Weekend getaways from Almaty by car: 12 ideas for two days
Saturday-and-Sunday trips 80–390 km from Almaty: what to see, where to stay at a campsite and how far it is. Built from CAMPLY sights and campsites, not from someone else's lists.
Weekend getaways from Almaty by car: 12 two-day trips 80–390 km from the city. Each has its main sights close together, the straight-line distance from the city and a campsite within 30 km for the night. Sights are picked by the CAMPLY attractions ranking, campsites by ratings; the planner turns any idea into a day-by-day route.
- Updated 15 October
- 80–390 km from Almaty
Within 150 km
Doable as a day trip, no overnight stop needed.
Aqözek
Kapchagay Reservoir
84 km from AlmatyStay: Camping on the beachPhoto: nasa · Public domain · source
Qonaev
Tanbaly-Tas · Kapshagay Hydroelectric Power Plant
94 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Mheidegger · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Çolpon-Ata
Issyk-Kul · Issyk-Kul State Nature Reserve
95 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: author not stated · Public domain · source
Saty
Lake Kaindy
134 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Jonas Satkauskas · Attribution · source
150–300 km
With an overnight stop: the nearby campsite is on each card.
Karakol
Jeti-Ögüz · Ala-Kul · Holy Trinity Church, Karakol · Boris Yeltsin Peak
151 km from AlmatyStay: Eco Track Camp 1
Aqtöbe
Altyn-Emel National Park
179 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Nikolai Bulykin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Kyzart
Song Kol Lake · Karatal-Japyryk State Nature Reserve
207 km from AlmatyStay: Rima Yurtochnyy LagerPhoto: Vilya Shoni · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Кашка-Суу
Ala-Archa National Park · Ata-Beyit · Free Korea Peak
207 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Mass Ave 975 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Köl-Suu
290 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the map
Jengish Chokusu
Khan Tengri · Pik Tjapajeva
299 km from AlmatyStay: BL Yuzhnyy Inylchek
300–400 km
Leave on Friday evening or early on Saturday.
Kara-Jıgaç
Kambarata-2 Hydro Power Plant · Kambarata-1 Dam · Kara-Suu Lake
330 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: Сайга20К · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Kara-Köl
Toktogul Dam
387 km from AlmatyNo campsite within 30 km — see stopovers on the mapPhoto: heinerbischkek · Copyrighted free use · source
What every idea has
What to see
Places from the attractions ranking, not a random list: the main one comes first.
Where to stay
The best-rated campsite within 30 km; tent pitches and rest areas are on the map.
How far
Distance from the city centre; the planner works out the road and driving time.
Plan the route
The planner turns an idea into a day-by-day route with overnight stops that you can edit and save.