{"id":3807,"date":"2026-07-29T06:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zabugorshiki.com\/en\/tekeli-dzungarian-alatau\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T06:26:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T03:26:37","slug":"tekeli-dzungarian-alatau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zabugorshiki.com\/en\/tekeli-dzungarian-alatau\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekeli &#038; the Kora Valley: Gateway to the Dzungarian Alatau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four hours east of Almaty, past Taldykorgan&#8217;s unexpected green lowland, sits Tekeli &#8211; a small former mining town with its own unhurried rhythm, and the doorway to a mountain range most visitors to Kazakhstan never touch: the <strong>Dzungarian (Zhetysu) Alatau<\/strong>. If the Tien Shan above Almaty is the country&#8217;s front garden, this is the wild back country &#8211; fewer trails, fewer people, and the kind of valleys where a two-day trip feels like an expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udcf9 Video from the trip<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u041f\u043e\u0435\u0437\u0434\u043a\u0430 \u0432 \u0422\u0435\u043a\u0435\u043b\u0438: \u0414\u0436\u0443\u043d\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0410\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0430\u0443, \u043f\u0430\u0441\u0435\u043a\u0430 Yam-e-e-e \u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0438\u0431\u044b \ud83c\udf44\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZmJmjSA0NR8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tekeli grew on Soviet-era ore mining, and the industrial past is still part of the landscape: sealed mine entrances sit almost at the roadside, dark and cold inside. People still squeeze through improvised gaps into the tunnels &#8211; we don&#8217;t, and neither should you; photograph the entrances and move on. The town&#8217;s other claim to fame is Kunaev street, which runs some 38 kilometres end to end &#8211; locals will tell you it is the longest street in the world, and standing in the middle of it, you won&#8217;t feel like arguing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best first stop is the viewpoint above town, where three rivers &#8211; the Tekelinka, the Chazha and the Kora &#8211; merge below you in a genuinely strange play of colours, with the town threaded along the valley and the Dzungarian ridges stacked behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Kora valley &#8211; why you actually come<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Above Tekeli the Kora river runs down from the high Dzungarian Alatau through a long, forested, largely roadless valley &#8211; the approach corridor to <a href=\"\/en\/burkhan-bulak-waterfall\/\">Burkhan-Bulak<\/a>, Kazakhstan&#8217;s tallest waterfall, reachable from here in one and a half to three days on foot or horseback. The valley itself is the attraction as much as the destination: spruce forest, alpine meadows, and a silence the Almaty gorges lost years ago. This is remote country &#8211; river crossings, no signal, no infrastructure &#8211; so it belongs in the &#8220;organised trip&#8221; category: proper kit, local knowledge or a guide, and the <a href=\"\/en\/hiking-safety-almaty\/\">route registration<\/a> that the law now requires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting there and practicalities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>From Almaty:<\/strong> ~4 hours by car via the Kapshagay reservoir and Taldykorgan (the road surface is good). Tekeli is ~40 km beyond Taldykorgan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Season:<\/strong> summer and early autumn for the valley; the town itself works year-round.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plan:<\/strong> Tekeli rewards a two-day trip &#8211; town, viewpoint and mines on day one, the Kora valley on day two. Local guesthouses and farm stays (including a working apiary that hosts visitors) cover the overnight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curious but short on logistics? <a href=\"\/en\/hiking\/\">Talk to us<\/a> &#8211; the Dzungarian Alatau is exactly the kind of trip we build custom: transfers, overnights and a route matched to the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf92 Other routes<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"relative\"><div class=\"flex overflow-x-auto pb-6 -mx-4 px-4 sm:px-0 sm:mx-0 sm:overflow-x-visible sm:grid sm:grid-cols-2 gap-8 snap-x scrollbar-hide\"><div class=\"flex-none w-[280px] sm:w-auto snap-center last:pr-4 sm:first:pl-0 sm:last:pr-0\"><div class=\"group bg-[#202020] rounded-xl hover:border-white\/[0.06] transition-all duration-300\"><div class=\"relative aspect-w-16 aspect-h-9 rounded-t-xl overflow-hidden bg-[#202020]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zabugorshiki.com\/en\/peak-maria\/\" class=\"block w-full h-full\" 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