AI generatedCharyn Canyon
Kazakhstan · Almaty Region · 1100 m
Short description of Charyn Canyon
Charyn is a hundred and fifty kilometres of red sandstone canyon cut into the steppe east of Almaty, and the stretch everyone walks is the Valley of Castles, a two kilometre corridor of eroded towers between walls of about a hundred metres. A staircase drops from the rim and the path ends at the Charyn river, where there is shade and cold water. The wider park holds four more canyons and a grove of relict Sogdian ash. Nothing here is watered and nothing is shaded, so high summer on the canyon floor is punishing. The road is asphalt and open all year.
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Best time to visit: April – May or September – October
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All highlights and sightsBeta
- Valley of Castles trail
- Charyn river beach at the trail's end
- Rim viewpoints and the staircase descent
- Relict Sogdian ash grove
- Temirlik Canyon(Day trip)
- Yellow Canyon(Day trip)
- Bestamak Canyon(Day trip)
- Red Canyon of the Charyn system(Day trip)
- Black Canyon and the Bartogay reservoir(Day trip)
- Night sky over the canyon rim