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Aksu Canyon

Canyon · Turkistan Region, Kazakhstan

NowSeason endinguntil November
~5 hwith border
RoadDifficultDirt · final stretch

Road

Approximate — may differ on site

~5 h

Road difficult

From Tashkent · with border

Canyon rim© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap

When to go

You can go until the end of October

Road closed from November. Best time: Apr, Aug – Sep.

Closes in ~5 days · until November 1

  1. NowOctoberPossible
  2. NextNovember – FebruaryRoad closed
  3. MarchPossible
  4. AprilBest
  5. May – JulyPossible
  6. August – SeptemberBest

Next 7 days · at the place itself

Good to know

Reserve entry

Permit required, accompanied by a guide; price not found

Cliffs

Sheer walls; descend only where the guide knows the way

River

Fast, icy current — getting into the water is dangerous

About

A deep canyon in the Aksu-Zhabagly Nature Reserve. The reserve dates from 1926 — the oldest in Central Asia.

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