Katon-Karagay National Park
Kazakhstan Nature National Parks. Kazakhstan recreation zones
Welcome to Katon-Karagai!
Eastern Kazakhstan is a truly unique part of Central Asia bordering Russia, China, and Mongolia. Here the Silk Road branches out, connecting Southern Siberia, the Altai, Central Asia and Western China. The landscape is colorful, with snow covered mountain peaks, fantastical rocky cliffs, enchanting cedar forests, wonderful lakes, fast-flowing rivers and brightly colored wildflowers.
Accommodation
Guesthouses in Uryil, Berel, Yazevoe, Akmaral villages. You can prepare a meal yourself on the gas stove or hosts will prepare Kazakh national food.
Food is prepared using locally available ingredients wherever possible, often including fruit, vegetables, and bread, honey and dairy products grown or made by your hosts.
And of course, tea is always available!
Activities
Horse and hike routes around the National Park, accompanied by a guide.
Visit local craftsmanship, where you can buy some souvenirs.
To fish using rods or nets.
Berry and herb picking; at different times of the summer you can collect wild strawberries, blackberries, black and red currant, and raspberries, mushroom
Honey farms, where you can have an introduction to honey making, taste and buy the most delicious honey in Altai, try honey beer and even have a bee poison treatment.
Traditional farms, where you can try cow and goat milking, and learn about fodder collection and storage, and the production of a dairy products including cheese, butter, and sour cream.
Useful information
Katon-Karagai region is situated in the border zone of Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China and Russia.
If you want to take a walk or trip around the territory of National Park, you need to register at the administration office before entering (184 T for Kazakhstan citizens per person per day, for visitors holding a passport for countries outside Kazakhstan and the CIS another price)
You visit a mountain region, where the weather is very changeable. Particularly for treks, we suggest that you bring with you: hat, sun glasses, light waterproof jacket, warm clothes for evening, good mood!
Community Based Ecotourism
By choosing this destination or any other offered by the Ecotourism Information Resource Center you will be playing an important part in supporting these special places.
What makes these trips different is that all the services are operated
by and benefit local people. You will have the pleasure of meeting the people who call these beautiful places "home", and the satisfaction of knowing that the money you spend is staying in the area - providing much-needed income to the families you meet and protecting the environment you explore.
Contact Details:
Ecotourism Information Resource Centre
Republic of Kazakhstan
050091, Almaty
71 Zheltoksan Str.
Phone/Fax: +7 /3272/ 79 81 46
e-mail: ecotourism.kz@mail.kz
Or phone the local coordinator on 79 81 46, 78 02 89
Joint project of OrexCA.com and KTA & KAGIR. Information is taken from CD "All about tourism in Kazakhstan"
