CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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It goes by way of Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I, Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S, Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B and back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,450 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Tulips grow wild in the western Tien Shan, and this is where they come from. In April and early May, the foothills of the Talas Alatau, in southern Kazakhstan, turn red, yellow and white with several species of wild tulip, including Greig's tulip, which gave rise to many garden varieties. The Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve, founded in 1926, is the oldest in Central Asia, and it protects a section of this range, from steppe foothills to snowy peaks over four thousand metres.
Read the complete Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve - Karaba write-up.
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Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve - Karaba is where the day begins. Next is Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I.
In the far south of Kazakhstan, east of the city of Shymkent, the Western Tien Shan mountains rise abruptly from the steppe in a wall of snow-capped peaks, deep gorges and forests of juniper, walnut and wild fruit trees. The Sairam-Ugam National Park protects a large part of these mountains, and it is one of the components of the Western Tien Shan World Heritage site, listed by UNESCO in 2016 together with areas in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I write-up.
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Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I comes up 56 km in. Next is Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S.
The Western Tien Shan comes down to meet the steppe here, in the far south of Kazakhstan, and the Sairam-Ugam National Park protects a big piece of that collision. Snowy ridges rise above deep valleys with rushing rivers, forests of juniper, birch and wild fruit trees, and high meadows full of flowers in early summer. The park is part of the Western Tien Shan World Heritage Site, shared with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan and listed in 2016, a region known as one of the places where many fruit trees, including wild apples, walnuts and apricots, have their origins. The wildlife includes snow leopards, ibex, bears and the endemic Menzbier's marmot.
Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S write-up.
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113 km in you reach Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S. Next is Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B.
In the south of Kazakhstan, where the western spurs of the Tien Shan rise from the steppe, the Sairam-Ugam National Park protects a landscape of high mountains, deep valleys, juniper forests and alpine meadows. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Western Tien Shan, shared between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, recognised for its exceptional biodiversity, including wild relatives of fruit trees such as apples, pears and walnuts, which are believed to be the ancestors of many cultivated varieties.
Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B write-up.
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Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B, about halfway. Next is back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S.
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Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S write-up.
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back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S sits at 225 km, about halfway. Next is back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I.
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Read the complete Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I write-up.
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back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I comes up 282 km in. Next is Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve - Karaba.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve - Karaba write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve - Karaba closes the day.
Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve - Karaba → Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I → Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S → Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - B → back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - S → back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Sairam-Ugam State National Nature Park - I → Aksu-Jabagly State Nature Reserve - Karaba is 90 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.