Getting there
By car or on a tour, north-west of the city.
Hunters, riders and camels carved into stone long before there was any city here.
In 2004 the petroglyphs of the archaeological landscape of Tanbaly were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the first rock art site in Central Asia on that list.
Bronze Age hunting scenes, animals and riders survive on the dark stone. The drawings are easiest to read in low sun.
Do not confuse it with Tamgaly-Tas: that is a different place with different carvings, on the bank of the Ili north of Konayev. The names are similar, so check the point on the map before you set off.
- UNESCO
- 2004
- From Almaty
- about 170 km
- Travel time
- 3–4 hours
