Travel from Almaty to Borovoe -
Excursions to Borovoe, natural park of Kazakhstan -
The legend of the creation of Burabai Park (Borovoe) says that the natural park was created by the will of Allah. When Allah created the world, he flew over the earth and scattered mountains, lakes, forests. When Allah arrived in the Kazakh steppes, he saw a plain to the horizon, then he decided to make small mountains and lakes and beautiful forests here. This is how Burabai (Borovoe) appeared, according to legend.
Legends of the nature park
One of the legends says that a magical camel named Bura lived here, the camel was white as snow and very beautiful. Bura guarded the place of Burabai, he always warned the locals about the approach of the enemy with a long drawn-out cry. Therefore, people in this region have always lived in peace and tranquility.
One day robbers came to Burabai, they heard that a magical white camel lives here and they wanted to catch it for a trophy. The robbers set up a trap and waited for the camel to come to drink, when the camel came down from the mountain to drink water, the robber shot him with an arrow from a bow. The arrow went through and at that moment the camel turned into a huge rock, and covered the robbers.
Okzhetpes Mountain – the legend of freedom
Mount Okzhetpes in Russian means "the arrow will not reach." One of the legends says that in ancient times a formidable khan lived in these places, who waged wars with his neighbors. After another military campaign, the khan brought with him many trophies, one of the trophies was a live Kalmyk girl. Hanu allowed the girl to choose her own husband so as not to force her to do it.
The girl climbed Okzhetpes Mountain and hung her handkerchief there, she told the khan that the one who gets into the handkerchief with an arrow from a bow, she will marry him. Not one of the warriors was able to hit the handkerchief with an arrow and failed to complete the task. The khan got angry and told the girl to get off the cliff, but the young maiden jumped off the cliff into Lake Auliekol. At the site of the girl's fall, the Zhumbaktas rock has grown, which embodies freedom of choice.
Birch grove Borovoe – legend
In Borovoye there is a birch grove of intertwined trees. This is where the name Dancing Birches came from, the trees are intricately intertwined with each other, and it seems that they are frozen in an endless dance.
Legend has it that once upon a time, a holiday was held in this place, girls from a neighboring village danced their dances here, and the khan, who wanted to attend this event incognito, dressed up as a common man and came to the celebration. He watched the girls dancing for a long time until one of them recognized him. When the girls recognized Khan, they were scared and froze, and their bodies turned into birches.
Abylai Khan's Glade in Borovoye is a place of energy recharge
Abylai Khan's glade is a place of strength and accumulation and recharge of energy. The place is famous for its beauty and energy capacity.
After staying in the clearing, people said that they felt a good mood, a boost in energy and a general uplift in tone. According to legend, Abylai Khan was the strongest and most formidable ruler. The patron saint of Abylai Khan was a magical yellow camel.
Taskamal – stone fortress in Burabaya
Taskamal is located on the territory of the Borovoe Nature Park between the villages of Shchuchinsk and Borovoe. The rock evokes various associations of its appearance or construction.
Some of the researchers claim that the rock has a natural origin, alternative scientists claim that this complex was built by an unknown highly developed civilization. It seems that the rock is really made up of huge multi-ton blocks.
Zhumbaktas rock in Borovoe
The Zhumbaktas Rock is a local landmark. From different angles, the rock looks different, on the one hand it resembles a pyramid, on the other hand it resembles a kind of arrow pointing to the sky, on the other hand the rock resembles a Kazakh yurt, just as the rock resembles a girl with her hair blowing in the wind.
According to one legend, the khan had several sons and one daughter, the khan wanted to marry his daughter to another rich khan, but the girl fell in love with an ordinary guy and they ran away together. The angry khan sent his sons to bring his daughter back, the sons caught the lovers and when they sailed across the lake they killed her lover. A girl in grief asked Allah to turn her into stone at the place where her lover died, Allah granted the request and fulfilled the girl's wish. Since then, the Zhumbaktas rock has been standing on this place.
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