Top sights in Kyrgyzstan

Forest Museum

**Forest Museum in Ak-Suu district, Issyk-Kul region**The Forest Museum, located in Ak-Suu district, Issyk-Kul region, is a unique natural and cultural institution designed to preserve and popularize the rich forest…

Gallery of Art in the city of Naryn

On June 23, 2001, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of Kyrgyzstan's Independence, the AS Art Gallery was inaugurated in the city of Naryn. Over the years, it has become a significant cultural center of the region,…

Elevation 2 047 m

Great Silk Road

The ancient Silk Road was a dirty road, which was originally used to spread silk from China all over the continent. The silk was in this time a very expensive, but useful product. In 121 BC the first camel caravan…

Gumbez Balchak

Ruins of ancient Gumbez is the only memory in the valley of Djuuku gorge. If you look around it’s hard to believe that long time ago a lot of things were going on here.According to the history this gumbez belonged to…

Elevation 1 916 m

Gumbez of Manas

The Gumbez (Mausoleum) of Manas, a medieval architectural monument from the 14th century (around 1334), is located in Tasharyk village, at the crossroad of Kenkol valley and Talas valley, 13 km north-east of Talas…

Elevation 1 357 m

Historical and Ethnographic Museum of Karakol

The museum is housed in a pretty chocolate-box cottage in central Karakol, and it was the pre-revolutionary summer home of the Iliana merchant family. From 1918-1920 the building earned its socialist stripes as…

Elevation 1 800 m

Historical complex of Uzgen

In the heart of southern Kyrgyzstan, the ancient town of Uzgen invites travelers to step into a lesser-known chapter of the Silk Road. Overlooking the fertile Kara-Darya valley, this historic complex once stood at the…

Elevation 1 027 m

Historical museum of Orgochor

The Orgochor Historical Museum is a unique place where the memory and spirit of the region's past are preserved. The museum is a cultural centre where exhibits reflecting the history, traditions and everyday life of the…

Elevation 1 790 m

Hot Springs of Jukutchak Valley

One of the side valleys of Juku Valley.Popular for its local hot spring and the cave of the 300 sheep.The Swiss journalist and traveller Ella Maillart passed by this valley in 1932 during her trip to Central Asia.The…

Elevation 2 236 m

Ichke Jergez

Winter yurt camp near Karakol.

Elevation 2 700 m

Ishtik ancient caravanserail site

This site is situated at the foot of the ancient border post of Bedel. There are traces of settlement and tombs of different centuries. There is still a dirty road to China, but it closed and guarded by Kyrgyz border…

Elevation 3 330 m