The beautiful Kaindy Lake is a
400 meter long lake in Kazakhstan’s portion of the Tian Shan Mountains actually
located 129 kilometers from the city of Almaty. The Kaindy Lake came into existence
after enormous limestone landslide in 1911 that triggered a big landslide
blocking the gorge and forming a natural dam. Subsequently, rainwater filled
the valley and formed the lake. The track leads to Lake Kaindy has numerous
scenic views to the Saty Gorge, the Chilik Valley, and the Kaindy Gorge, but dried-out
trunks of submerged Picea schrenkiana trees rise above the surface.
The Kaindy Lake is popular for
its scenic exquisiteness mainly the submerged forest and the imposing trunks of
spruce trees that rises out of the lake water. Moreover the above water, the
sunken trees appear as large masts from lost ghost ships, or perhaps the spears
of a mysterious army hiding and waiting for the right time to emerge. The water
is so cold even in summer the temperature does not surpass 6 degrees that the
great pines still remain on the trees, even hundred years later, and the clear
mountain water, you can observe deep into the depths of the lake. In winter,
the lake surface is freezes over and during this time, Lake Kaindy becomes a
great spot for trout fishing and ice diving.
The lake water itself is often of
a somewhat kryptonite hue and strange coloration is mainly caused by lime and
other mineral deposits which have been seeped into the water since the lake’s
creation. Yet once you get closer to the lake the water appears crystal clear and
you can see the trout which were introduced in to the lake in the 1930s. Very
surprisingly the lake has few visitors, partly because lake is overshadowed by
the more famed Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake and the Kolsay Lakes, all of which are
close by, but far easier to reach from Almaty. Thus, notwithstanding its
proximity to a city with a populace of more than one million, the lake retains
a peaceful atmosphere.
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