Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake Area Getting there & around

Getting there & away

From central Almaty, take bus 63 or marshrutka 526 south on Furmanov and along Al-Farabi to the big roundabout on the southern edge of the city where Al-Farabi meets Navoi and Saina. Here switch to bus No 28 or 93 heading up the hill to the south. Both go to GES-2 (Kokshoky) and bus 93 continues to Alma-Arasan. The last bus back from GES-2 is at about 9.45pm.

The Bolshoe Almatinskoe lake road is normally passable in a 4WD all the way to Kosmostantsia, and in non-4WDs as far as GES-1. An Almaty city taxi will bring you this far for about 1500T.