Big Almaty Lake, Kazakhstan: The turquoise reservoir an hour above the city
Big Almaty Lake sits in a bowl of the Trans-Ili Alatau an hour above the city, and the milky turquoise water really is that colour in August.
The classic day out from Almaty. You climb the road into the mountains until the valley opens onto the water.
The classic day out. You climb the road into the mountains until the valley opens onto a bowl of milky turquoise water with glacier-topped peaks behind. Photos don't oversell it.
Big Almaty Lake, August 2024. The water really is that colour.Storm light over the lake. Ten minutes later we were rained on, worth it.
