Distance 270 km. One way journey time is 4 hours. Time of walking tour of the lake and canyon and having dinner is 4 hours. This route is opened for tourists from May to November. When on route, the tourists cross the Almaty region from the West to East along the Great Silk Road 200 km in length and have the possibility to see Saxon mounds and ruins of ancient towns along the road.
Scenery varies from piedmont steppe to wild intermontane depressions.
Bartogay lake is a reservoir create for electricity produce. It is situated between wild steppe and mountains. Beautiful view, warm water and silence. Fantastic forms of rocks resemble fairytale personages and walls of mediaeval castles to the tourists. After walk in the hot canyon, the tourists will have a pleasant rest and dinner on the bank of the river Charyn.