UNESCO World Heritage for Kazakhstan

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 5 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Kazakhstan to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of Kazakhstan for descriptions.


2003 - Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
2004 - Petroglyphs within the Archaeological Landscape of Tamgaly
2008 - Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan
2014 - Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
2016 - Western Tien-Shan