The most beautiful place in the Almaty region. It's a long way to get by bus, it takes more than 4 hours. The infrastructure is well developed, there are many pleasure boats on the lake. Shops, cafes of all kinds. The lake itself, framed by mountains and ancient fir trees, is indescribable. There are trash bins everywhere. Relatively clean. Toilets are paid. A cool place to visit. Kolsai and Kaindy. Have a nice weekend, everyone! You will definitely visit.
It takes 3.5 hours to drive from Almaty, most of the road is along a mountain serpentine. The road to the Kolsai lakes is good. The fare is 1000 tenge per person. There are a lot of different cafes on site, a large parking lot. You can eat in the village of Sate when you drive through it (30 minutes to the lakes). The territory is well equipped, it takes about 30 minutes to go down the wooden deck to rent boats and catamarans. There were a lot of people, but everything was somehow centralized. We took a catamaran for an hour / 5000 tenge per person. The nature is very beautiful. The second and third lakes can be reached by horseback or on foot, but one lake was enough for us.
Incredible beauty! Convenient parking and well-thought-out infrastructure. There is a walking trail around the lake on a wooden deck. You can ride a catamaran or a horse.
Among the disadvantages are annoying horse breeders who call for horseback riding: they do not allow passage and get in the way. Wherever you go, there will be harassment everywhere. During the walk, the horse on which the tourist is riding may be whipped. The feeling is disgusting from their treatment of horses, horses are frankly afraid.