Singing Barkhan Tour From Almaty

Day 1: Almaty

Singing sand dune, located a few kilometers from the Ili River between the mountains Bolshaya and Maly Kalkan, with a height of 120 meters and a length of about 3 km. The sandy mountain consists of the smallest pure sand of local rocks, which, when gusts of wind, pour out and begin to sing. Its sound resembles the sound of an organ. Sometimes the dune produces a strong drum beat. From the top of Barkhany a grand panorama of the surroundings opens. In the south, there is a thin strip of the Ili River, the Sogety and Boguty purple mountains, behind which the ridges of Ketmen and Kungei Alatau overlook white peaks. In the west, the horizon covers the steep slope of the Big Kalkan, from the east - the Small. Anesta, Mount Chulak, Matay and Altyn-Emel. At their foot stretches a foothill valley, cut by thin strips of dry rainwater channels.