Gorge "Ayusay" (Bear) - VisitAlmaty

Ayusai Gorge (The name of the gorge is translated as Bear Log) is a left branch from the Big Almaty Gorge (BAU), about 6-7 km long, starting a little east of the top of the Big Almaty Peak. It is interesting for its three waterfalls. Three kilometers above the confluence of the Ozernaya and Almaty rivers is the mouth of the Ayusay river, which flows in a narrow, deep and difficult gorge.

The sculptural group "Three Bears" can serve as a reference point. If you walk 500 meters from them to the west, in the direction of the Ayusai Gorge (Bear Log), you can see a waterfall about 5 meters high. Previously, it was twice as high, but in the 60s of the last century, the collapse of the left rocky slope greatly reduced its height. A little higher up the gorge is another small waterfall. From it, along the path, you can go up the gorge, which narrows and turns into a small but deep rocky canyon, at the end of which there is the next waterfall available for visiting. It flows down from a rocky ledge, has a height of about 8-9 meters. The slopes surrounding the waterfall are difficult and extremely dangerous. Above this waterfall there are several other small waterfalls. And in the right tributary of the Ayusay River there is a rather high waterfall, but due to its inaccessibility, it is practically unknown. You can get to it from Almaty from the intersection of Al Farabi and Navoi streets, driving 12.5 km by car, or first 9 km by bus 28, to the 2nd hydroelectric power station, and from there walking along the highway to BAU, to the entrance to the Ayusay gorge , another 3.5 km.