Top sights in Kyrgyzstan

Peak Drujba

Mount Drujba, meaning "friendship," is located south of the West Dungurome Valley. It is clearly visible ahead as you drive up the Barskoon Valley road, before reaching the ecological checkpoint and the switchbacks. On…

Elevation 4 349 m

Peak Ittish

The majestic Peak Ittish, a snowy peak standing at an impressive altitude of 4808 meters in Kyrgyzstan. Known as the "head of dog" in the local language, this peak offers a breathtaking mountaineering experience…

Elevation 4 808 m

Peak Jeti Oguz

You might think that Jeti Oguz Peak is one of the highest peaks in the Teskei Alatoo, but it is actually one of the first you can see from the Issyk Kul lake side, just east of the Jeti Oguz Sanatorium. The peak…

Elevation 3 632 m

Peak Shakiratma

Shakiratma Peak is located in the Chong Kyzyl Suu Valley, in front of the Chong Kyzyl Suu Geophysical Station. To climb it, you have to go up the Chong Kyzyl Suu valley from the station, about 5km, into the Keldike…

Elevation 4 066 m

Peak Skobolev

The peak Skobelev (Skobolev) is situated at 5051 meters altitude. This certainly the highest peak of the Alayski range. The access is easy from the Kashka Suu valley, and the ascent is technically not difficult.In 2016,…

Elevation 5 051 m

Petroglyphs of Cholpon-Ata

Near the former airport of Cholpon Ata, you may find a large site of petroglyphs from Bronze Age and some sacred places. There are thousand of drawings. First were painted by the Andronov tribes (Andronic), the former…

Elevation 1 725 m

Petroglyphs of Ornok

Maybe less know, petroglyphs of Ornok are of the same period than petroglyphs of Cholpon Ata. A wild open air museum, where you have to find by yourself stones drawn during bronze, iron ages, and during the early Middle…

Elevation 1 850 m

Petroglyphs on Zhaltyrak-Tash stones

Zhaltyrak-Tash as a multi-layered monument is dated in a significant time range - from the Bronze Age to ethnographic modernity. The most ancient are considered to be animal drawings made in bitreugular style and having…

Pobeda peak

Le pic Pobeda est le point culminant du massif du Tian Shan et du Kirghizistan, à l'est du pays à la frontière avec la Chine. Il constitue un symbole historique pour différents pays. Il est gravi pour la première fois…

Elevation 7 439 m

Przhevalsky museum

Nikolay Mikhailovich Przhewalsky was one of the first Russian Geographer who started studying in detail the geography, flora and fauna of the Central Asia. Beginning from 1870, he arranged 4 large expeditions to…

Elevation 1 643 m