Lake Kaindy

Up early for breakfast at 7.30 then a taxi/minibus ride (or as I was later to discover UAZ) to Lake Kaindy. The route to the lake is a road just off the main road through Saty and is 8km of very rough road. It starts with some of the best ruts you have ever seen and then eases off into a cratered pothole-fest of fun. Pass though the entrance - 600T each. And then swap taxis for a quick run up the entrance to the hiking part of the lake route. This is not particularly long but a gentle downhill track through some amazing scenery of endless pine trees lining the mountains.

Down to the lake and the lake is one of the most beautiful natural scenes I think I have ever seen. I could have sat there all day looking at it. There was an observation platform and from this you could walk down to the lake's edge. I did this and had about 5 minutes of complete solitude. It was so beautiful I could have stood there all day but for the fact that we had to get back to the taxi/bus for 10.30.

Track back up the hill. Back to the bus. Back to the guest house. Done by 11.Read more