Big Almaty Lake
Good to know
- Best time to go
- May to October
- Budget
- $
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Big Almaty Lake is a glacially fed reservoir sitting at 2510 metres in the Zailiysky Alatau range directly south of Almaty, within the Ile-Alatau National Park. Its colour shifts between deep turquoise and vivid jade depending on season and sediment load, and the surrounding peaks — some exceeding 4000 metres — reflect in its surface on calm mornings. A paved road leads close to the lake's shore, making it one of the more accessible alpine lakes in the region.
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