Nice photos captured on the way from Almaty to Shymkent by Armen Atanes.

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Tags: Almaty oblast · landscapes · railway · South Kazakhstan oblast

In addition to the post devoted to Charyn canyon also known as Castle’s valley we offer you several beautiful pictures of it that can be nice wallpapers. The photos were captured by Roman Barelko and are all clickable. Also there are several versions of every picture for the screen resolution you need on the site of the author.

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Tags: Almaty oblast · Charyn canyon · wallpapers

Charyn canyon is unique natural monument of Kazakhstan formed about 30 million years ago located about 200 km from Almaty city. The photos by tengry.net (all pictures are clickable).

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Tags: Almaty oblast · Charyn canyon

Kazakhstan people have really a great land.

Tags: landscapes · Nature

Kaindy Lake (Almaty oblast) appeared as a result of earthquake happened in 1910. Today the area surrounding the lake has the status of Kazakhstan national park. The water of the lake is cold but it is especially popular among the divers because of the picturesque views of underwater trees. The photos by tengry.net (clickable).

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Tags: Almaty oblast · Kaindy Lake

Altyn Yemel is the largest national park of Kazakhstan located in Almaty oblast, about 150 km from Almaty city. There is a unique object of history and archaeology on its territory – Besshatyr burial mounds.

The necropolis has the tombs of Eastern Scythians or Saky-Tigrakhauda people lived on that territory in 7th-6th centuries BC. There are 30 mounds located in the area. The largest one is the King’s mound with the height of 17 meters and a diameter of 104 meters. And here is the video of the area.

Tags: Almaty oblast · Altyn Yemel · Besshatyr · burial mounds · national park

Borovoye (also spelled Borovoe) is a famous Kazakhstan health resort located in Akmola oblast. Here is a nice video of the resort nature views at summer time.

Tags: Akmola oblast · Borovoye · health resort

Bayanaul state national nature park is the national park of Kazakhstan located in the southeast of Pavlodar oblast, about 100 km from Ekibastuz city. The park is known as one of the most beautiful places of Kazakhstan. Photos by tengry.net

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Tags: Bayanaul · national park · Pavlodar oblast

On the route Almaty – Medeu there is a sign “Butakovka”. Before the last stop of the bus #29 turn left, after passing through a small village in about 10 miles the road will bring you to the amazingly picturesque place – Butakovka valley (photos by tengry.net).

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Tags: Almaty oblast · Butakovka · valley

The following Martian looking landscapes are Boguty mountains located to the east of Almaty city (Almaty oblast) of Kazakhstan. The photos were captured by A.Zhdanko (all the pictures are clickable).

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Tags: Almaty oblast · Boguty · mountains