📌Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan 🇰

📌Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

Located roughly 220 kilometres east of the capital city Almaty, Charyn Canyon is nestled in the eponymous Charyn Canyon National Park at around 3 hour’s drive from the city centre of Almaty.

𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞
🚌 Follow a tour
🚘 Drive
🧭 Navigation : Yandex Maps

𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞
🏜Valley of Castles : 2,200₸ (~RM22) [1 car, 2 pax]

𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝
🏜Valley of Castles : 1- 3 hours - walk one way, save time by paying 500₸ (~RM5) per pax for the shuttle van back
🧗🏻♀️Black Canyon : 10 - 15 minutes
🗾 Charyn River Lookout : 10 - 15 minutes

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐨
🏜Valley of Castles
🧗🏻♀️ Black Canyon
🗾 Charyn River Lookout
🌜Moon Canyon - attempted - dirt road, 4WD required
🥾 Bestamak Canyon - did not visit, unsure of road conditions
🛻 Temirlik Canyon - did not visit, unsure of road conditions

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
⭐️ It is super windy at the canyon, your hair will go crazy - you prolly will feel like you might get blown away.
☀️ Being a dessert, none of the trails are shaded. But the views on a clear day shows the snowy mountains in the far back while a cloudy day is just blankets clouds............which isn't too bad as you can still get decent pictures with all the canyons (just without a blue sky).