Walks and treks
Ala-Kul Lake trek
Tyup, Issyk-Kul
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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Natural features
Song-Kul Lake
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.
Walks and treks
Ala Archa National Park
Alamudunskiy Rayon, Chuy
A mountain gorge just 40 km south of Bishkek, with trails to waterfalls and glaciers.
Natural features
Issyk-Kul Lake
Karakol, Issyk-Kul
One of the largest mountain lakes in the world, which never freezes, ringed by the snowy Tian Shan.
Historic sites
Tash Rabat Caravanserai
Naryn
A remarkably well-preserved 15th-century stone caravanserai in a remote valley at 3,500 m, on a Silk Road route to China.
Historic sites
Burana Tower
Chuyskiy Rayon, Chuy
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…