Big Almaty Lake Hike | Be aware 🚨 of these scams!! | Best thing to do in Almaty Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

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Big Almaty lake is a roughly 10 KMs hike one side and it takes roughly 4 hours to hike one side. It’s been one of the best experiences in Almaty, so don’t miss it ✨

How to reach:

✨ Book a Yandex from City, it should cost between 4000-5000 Tenge and will roughly take 1 hours 20 minutes to reach.
✨ There’s a small fee before the check post (100 tenge per person)
✨ Start your hike from checkpost at 10:30 AM
You won’t be able to hike if you reach late
✨ You don’t need any tour agent for this hike.
✨ Incase you don’t want to hike you can opt for 4X4 or a cycle from the checkpost.
✨ You won’t get a Yandex on the way back and it’s late so make your arrangements accordingly, you can ask a driver a stay back or come at a certain time to pick you up.
✨ You won’t find any network on the checkpost

[navjeetsharma]

I don't think it was a scam. Regular taxi is not allowed to proceed up to the lake because of road repairs/ landslides. Yandex taxi will only take you till the Ayusai visitors center. Maybe if you would have done your research prior the trip you wouldn't have felt scammed. Locals do not speak English too well so there can be communication gaps. When one person told you the way to the lake is closed, I am sure he meant that it's closed for motors vehicles, not closed for trekking.

Here's one option to do it for benefit of those who are curious. Make a lunch reservation at the Alpine rose hotel which is about 8 kms from the Ayusai Visitors center. The hotel will provide a taxi pick up and drop from the visitors center and for about Rs 3000. Upon reaching the hotel and having your meal, you can start trekking to the lake which is only 3.5 kms away and shall take you 45 mins to get there. After finishing sightseeing at the lake, head back to the hotel and the taxi will drop you back to the Ayusai visitors' center. This option will save you total of 5 hours as you would take about 3.5 hours each way if you trekked from the visitors center up to the lake and back.

One thing Indian travelers must learn is humility and avoid judgment of local people when they travel. We are no good ourselves at being good hosts to tourists, so I don't think we earn the right to judge other cultures. Kazakh people are some of the most welcoming people I have seen and are usually very honest in their dealings with tourists. The same holds good for people of all the other central Asian countries and even the bordering ones of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.

Its unfair to sensationalize your experience in a negative way just to get more views. People see your travel vlog thinking it's a fair and accurate assessment that you present as a tourist. They will now wonder if it's worth visiting Kazakhstan if there are so many taxi scams the way you mentioned it. Please post responsibly post proper research about local customs, traditions, policies and practices.

[muktaram]

Brave girls, exceptional hiking experience 👏

[AnjuSharma-omuj]

Wow, it's wonder lust hostel riverside .... Even right now I'm also staying at same hostel... ❤❤❤
Hostel is really good.

[Mr_Cool_]

Beautiful Details about the location. Keep It Up 😊

[tapanparmar]

Heyy, great Vlog!!
Btw, then at the end, how did u came down?
I mean it would have been very hectic, must have got too tired!!🤣🤣

[chandansadhukhan]

Big almaty lake tak jaane k liye direct kuch vehicle nehi hai? Kiuki last mey to dekha achha road hai.

[lonewarriorind]

Thanks for informative video,

Why you didn't get bus to this place, i saw in Maps there is direct bus too

[miteshyv]

Clickedon random video to check big Almaty route, found someone who also stayed at wanderlust riverside

[paplupal]

How much time it takes to go to the trek start Point from Almaty?

[apurvgarg]

At the end I felt the struggle was all worth it. So so beautiful <3

[surendrarajpurohit]

How to reach the lake with kids as they cant walk/trek?

[ManojTiwari-mmxm]

Are yaar when did you change channel name from Travel Tabby to Jagruti...??

[chiragkalra]

Niche ku nhi gye lake k pas hum to gye the Friday ko

[HARISHKUMAR-vhzz]

Hii, which hostel is best in almaty near city centre?

[divjotsingh]

Hello.
Is there mobile internet at Big almaty lake?

[Rohits.Backpacker]

Bahut Scam hota hai yar vaha par yandex mere sath bhi same yahi hua big Almaty lake jane par pahle hi utar diya aur 4000 tenge liya

[hemantkumar]

Please share your email for video collaboration.

[cecetraveldiary]

the funniest thing when an indian talks about scams 😊😊😊