about 3 km down to the river between eroded towers. It's often compared to the Grand Canyon.
It's about 3 hours from Almaty. Combine with the Kolsai Lakes and the Kaindy Lake, with sunken spruce trees standing out of the water.
Three mountain lakes in a forested gorge in the northern Tian Shan, linked by a hiking trail.
A turquoise glacial lake at 2,500 m in the Tian Shan mountains above Almaty, surrounded by peaks.
A huge unfinished mausoleum built by Tamerlane in the late 14th century for a Sufi poet, with one of the largest brick domes in Central Asia and blue…
Kazakhstan's capital was built from scratch on the steppe from 1997, with futuristic buildings: the Bayterek Tower, a tree of life with a golden egg …
The world's first and largest space launch site, from which Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin were launched.
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