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The Big Almaty Lake is located about 25km uphills from Almaty, at the top of the Big Almaty River Valley. The lake is not very spectacular and its banks have been filled with concrete. However, the valley is very scenic. The mountains rise gradually revealing the layers of different vegetation as they become less lush with altitude to disappear completely above 3,000. Glaciers and snow remain all year round above about 3,500 meters. The valley is filled with colourful flowers and dotted with pale yurts, many of which are for rent in the summer or hide cosy cafes offering teas and kymyz, fermented horse milk, which doubles for wine or beer. It takes about 2.5 hours to drive all the way to the lake from Almaty, as the road in the National Park is in a very bad condition. Authorities gave up repairing it as each spring it is ruined by massive mud and rock flows that the Big Almaty River carries. The mud flow corridors are easily seen all the way from the lake down to Almaty. [edit text]  [editors]

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