When life gets tough, visit these places to feel the healing power of nature.
📍Altyn-Emel National Park
This park is dominated by desert, gobi, and rocky terrain, and is part of the Silk Road World Heritage Site. The park has a unique natural landscape: when the west wind blows, the sand dunes sound like an organ.
📍Ili-Alatau National Park
With mountains, grasslands, forests, glaciers, and rivers, this park is a perfect habitat for rare and protected animals such as snow leopards, brown bears, and lynxes.
📍Charyn National Park
Castle Valley, canyons, peaks, and cliffs. From a bird's eye view, this place is like a huge canvas, and the red cliffs, rock pillars, and natural arches are the suspenseful brushstrokes.
📍Kolsai Lakes National Park
Known as the "Pearl of the Tianshan Mountains", 72% of the land is strictly protected. The distant mountains are reflected in the lake. Standing here, it seems that all troubles can be blown away by the breeze.
📍Kokshetau National Park
Known as the "Pearl of Kazakhstan", the park has mature tourism planning and is the best place for hiking enthusiasts and nature lovers.
📍Burabay National Park
Scientists have recorded more than 610 vascular plants in the park, accounting for 27.1% of the species in the central highlands of Kazakhstan. If you want to see cute wild animals, you must not miss this place.
📍Katun Karagay National Park
Kazakhstan's largest park, the park is mountainous and covered by glaciers, usually at an altitude of over 3,000 meters.
📍Jungar Alatau National Park
The purpose of establishing this park is to protect local precious wood species. The most famous is Sievers' apple (Malus sieversii), which is the source of all cultivated apple varieties in the world.
📍Burabai National Park
A favorite place of nature for Astana residents and tourists. Climbing Mount Bolektau, you can fully appreciate the beautiful scenery of the surrounding area.
📍Bayanaul National Park
Established in 1985, it is the first national park in Kazakhstan and has absorbed many legends and beliefs. At the same time, the park has a rare species-argali.
📍Karkaraly National Park
In the park, the hiking route to the most famous lake in the national park-Pool Lake and Shaitankol Lake is popular among tourists.
📍Sairam-Ugam National Park
There are 240 plants listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and you can also learn about religious buildings, rock paintings, and the lives of residents in different historical periods.
📍Tarbagatai National Park
The warm climate has attracted many marmots to settle here. At the same time, the park is far away from human habitation and is a paradise for close-up views of the original natural scenery.
📍Ulytau National Park
The youngest park, there are more than 600 rare plants including medicinal plants, and there are birds of prey such as golden eagles, steppe eagles, and cave eagles, all of which are listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan.