How to Enjoy Kanas
The Enchanting Kanas Kanas, in Mongolian, means a beautiful and mysterious lake. The beauty of Kanas lies in its lake water, mountains, plants, air, colors, and sounds… It is a masterpiece of beauty. It is renowned for its picturesque scenery composed of Kanas Lake and the surrounding snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and birch forests, and is praised as the Eastern Switzerland and a photographer’s paradise. The ‘Kanas Water Monster’ adds a legendary aura to this region. In mid-to-late September by Kanas Lake, the mountain forests resemble painted screens, with various forest belts displaying distinct layers of colors, enhancing the dazzling white snow on the mountain peaks and reflecting on Kanas’ emerald-like stones.
Enchanting Kanas
Kanas, in Mongolian, means a beautiful and mysterious lake. The beauty of Kanas lies in its lake water, mountains, plants, air, colors, and sounds… It is a masterpiece of beauty. It is renowned for its scenic beauty composed of Kanas Lake and the surrounding snow-capped mountains, grasslands, and birch forests, and is known as the Eastern Switzerland and Photographer’s Paradise. The "Kanas Water Monster" adds even more legendary color to this region.
In mid-to-late September by Kanas Lake, the mountains and forests resemble a painted screen, with different forest belts displaying clearly layered colors, enhancing the dazzling white snow on the mountaintops and reflecting on the emerald-like surface of Kanas Lake, forming a dazzling picture scroll.
In autumn, Kanas Lake is clear and serene. On the ground, the leaves of birch trees and gray poplars turn from green to yellow and then to red under the gentle caress of the autumn wind. All the trees start to burn, coloring the mountains red and golden.
Kanas River is a winding emerald-green jade belt, either winding between mountain ridges or stretching casually across the grassland. The beautiful water bays and riverbanks such as Wolong Bay and Moon Bay are popular spots for photographers to gather!
The birch trees along the riverbank are waving their flags of life, making the bright golden yellow leaves stretch endlessly along with the river, like a colorful sash draped over the autumn of the Altai Mountains.
Moon Bay is just 1km south of Wolong Bay. It is named Wolong Bay because an island in the water resembles the shape of a dragon; it is also locally known as Kazan Lake, or Pot-Bottom Lake, named after its pot-bottom shape. The forest around the lake is dense, with colorful flowers and lush green grass, and the small island in the lake has a beautiful scenery.
The Fish Viewing Pavilion is located on the top of Camel Peak on the west bank of Kanas Lake, with an altitude of 2030m and a height difference of 600m from the lake surface. The Fish Viewing Pavilion was built to observe the "lake monster" in the lake from a commanding height, commonly known as the big red fish. Although few people have seen the big red fish, this is the best vantage point to overlook the panoramic view of Kanas Lake.
Kanas Lake is a mountain lake hidden in the deep mountains and dense forests of the Altai Mountains, forming the main body of the entire Kanas scenic area with Hemu Village in the east and Baihaba Village in the west.
The distinctive spired log cabins of the Tuvans are scattered casually in every corner of the village. Birch forests surround the village, and a clear green river winds its way around it. The misty morning fog blends with the curling smoke, drifting between the woods, village, and mountains… A picturesque rural scenery!! Overlooking the whole village from Hemu Beautiful Peak is perfect for taking photos of morning fog in the morning and sunset in the evening.
Hemu
Baihaba Village, known as the First Village of Northwest China, is located in the northwest corner of China, 1.5 kilometers west of East Sylek, Kazakhstan. Baihaba is a village where primitive natural ecology and ancient traditional culture coexist. Everything still preserves its inherent primitive features for hundreds of years. Dominated by the Tuvans, it is located on the valley plain of the Altai Mountains, facing the mountains of Kazakhstan in the distance.
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