Burabay (Borovoye), the resort pearl of Kazakhstan, is a fantastic mountain land harboring mysterious wonders. Gorgeous pine forests, cliffs formed of neat gigantic natural bricks, and fantastical shapes of peaks resembling sometimes exotic, sometimes Egyptian pointed pyramids separated by serene lakes. Although Burabay Park does not have any artifacts on its territory, every rock here has its legend.
Burabay State Natural Park was established in August 2000 and it is under the supervision of the Administration of Presidential Affairs. The territory of the park is a part of the Kokshetau steppe, a mixed steppe and forest and hilly upland. The climate is extremely continental here, with hot summers and severe winters. The topography of the territory consists of lowlands, hills, and plains.
There are many legends and stories about Borovoye. “When God was creating the world, one of the nations received the lands rich in forests, another got fertile fields with large rivers, and the third got the beautiful mountains and blue lakes. But the Kazakh ended up with only feather-grass steppe… This offended him and he asked God to endow him with some natural beauty.
God took the mountains, rocks, beautiful pine and deciduous forests, blue lakes with pure water, and emerald fields covered with grasses and flowers and spread them with a bountiful hand into the boundless steppes.
It was the appearance of Borovoye, one of the most picturesque places in Kazakhstan, which for its beauty and rare harmonic combination of mountains, forests, lakes, and unique flora and fauna received the poetic name “The pearl of Kazakhstan”.”
Borovoye is also the name of a health resort, which is situated in the Shuchinsky district of Kokshetau Region.
From the north, it is surrounded by the Kokshetau Mountains at a height of 974 m above sea level, covered with birch forests. In the neighboring, the resort is such interesting rocks and cliffs such as: “Okzhetpes”, “Sphinx”, “Cow”, “Sleeping Knight”, and “Knight”. The first private health resort was opened here in 1910.
The average temperature in January is -16′C, and in July is +19′C. Atmospheric precipitation is up to 400 mm, with about 2000 sunny hours per year. The main medicinal remedies here are fresh air and picturesque views.
There are many lakes in Borovoye. Lakes Shychie, Borovoye, Big and Small Chebachie, and Koturkul glitter on the green atlas of the forest. The small lakes Svetloye, Karasye, Gornoye, and Lebedinoye can be seen from the Kokchetau Cliffs. The visiting card of Borovoye is the Blue Bay on the lake of the same name. Right out of the waters of the bay, Mount Zhumbaktas (Mystery, Sphinx) soars.
