A remarkably well-preserved 15th-century stone caravanserai in a remote valley at 3,500 m, on a Silk Road route to China. Inside are domed rooms around a central hall.
Stay in a nearby yurt camp. It's on the road to the Torugart Pass, a few hours from Naryn.
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.
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 mountain gorge just 40 km south of Bishkek, with trails to waterfalls and glaciers.
One of the largest mountain lakes in the world, which never freezes, ringed by the snowy Tian Shan.
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 …
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