Situated at an altitude of 3929 meters, this high mountain pass stands as a silent sentinel between the Gorge of Kichi Kyzyl Suu and the Jukutchak Gorge. This natural spectacle offers a panoramic canvas of the…
Kyrgyz national writer, outstanding prose writer and draftsman Kasymaly Zhantoshev was born in 1904 in the village of Tepke, Ak-Suu district. In 1970, a museum of K. Zhantoshev was established in the school. Since then,…
The Kata Beshik glacier was part of the enormous Kungyr Suu glacier. Today, the glacier smelled but still some water flew into the Kata Beshik gorge. The possible to cross the glacier without mountaineering equipment…
The Kaynar River has its source in the Borkoldoy massif. At the foot of the glaciers lies its 2 km long lake, formed after a landslide. The contrast between glaciers, black and red rocks, and meadows where sheep and…
Nearly 60km south-east of Bishkek, the Kegeti valley lies between that of Issyk Ata and that of Shamshi. There is a pass that crosses the Kyrgyz Alatoo mountain range, and leads to the Kochkor valley.
The Kekemeren is the biggest river tributary of the Naryn River. The Suusamyr and the West Karakol River flow into the Kekemeren at an altitude of 2030 meters, near the village of Kojomkul and 3 kilomètres before the…
Lake Koel Kogur lies in Chong Kemin National Park. The lake can be reached from Chong Kemin or from Tamchi village on the shore of the Issyk Kul lake. It is located 5 km below Kel-Tor Pass, and it takes a day of walking…
Tucked away in the remote Kurumduk Valley of southeastern Naryn Region, Kel-Suu Lake (meaning “Lake of Water” in Kyrgyz) is one of the most breathtaking and secluded natural wonders in Kyrgyzstan. Perched at an altitude…
This pass is aptly named "passage to the lake", it connects Lake Issyk Kul and Lake Kel Kogur by an old trail first marked by the caravans of the Silk Road. To the north, the Chong Kemin National Park and its verdant…
