Pure as the Driven Snow, Almaty's Water
The largest city in Kazakhstan, Almaty is also the commercial and cultural centre. Go to the garden where the melting snows which feed the Almatinka River exit the valley and flow into Sairan Reservoir.
- Country: Kazakhstan
- Locale: Almaty
- Route: Almaty (UAAA) to Almaty (UAAA)
- Distance: 44 nm
- File name: kazakhstan-UAAA-to-UAAA-VFR-almaty-220204
Waypoints
- WP 1 - Leave the motorway
- WP 2 - Garden
- WP 3 - Sairan Reservoir
- WP 4 - Bentovskoye Lake
- WP 5 - Priyutskiy Pond
- WP 6 - Pond
![](pics/almaty-220204-002.jpg)
WP 1 - Leave the motorway
![](pics/almaty-220204-004.jpg)
Approaching WP 2 - Garden from the SE
![](pics/almaty-220204-005.jpg)
WP 2 - Garden
![](pics/almaty-220204-006.jpg)
WP 2 - Garden
![](pics/almaty-220204-007.jpg)
WP 2 - Garden
![](pics/almaty-220204-008.jpg)
WP 3 - Sairan Reservoir
![](pics/almaty-220204-009.jpg)
WP 3 - Sairan Reservoir
![](pics/almaty-220204-011.jpg)
WP 4 - Bentovskoye Lake
![](pics/almaty-220204-012.jpg)
WP 4 - Bentovskoye Lake
![](pics/almaty-220204-013.jpg)
WP 4 - Bentovskoye Lake
![](pics/almaty-220204-015.jpg)
WP 5 - Priyutskiy Pond
![](pics/almaty-220204-016.jpg)
WP 5 - Priyutskiy Pond
![](pics/almaty-220204-017.jpg)
WP 5 - Priyutskiy Pond
![](pics/almaty-220204-018.jpg)
WP 6 - Pond
![](pics/almaty-220204-019.jpg)
WP 6 - Pond
![](pics/almaty-220204-020.jpg)
More water features on the way back to the airport.