The Karkaraly State National Nature Park (Kazakh: Қарқаралы мемлекеттік ұлттық табиғи паркі, romanized: Qarqaraly memlekettık ūlttyq tabiği parkı; Russian: Каркаралинский государственный национальный природный парк) is a protected reserve and national park in the Karaganda Region of Kazakhstan.

[2] In 1889, construction began on many of the parks cordons: Bedaik, Koktube, Ayushat, Tulkebai, Tonkurus and others.

[2] Pre-Bolshevik Revolution, all former forest cottages were allotted to army troops, Karkaraly Cossacks, and to local people.

The water retreated 1.2 to 2 million years ago, when the ancient Paleozoic shield was cracked by granite.

The earliest archeological finds connected with ancient people dates back to the Paleolithic (or Stone) Age.

The two-story wooden building consists of exhibition halls of flora and fauna found in the Karkaraly National Nature Park.

Lake Baceen is located at 1200m above sea level and 4.5 km (2.8 mi) north-west of the city Karkaraly.

This trail takes you through pine forests, unique rock formations, and beautiful vistas from the lake.

[2] Sulushash fell in love with a poor shepherd named Altai, but Tleuberdy did not approve of their relationship and forbade them to see each other.

[2] The three traveled many days across the Kazakh Steppe until they arrive in the Karkaraly Mountains, and took shelter at Lake Shaitankol.

Shaktior is a complex of guest houses and hotels located on the shore of the Lake Pashanoye in the Karkaraly Mountains.

The picturesque scenery, combined with the pure forest air attracts many tourists to this holiday area.

Shaktior is owned by the Mittal Steel Company and historically has been a spot where miners in Karaganda could come for vacation.

During the time when Cossacks lived in this area, this rocky massif was called "Shish Kabani, which means “the habitat of wild boars.” In 1936, 100 boys and girls climbed the summit and named it Komsomol Peak.

But occasionally the old woman, with her hand shading the sun from her eyes, would glance at the mouth of the cave where the spirit lived and would remember her second youth.

Kyzyl-Kensh is in the Kent Mountains and is an architectural monument of the time of the Dzungar invasion of the Kazakh steppe.

Thieves broke the stone floor and dug a deep hole, as Buddhist treasures were often buried in underground vaults.

In front of the main temple is a picturesque artificial reservoir, which is filled with melt-water in the spring.

A later expedition led by General Bronevsky excavated rubble and found many interesting artifacts, which were passed on to the Museum of Semipalatinsk.

Some artifacts from the Kyzyl Kensh Palace are located in the archaeological museum of Karaganda State University.

Some examples of the recovered artifacts: a Manchurian coin, copper men's ring with a silver insert, parts of the palace such as decorations and hooks, guns and lead bullets that allegedly belonged to the guards, nails, beads, and wooden fretwork with traces of the pattern that were painted with paint from real gold.

Nobody knows what happened to Kent or why the people left, though there is a popular theory: in the end of the Bronze Age climatic conditions varied and population density simultaneously increased the need for food.

Of these, the imperial eagle, saker falcon, and Dalmatian pelican are protected internationally under the IUCN Red List.

Its eyes are yellow and unlike the domestic cat, its pupils remain round when looking at bright light.

), thin poppy (Papaver tenellum), spring pheasant's eye (Adonis vernalis L.), and the Karkaraly barberry (Berberis karkaralensis Kornilova et Potapov).

[citation needed] The underbrush of the park includes Cossack's juniper, Tatar's honeysuckle, and other plants.

[citation needed] There are 87 kinds of medicinal, oil bearing and alkaloid plants in the Karkaraly Mountains.

[citation needed] After the fire, the park worked very hard on planting new trees and restoring the forest to its original state.

The summer months are considered the most comfortable time of the year to visit Karkaraly.Autumn is the most vivid and colorful season in the national park.

Negative temperatures are recorded from November to March and sustained cold weather lasts an average of 135 days.