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Gorge / Tract

Batan Tract

It is a popular tourist destination near Turgen Gorge in the Almaty Province.

Visit Duration

Visit Duration

2 hours

Route cost

Route cost

Location

Location

Almaty province

Batan Tract

It is a popular tourist destination near Turgen Gorge in the Almaty Province.

In the Batan Tract, the only Chinturgen moss-spruce forest in the Tien Shan Mountains grows. It covers an area of almost 90 hectares. Among the dense spruce forest there is a moss cover up to 60 cm deep, covering permafrost on the steep northern slopes. Unique Asian spruce forest grows mainly on the northern slopes.

A lot of mushrooms grow there. For instance, milk mushrooms, saffron milk caps, and genus boletus.