{"id":12804,"date":"2025-03-19T21:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T12:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ashu-travel.com\/news\/kaindy-lake-the-mysterious-sunken-forest-highlights-how-to-get-there-kazakhstan-travel\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:08:14","slug":"kaindy-lake","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ashu-travel.com\/en\/news\/kaindy-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaindy Lake, the Mysterious Sunken Forest | Highlights & How to Get There [Kazakhstan Travel]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Salemetsiz be! This is Sugi from ASHU TRAVEL, your guide to scenic horse riding tours in Central Asia!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerald-green water with trees poking up through the surface… Have you heard of Kaindy Lake<\/strong> in Kazakhstan, where this dreamlike scenery unfolds?
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The trees rising out of the water look like something from another world. In fact, this lake is a miraculous place born from a major earthquake more than 100 years ago<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How was it formed?” “How do you get there?” I’ll walk you through all the mysteries and charms you’ve been wondering about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Is Kaindy Lake? Why a Mysterious “Sunken Forest” Came to Be<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Kaindy Lake is a beautiful, mysterious lake tucked away inside Kolsai Lakes National Park<\/strong> in southeastern Kazakhstan. Its most striking feature is the scenery of countless dead spruce trees (an evergreen conifer of the pine family) sticking out of the water: a “sunken forest”<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how did such a landscape come about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born over 100 years ago! The surprising story of how the lake was formed<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In 1911<\/strong>, the Kebin earthquake<\/strong> shook southern Kazakhstan. The quake caused a massive collapse of the mountainside, and a huge mass of earth and rock blocked the gorge<\/strong> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain that kept falling afterward created a natural dam, and before long a beautiful lake had formed. The spruce forest<\/strong> that had been growing there sank beneath the water, creating today’s dreamlike scenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 100 years later, Kaindy Lake has become known as one of Kazakhstan’s tourist attractions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Another World! The Mystery of the Sunken Spruce Trees<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Kaindy Lake’s most striking feature is, without a doubt, the dead trees reaching up from the water<\/strong>. Normally, trees that sink underwater would rot… but not here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the very cold water temperature, the trees don’t decay and have kept their shape for more than 100 years<\/strong>, they say. Beneath the dead trees on the surface, the sunken forest remains just as it was, like a forest where time has stopped<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually, in Japan there’s a similar sightseeing spot: Aogiri Koi Pond in Ichinomata Sakura Park, Yamaguchi Prefecture<\/strong>. The sight of trees sprouting up from a beautiful lake is truly magical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Is It? Kaindy Lake’s Location and How to Get There<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Here’s a simple guide to where Kaindy Lake is and how to get there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check Kaindy Lake’s Location<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n