Chuy Region

The ruins of the ancient city of Ak-Beshim are located south of Tokmok, near the village of the same name. It was here that the city of Suyab once stood—one of the most important centers of the Great Silk Road in the Chuy Valley.

In the 5th–10th centuries, Suyab was a major commercial and political city where caravans from China, Central Asia, and the Middle East converged. Merchants, diplomats, and travelers passed through its streets, and along with goods, ideas, religions, and cultures of different peoples spread here.

The Koel Toer lake is blocked in the Koel Toer gorge part of the Kegeti valley at the altitude of 2720. Certainly formed by a landslide, the lake is 500 meter wide. From end of the road, it takes about 2 hours walking, 6 km.

The Chong Kemin River (Kyrgyz: Чоң Кемин дарыясы) is a main river in Kemin District of Chuy Province of Kyrgyzstan. It is rising in the Zailiiski range (marking the border beetween Kazakshtan and Kyrgyzstan) and the Kungey range, and is a right tributary of the Chu River in Boom Gorge. The river is protected by status of the National park of Chong Kemin.

It has a length of 116 kilometres with a basin area of 1,890 square kilometres.

Small lake in the Chong Kemin valley.

Koebiuk start 3 km south of the village of Kyzyl Oy and open a way to Toluk north east of the Toktogul reservoir. It's also a wide pasture for shepherd's of Kyzyl Oy.

Located northwest of Kyzyl-Oy village, Chong Suu Jailoo is one of the most colorful and authentic summer pastures of the region. This wide valley stretches toward the Kumbel Pass (3,367 m), which connects the area to the vast Suusamyr Valley and offers spectacular mountain scenery.

Campsite on the foot of Shamsi pass.

Campsite on the jailoo Tuyuk Jar.