Kazakhstan’s Katon Karagay: where nature lives in harmony with people

By&nbspBojan Brkic

Published on 01/10/2025 - 15:00 GMT+2

Katon Karagay is Kazakhstan’s easternmost region. Amid nan stiff Altay peaks, nan borders of Kazakhstan, China and Russia meet. Burial mounds successful its valleys uncover it was erstwhile location to ancient civilisations, yet hundreds of years of quality beingness person not spoiled its purity.

Its waters are drinkable, lakes pristine, forests undisturbed, and wildlife for illustration moose, lynx, snowfall leopards and Altay cervid roam freely.

Remote and difficult to reach, Katon is changing: a caller airport, expanded roads, and locals preparing to invited tourists, hopeful, but wary of wide visitation.