Koktokay Town & Old Mining District
可可托海镇
A 'Cold Pole' town that grew up around its mines, where the old Ertix Bridge, Soviet-style buildings and former mine sites recall the glory years of mining.
Koktokay Town was a mining city that rose in the 1950s around a rare-metal mine. The Ertix River flows through the town, and it still preserves the mining bureau office building, the club, the hospital and other Soviet-style and early industrial buildings from that era. The old Ertix Bridge is a good spot for photographing the river valley and the town. On winter mornings, mist rises from the river and the trees along the banks are coated in rime frost, the most picturesque moment of the 'Cold Pole.' Restaurants and guesthouses are concentrated in town, making it the base for visiting No. 3 Mine Pit and the Grand Canyon. The town can be explored on foot in one to two hours.
Opening hours
All day