A classic 3 to 4 day trek from Karakol over a 3,900 m pass to a turquoise glacial lake, then down to the hot springs of Altyn-Arashan, where you can soak in pools in a valley of pine trees.
The season is July to September. Hire gear and guides in Karakol; there are simple yurt camps along the way.
One of the largest mountain lakes in the world, which never freezes, ringed by the snowy Tian Shan.
An 11th-century minaret, all that remains of the city of Balasagun, with a field of balbals, stone figures carved by early Turkic peoples, and a smal…
A high alpine lake at 3,000 m surrounded by summer pastures where nomadic herders bring their horses, sheep and yaks from June to September.
A mountain gorge just 40 km south of Bishkek, with trails to waterfalls and glaciers.
A remarkably well-preserved 15th-century stone caravanserai in a remote valley at 3,500 m, on a Silk Road route to China.
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