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Kaskabulak petroglyphs.
Walk on horses to petroglyphs Kaskabulak.
“As soon as man seeks to penetrate the secrets of nature - in which nothing is secret and it is but a question of seeing - he realizes that the simple produces the supernatural”
Honore de Balzac.
Walk Aksu- Zhabagly natural reserve.
Kaskabulak depression is situated at altitude about 3000 m and about 30 km to south-east from the Zhabagly Village. This place is characterized by typical complex of high mountain plants: Scutellaria flabellulata, Leontopodium ochroleucum, Primula minkwitziae and animals: bearded vulture, snow cock, chough, alpine chough, Siberian ibex and very rare rodent red pika (Ochotona rutila).
Kaskabulak Depression is the best place to see the wild sheep Ovis ammon which is rare and protected animal. Other attraction to see is a famous “picture gallery” with a great number of pictures carved on a dark shining stones.
There are wild and domestic animals, scenes of life and hunt drawing by ancient artist about VII V BC.
Geographic coordinates of the Kaskabulak petroglyphs: N42 ° 23'26.81 "E70 ° 41'05.11"
Authority and photos:
Reserves of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2006. Under the general edition of R. Yachenko. The international union of wildlife management IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Geographical features (on Kerteshev, Vagapov 2001). Reserves USSR. Reserves of Central Asia and Kazakhstan. Moscow "Idea", 1990.