Orto-Tokoy water reservoir

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Batay Aral (Song Kul) - Bishkek

Drive to Bishkek

Batay Aral (Song Kul)Bishkek
Drive
350 km6 hr
Season
June – October
Meals
Breakfast · Lunch · Dinner
Elevation gain
400 m
Elevation loss
2700 m

Journey route

The route

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    DestinationBishkek

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About this Journey

We leave the Song Kul's lake driving up the Kalmak Ashuu pass, before to descend in the colorful valley of Tiulek. Most of shepherds of Tiulek are living from yak breeder. Then we arrive on the newest road linking Bishkek to the Torugart pass. We descend till Kochkor for lunch. In the afternoon, we drive through the Issyk Kul lake and Balikchi, the fishermen town situated on the west side of the lake. The road continue in the gorge of Boom part of the Chuy valley. (They are many options for this day : folk concert or wool show in Kochkor, walk in the Konorchek canyon, visit of the Burana tower, 2 hours rafting in the Chong Kemin or Chuy river, and more). Night in Bishkek in guesthouse.

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Arriving here

Cattle near Kochkor village
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Memorial of Kojomkul at the Bishkek's Sport Palace
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a road on the shore of the deep blue Song Kul lake
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Bishkek - Batay Aral (Song Kul)

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Continuing from here

some horses in the middle of green meadows nearly the shore of the Song Kul lake at 3000 m. alt.
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Bishkek - Kumdu Suu (Song Kul)

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Suusamyr valley
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Bishkek - Suusamyr

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Memorial of Kojomkul at the Bishkek's Sport Palace
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Bishkek - Batay Aral (Song Kul)

280 km Summer

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