Beautiful lake and place to get away from the city pollution. More

The blue / green of the lake with high mountains around MUST be seen if you visit Almaty. It will take at least one hour 1/2 from the city centre, and it is really worth it. More

Great view and fresh air. If you walk by foot up in the mountain and get tired you have your best reward in the end of trip! More

Very nice and short trekking, you also can eat in a typical yurt next to the road going up to the lake More

Very interesting drive to the mountains. went even higher. really beatifull scenery More

This is just amazing. High hills lake on the level of 2000 m above the sea. different and really beautiful in different seasons. There is not too far to the space station (observatory) where you can ask to look to the sky thru 1.8m telescope during the night. More

Beautifull place! Lake ia amazing. Mountains fantastic! That is reaaly wonderfull place. However the road to the lake is not good. The road is the only one thing that could make the joutney not so easy. But while you go to the Big Almaty Lake you will enjoy the beauty of almaty nature. You can have a picknik on the... More

I went there with one of the 100.000 people that run private cars as taxi in Almaty.The trip take about one hour from town.The lake is located at 2500 mt height .I was there in august.Pretty cold,around 5-6 °C.The area around the lake is protected by a berrier. Police control people not cross the line and walk too cloose to... More

Big Almaty Lake is near Almaty. The name may be a little misleading - the lake is not very big but is named after the big almaty river which supplies it. The lake lies in the Ili-Alatau National Park. The water in the lake supplies some of the water to the city of Almaty and we walked up the waterpipe... More