The route: Peak Talgar (without landing) - glacier Bogatyr (without landing) – Lake Kolsai (with landing) - Charyn canyon (with landing) - Lake Issyk (with landing) – Big Almaty Lake (with landing)

The place of start/return: Almaty, Kazakhstan, the Platform of the Ministry of Emergency Measures on the river B.Almatinka above a dam
Free-of-charge time of parking: no more than 2 hours 40 minutes.

The offered route can be confidently named a small travel. During three hour flight you can enjoy unique landscapes of Zaili Ala Tau, admire its highest top – peak Talgar. The further way will run above the greatest glacier – the Bogatyr. You can see here snow and ice, lakes, hollows and basins with water. The sight is rather impressing. Further your way directs to Kolsai Lake. Its navy -blue waters framed by meadows in blossom, rocks and huge coniferous woods. The beauty of Charyn canyon will impress you. When the helicopter lands here, and you can touch the creation of the Mother-Nature. But the most surprising thing is waiting for you ahead. From bird's eyes view you will see the northern slope of the Zaili Ala Tau ridge – a place where the huge bowl of Lake Isyk once lapped against the shore. After the big mountain torrent on July, 7th, 1963 Lake Issyk ceased to exist in a former shape.