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Kazakhstan

Zhongar-Alatau National Park

National park Protected area Protected area of Kazakhstan of republican significance

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Zhongar-Alatau National Park, National park in Zhetisu Region, Kazakhstan

The protected area extends over 356,022 hectares across the northern slopes of Zhetysu-Alatau mountains, featuring steep canyons and numerous glacial streams.

The national park received its protected status on April 30, 2010, becoming the most recent addition to Kazakhstan's network of national parks.

Archaeological discoveries within the park include Scythian burial grounds, ancient petroglyphs, and remains of a medieval settlement with a temple complex.

The park maintains seven marked tourist routes that lead visitors through forests, mountains, and glaciers, with access points from Aksu, Sarkand, and Alakol districts.

The territory contains wild Sievers Apple trees, covering one percent of the park's area, representing the genetic source of all cultivated apple varieties worldwide.

Location: Zhetisu Region

Inception: April 30, 2010

Website: http://fhc.kz/kz/forest/330/5933

GPS coordinates: 45.25556,80.77698

Latest update: May 14, 2025 17:48

Photo author: Chingiz Momyshev
Photo license: CC BY-SA 4.0

Nature areas in Kazakhstan: national parks, mountains, lakes and canyons

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Kazakhstan stretches across an impressive variety of landscapes, from high mountains to vast steppes, from hidden mountain lakes to wide desert plains. The country protects numerous natural areas that show these differences and allow visitors to experience places that remain little changed. In the national parks and reserves, you can walk through forests, stand by quiet lakes, or explore canyons shaped over thousands of years. Among the most visited are Charyn Canyon with its red rock walls, Burabay National Park with its pine forests and granite boulders, and Big Almaty Lake, which sits in a narrow valley at over 2500 meters elevation. Kaindy Lake is known for its submerged trees, their trunks still rising from the water. In the southern regions you find Aksu-Zhabagly, the country's oldest nature reserve, while in the east Mount Belukha, the highest peak of the Altai range, stands on the border with Russia. Each of these places offers its own picture of what nature looks like in this part of Central Asia.

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