Altyn-Emel — the state national natural park in the valley of the Ili River in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan. It occupies the territory bounded from the south by the Ili River and the Kapshagay reservoir, from the north by the western spurs of the Dzungarian Alatau - by the Sholak, Matai Altynemel and Koyandytau mountains, from the east by the low mountains Aktau. in the territories of the former: Kapchagai State Hunting and Reserve Economy, the Almaty State Reserve, the nursery for semi-free keeping of animals (klanarium), the collective agricultural enterprise Baschi. The purpose of creating the park is to preserve unique natural complexes, rare, endangered and especially valuable species of flora and fauna