Пещера Акмечеть

Trail description

A short 0.4 km walk from the car park and down into the Akmeshit cave, 5 km from the village of Kenestobe in the Baydibek district of the Turkestan region. The main hall is about 150 m long and lies some 30 m below the surface, and about 50 trees grow inside it although none grow on the surrounding plateau. The name means White Mosque, and the cave is one of the best known sacred places of southern Kazakhstan.

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