Lake Balkhash  
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The route: Lake Balkhash (with landing)

The place of start/return: Boraldai Airport Ili region Almaty area, The Republic of Kazakhstan
Free-of-charge time of parking: no more than 3 hours 30 minutes.

According to the ancient Kazakh legend, one powerful rich man (Bie) Balkash had a beautiful daughter Ili. Bie declared a competition – a «toy», and he promised his daughter as wife to the winner. But the beauty Ili loved poor shepherd Karatal. Ili helped Karatal to win the competition of grooms. Bie Balkash did not want to give the daughter to the poor man. That’s why Karatal and Ili ran away. The angered father could not catch up with fugitives. And then it turned them into the rivers, and he himself turned to lake of the color of gray-haired blueness, absorbing the disobedient daughter. Here is our people’s legend about lake Balkhash which is unique natural formation. It is huge on the area, but very shallow, and there is salty water in its east half while its west part is fresh enough. That’s why the fish inhabitting the different parts of the lake is various.

The type of air vehicle Number of seats The flight duration(to the place and back)  The cost of flight
hours minutes
AS 350 В3 5 seats 3 30 1 700 000,00 KZT
ЕС 130 В4 6 seats 3 30 1 865 000,00 KZT
EC 135 T2 6 seats 3 30 2 165 000,00 KZT
EC 120 B 4 seats 4 00 1 410 000,00 KZT
Bell 206 B3 4 seats 4 10 1 230 000,00 KZT


All prices include the VAT.


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