Sharyn Canyon is an interesting natural phenomenon also famous as Charyn Canyon located on the Sharyn River in Kazakhstan, almost 200 kilometers east of Almaty, near the Chinese border. Sharyn Canyon is part of Sharyn National Park within the Sharyn River Valley. The Sharyn Canyon is 90 kilometers in length and has gained colorful formations of varying shapes and sizes. The size of Sharyn Canyon is much smaller than the prominent U.S. Grand Canyon but has been an equally important site in Kazakhstan.
A very impressive canyon (Valley of Castles) is famous due to its unusual rock formation. The impressive natural canyon formation is along the banks of the fast-flowing Charyn River in a northern flow stretch 80 kilometers stated a tributary of the IIe River. The river length is 393 kilometers, rising from Tian Shan Mountains.
Moreover, the geological formation is sedimentary red sandstone which has been subject to the atmogenic process, wind action or deposition from volcanic vapors, water, and wind erosion ultimately resulting in weird and colorful formations in the form of sculptures. The Canyon has formed about 3 million years ago as the land around the canyon started to rise, resulting in a large lake existing in the area around the top of the canyon and it started to empty.
Over the next million years the canyon generate a large earthquake that disturbed the flow of the river by blocking it with a landslip forming the rock sculptures relatively soft and a geologist’s dream, revealing hundreds of millions of years of the earth’s history at this location. Canyon access is from Almaty on the main road toward the east which passes through small villages.
The Canyon views are very scenic, and adventure lovers like white white-water rafting and canoeing. Moreover, fishing is another activity that can be done on the riverside. The local fish Naked Osman is famous fish here. Furthermore downstream of the Canyon is a dry zone of the gorge recognized as Red Canyon or Valley of Castles.
A beautiful track has naturally sculpted red stone formations. A forest, 20 kilometers away under the Umbrage of Canyon (Sogdian Ash) away the remnant of a relic forest, the trees are to be a derivative from the Ice age, one of the unique forest formations in the world. In 1964, it is declared a protected reserve, Ash trees and other species of trees willow, poplar and barberry are extremely important trees.
It is recommended to make a day plan for Charyn Canyon from Almaty, however, two days are suggested to take in a few different sights and activities. Therefore, due to the rich popularity among local and foreign tourists, camping at the bottom of Dolina Zamkov has become a crowded affair that is best avoided. Source: Wikipedia
