00:00Swiss Alps, Italian Dolomites, Canadian Rockies, New Zealand's Fjordland, the Andes,
00:12none of these, but these views could be sold as any of them. Here we are at the beginning of the
00:19new adventure on the first slopes of one of the longest mountain ranges in Asia, for more than
00:252,000 kilometers that way, the Altai Mountains. Welcome to Kazakhstan, welcome to Modern Nomads.
00:36Squeezed between China and Russia lies Katon Karagai, the easternmost part of Kazakhstan,
00:41a place of romantic pastures, dense forests and imposing mountain peaks covered with glistening
00:47ice. Those glaciers melt to create a whole web of pristine, even drinkable creeks and rivulets.
00:53There are many waterfalls and several crystal clear mountain lakes. Imagine this water is going to
00:59travel for 5,000 kilometers to the north before it flows into the North Sea in the Arctic Circle.
01:0568% of the Katon territory is a national park, a wildlife reserve that is home to many species,
01:12including moose, snow leopard, brown bear, lynx and the red Altai deer.
01:16Katon is one of the few remaining places where nature is undisturbed by the tourists in pursuit of
01:32the nature undisturbed by the tourists. People come here to find peace, but it takes determination to come.
01:38The closest airport in the city of Oskaman is a six-hour drive away, much further than Mongolia.
01:44Still, people of Katon try to make the best of it.
01:47We came to the conclusion that the sustainable development of Katon Karagai
01:51region will be the development of tourism. We see that in 2050, 30% of the economically
01:58active population of Katon Karagai region will be involved in this area.
02:02Many already make a living from tourism, like Damir Kalikan, who turned his secluded household
02:08into a very peculiar spa resort. He cures people with the deer antlers.
02:13This rock, when it was just born, we call it Panta.
02:16It's not a pest. There are 19 types of aminokisot in Panta.
02:22There is only a concentration of aminokisot in the enemy.
02:26It's essential.
02:27More and more people turn ancestral homes into guest houses or build new ones, always combining a
02:55special story, local specialties and the beauty of nature.
03:02Photozona, her women are very, very loved.
03:06Because Umay is a protector of women's crimes.
03:12And when women come, they hugged them with their hands.
03:16And many of them have their emotions, memories.
03:20Some people cry, some people ask for something.
03:24Well, everyone has their own.
03:27The trip to each of the Katon's beauties is challenging.
03:30But each beauty is well worth the effort.
03:33To make the region more accessible, a new international airport is being built.
03:37And the first airplanes with tourists should land early next year.
03:41Bulldozers are already widening the dirt roads to make way for the asphalt.
03:45Even the people benefiting from the tourism in the region are hopeful.
03:49Yet anxious at the same time, afraid of the mass tourism visitor numbers.
03:54We want to maintain Katon in the way in which he is today.
04:01So that there is no spiritual development of tourism, a large number of visitors.
04:07Everything must be in favor.
04:09Everything must be very developed.
04:11Everything must be in the way.
04:13Everything must be in the way.
04:14It must be in the way.
04:15It must be safe for nature and for the local community.
04:18The new international airport nearby should be open sometime next year.
04:21So I hope the next visit will be by plane.
04:26But this piece of paradise is definitely worth seeing again.
04:31See you in another episode of the Modern Nomads.
04:38See you in another episode of the Modern Nomads.
04:43The new international airport nearby should be open sometime next year.
04:47So I hope the next visit will be by plane.
04:50But this piece of paradise is definitely worth seeing again.
04:54See you in another episode of the Modern Nomads.
04:56Modern Nomads.
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