Overview
Konaev (Konaev city, formerly Kapchagai) is 80 km northeast of Almaty on the A3 and sits beside the Kapchagai reservoir, the Ili River's wide impoundment behind a 1970 hydro dam. The petrol stations here are more reliably stocked than those further east, making this a sensible first fuel stop. The town has a small supermarket for any last-minute supplies. The Kapchagai reservoir stretches north and is visible from the bypass road; in spring the water level is visibly higher after snowmelt from the Tian Shan foothills. From here the route continues east through open semi-desert steppe on the A3 toward Saryozek, where a second fuel top-off is advisable before the turn south toward Basshi.
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Konaev — Fuel and Supply Stop
Step 2 · 80 km from previous · 70 min drive
Konaev (Konaev city, formerly Kapchagai) is 80 km northeast of Almaty on the A3 and sits beside the Kapchagai reservoir, the Ili River's wide impoundment behind a 1970 hydro dam. The petrol stations here are more reliably stocked than those further east, making this a sensible first fuel stop. The town has a small supermarket for any last-minute supplies. The Kapchagai reservoir stretches north and is visible from the bypass road; in spring the water level is visibly higher after snowmelt from the Tian Shan foothills. From here the route continues east through open semi-desert steppe on the A3 toward Saryozek, where a second fuel top-off is advisable before the turn south toward Basshi.