Aksu-Zhabagly Reserve - amazing nature of Kazakhstan

If you ask tourists what they associate Kazakhstan with, you can hear a lot of interesting things: steppes, yurts, hospitality, koumiss, the flag. However, few people remember the amazing nature of the country. And very in vain!

With Minzifa Travel you will change your ideas about Kazakhstan. We are happy to introduce you to the oldest reserve in the country - Aksu-Zhabagly - and show you the Asian country from a completely different side.

The reserve was created in 1926, and since then the fauna and flora in this area have been strictly protected by the state. Rest in the reserve is treated by the authorities as a contribution to the preservation of the native nature.

Aksu-Zhabagly is a typical Kazakhstan: here, too, you can find everything a tourist could want. Vacationers can move around the entire territory of the reserve, except for specially protected ecological zones.

The reserve owes its name to two rivers of the same name. The Aksu Canyon, which was once inhabited by primitive people, deserves special attention: there are galleries with cave paintings. You don't have to go down into the canyon at all: you can walk along the edge, and the view of the upper terrace will not disappoint you.

Inhabitants of the Aksu-Zhabagly Reserve

The real miracle of nature on the territory of the reserve is the flora and fauna. The foothills of snowy mountain ranges are decorated with a mosaic of alpine flowers. Algae, mushrooms, lichens and moss grow here.

There are also plants in Aksu-Jabagly which can be seen only here: Kaufman and Greig tulips, snowdrop iris, barberry, honeysuckle, currant, juniper, ferns. Some of the plants are included in the Red Book.

No less interesting for visitors to the reserve is the animal world. Here one can meet argali and wolves, mountain goats and porcupines, ermines and stone martens.

The Kazakhs are sure that Aksu-Zhabagly is the best place to watch birds. The reserves are home to wild birds, especially dangerous (white-winged woodpecker and corncrake) and rare birds listed in the Red Book. But most tourists come here because of the butterflies, which in the warm season flutter over the flower meadows.