If someone tells you what is in Kazakhstanplaces more amazing than the Bayan-Aulsky mountain range - do not believe. There may be more beautiful, more comfortable, healthier, but only Bayan-Aul can be unusual and stunning.
Mirage in the steppe
An exhausting road among endless steppes withdry earth and hot air can tire any traveler. And suddenly the outlines of the blue mountains appear. They swim for a long time in a haze over the horizon, like a mirage. Among the thousands of kilometers of monotonous plain, where does the mountains come from? But they darken, their outlines are becoming more and more real. Steppe freshened, blew cool - this is Bayanaul. Recreation areas are still far away, but the main signs of the area are obvious: mountains and lakes.
Kazakh Switzerland
From where in the endless steppe the tiny mountainousarray, and even with nine lakes? Scientists say that 65 million years ago, volcanoes erupted here, and the outflowing lava froze with fancy stone cakes.
The lakes feed on springs from the bottom, so the water in them is clear, clean and cool. The shores of reservoirs are overgrown with healing pine, mixed forests and unusually tall grasses.
Bayan-Aul translated from Turkic -"Happy mountains". Protected by a mountain range from winds and cold weather, the area kept livestock from deaths, so the life of the shepherds here was prosperous. The legend has survived, as from the banks of the Irtysh went on carts along the hungry steppe, fleeing from death, dozens of families with children. A cloud in the fog on the horizon gradually turned into Mount Akbet with a height of 1027 meters. Having rounded it, hungry families saw paradise: rivers and springs, lakes full of fish, forests with mushrooms and berries and a lot of juicy grass. So they stayed here to live.
Bayan-Aulsky National Park
Blessed mountains now need protection.Since 1985, Bayanaul, recreation areas around it have been declared a reserve. Each entrant pays an environmental fee: about 300 tenge. For convenience of transferring to rubles, you just need to divide the amount in the Kazakh currency into five. No fires allowed here. At night, the terrain can be controlled by helicopters and serious trouble for violators. On lakes it is not allowed to use vehicles running on gasoline. On the territory of the reserve in his car to move is also prohibited.
Jasybay - the most beautiful of the beautiful
In Bayanaul village, recreation areas are located aroundLake Sabyndykol. Its name translates as "soap lake". The legend tells about the beautiful Bayan, who, admiring herself, dropped soap in the lake. The pond is beautiful at sunset and sunrise, but the alkaline water in it does not bring pleasure from swimming, and the mountains are far from here. Therefore, tourists quickly leave Bayanaul: the recreation areas that interest them are located behind the pass, on Lake Dzhasybai. Here, travelers will have a surprise - they will be offered to walk on the most dangerous part of the descent. This is because at this place a bus once fell into the abyss.
None of the mountain resort will not make touristsget off the bus and cross the dangerous serpentine descent on foot, but you must approach the lake Jasybay exactly this way: breathe in the healing aroma of pine, soak up the heat of hot stones. Admiring the views of the lake, the soft outlines of the mountains, a person begins to experience an inexplicable feeling. Believers call it grace - the fullness of life.
Recreation: what for what?
Rest zones in Bayanaul are calculated for every taste.Prices have a wide range. To spend the night in the camp site of the Bayan-Aul camp site is, for example, 250–300 tenge, if you add a shower — 300 tenge, and boiling water the same, in general one night will cost 1000 tenge (200 rubles).
Central position on the north coastoccupies a recreation area "Zhasybay." Bayanaul on a straight road is from her at a distance of seven kilometers. By the way, on this road is the grave of the bogatyr Zhasybay, whose name carries the lake. It was a brave batyr during the struggle of the Kazakhs with the Dzungars. People bring stones to his grave, so a whole mountain has been formed here.
At the recreation center "Zhasybay" the prices are as follows:
- housing without a TV and a refrigerator costs 2000 tenge;
- 500 tenge - fridge and TV;
- 1500 tenge - food;
- 300 tenge - car parking;
- amenities on the street - for free
- Total: 4300–4500 tenge per day per person (860–900 rubles);
- rental of floating equipment (boats, catamarans) costs up to 1-1.5 thousand tenge;
- excursion trips are organized by car with a sightseeing tour of the Bayan-Aulsky nature reserve (6,000 tenge).
The Zhalyn recreation area is considered one of the most budget, Bayanaul from which is located at a distance of 14 km. Voucher here is 4000 tenge per day.
Tourists and vacationers who think that rest inBayanaul means eating, drinking, lying on the beach and waiting for all their whims at a budget price; they are horrified by local service: flies, dirt, outdoor amenities, primitive food, slow and cunning service personnel - that's all they take away, leaving negative reviews. And they are right: the “glossy” rest on Jasybay does not make sense.
Bayan-Aul - balm for the soul
The first word that a person utters when he first saw Lake Jasybay in the ring of mountains: “Beauty!” She is here everywhere, legends are made about her. Here is the stony Atbasy cliff - the horse's head.
About this, as well as about many things in these places, there isflowery eastern legend. Nothing feared the warhorse of the hero Jasybay. But when the arrow pierced his master's throat, the smell of blood terrified him. In desperation, the horse climbed to the top of the mountain, where the hero died. And his loyal friend, hanging his head, turned to stone with grief.
The water in Lake Dzhasybay is itself a miracle in our age of muddy bodies of water and drying up rivers. Deep, clean, spring - it heals everyone who plunges into it.
You can wander around the lake for hours, nottired: climb the cliffs, whose stones generously give off heat, collect white milk mushrooms or climb into the raw thickets of forest raspberries. Each such small foray is a medical procedure made from pine-juniper air, active movement and positive emotions. The little things of life recede, but the feast of the heart remains.
