Buiratau National Park

The Buiratau State National Nature Park (Kazakh: «Бұйратау» мемлекеттік ұлттық табиғи паркі, romanized: «Būiratau» memlekettık ūlttyq tabiği parkı; Kazakh: Государственный национальный природный парк «Буйратау», romanized: Gosudarstvennyy natsional'nyy prirodnyy park «Buyratau») is a national park in Kazakhstan that was created in 2011 to preserve a unique transitional zone between dry steppe and semi-arid forest ecosystems of the Kazakh Uplands of central Kazakhstan.

The park is located in the Yereymentau Mountains, straddling the border of Yereymentau District of Akmola Region (60,815 hectares (150,277 acres; 608 km2; 235 sq mi)), and Sarybel District of Karaganda Region (28,154 hectares (69,570 acres; 282 km2; 109 sq mi)), and is about 60 km east of the capital city of Astana.

[1] The area is dry steppe in the north, with more forest in the hills to the south and stands of alder and birch along the streams.

[4] [5] In addition to the relic forests, common plants of the area include scrub Siberian pea-tree (Caragana arborescens) and feather grass (Stipa).

[1] There are four tourist routes in the park; individual and group tours are offered in the summer.