Bayanaul State National Natural Park is a national park in Kazakhstan, located in the south of Pavlodar Oblast, approximately 100 km south of the city of Ekibastuz. It is one of the specially protected natural areas of Kazakhstan.

The park was founded in 1985, becoming the first national park in Kazakhstan. The reason for creating the park was the need to preserve and restore the natural flora and fauna of the Bayanaul mountain range. The total area of ​​the park is 684.5 square kilometers. Bayanaul National Park on Google Maps. Photos by: Taimas Nurtaev.

The territory of Bayanaul National Park is located within the Kazakh Uplands, which, having formed as a large mountainous region in the Upper Paleozoic era, has undergone a long history of continental erosion and therefore currently has relatively low elevations (from 400 to 1,027 meters above sea level).

Bayanaul is one of the favorite destinations for tourists, mainly from the nearby cities of Central and Northern Kazakhstan. Several types of recreation are available in the park, including swimming, hiking in the mountains, rock climbing, and mountain biking.

Of particular interest to tourists in Bayanaul are the individual rocks and stones, which, as a result of centuries of erosion by wind and water, have taken on bizarre shapes, sometimes resembling animals, people, or even a truck descending from a mountain.

Although the area is characterized by a sharply continental climate, Bayanaul does not experience the strong winds and sandstorms that are common in the steppe regions of Pavlodar Oblast.

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