Issyk Kul region

Muras Museum

The Muras Museum of History and Ethnography. In the village of Barskoon is in the school of Kendirbayev 1984 was created but in those days we did not have a room they stood at the entrance to the school. In 1998 a room was allocated and this room is now a museum. There are 215 exhibits, photos, documents, booklets and books in the museum.

Karakol
Kyrgyzstan

Ybrai Sooronbaev Museum

Museum named after Ybrai Sooronbaev. Ybray Sooronbaev was born in 1904 and in 1936 he was appointed head of the village of Ang-Östön, who first built a school in the village. In 2016, a school museum named after Ybrai Sooronbaev was opened. The museum has more than 700 exhibits. The museum is divided into two parts, one of which includes information and belongings of Ibrai Sooronbaev. And in the second, the history of the ancient Kyrgyz. 

Karakol
Kyrgyzstan

Altyn Uya Museum

 Altyn Uya Museum Historical and Local History Museum.

 Our pre-school educational organisation "Altyn Uya" named after Seitalieva Aina was founded in 2016 and started operating in 2018. When our kindergarten opened in 2018, a museum named after Seitalieva Aina, a nanny and Russian language teacher who was the umbilical mother of an older generation in our name village, was organised. Information about Aina Seitalieva's life, family and service was brought to the museum, as well as her second-hand belongings, diplomas and books, with 50 exhibits in the collection.

Karakol
Kyrgyzstan

Ak-Döbö

Ak-Dyobyo is a village in Jeti-Oguz District, Issyk-Kul Province, Kyrgyzstan. It is part of the Ak-Dyobyo commune, which consists of four villages located along a branch of the Jeti-Oguz River delta and along the eastern slope of Mount Orgochor. But its name, of course, comes from the fact that it is located next to Mount Orgochor, as Ak-Döbö means "white hill".

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 gorge. Above the forest, a path runs north to the Shakiratma valley. The easiest way is on the south side of the summit. There is also a beautiful lake to visit.

Juku
Kyrgyzstan

Chong-Jargylchak

Chong-Jargylchak is a small village of 1000 inhabitants located between Barskoon and Kichi-Jargylchak, on the southern shore of Lake Issyk Kul. 

The village is not only known for its beautiful bay but also for its green orchards and fields. It is the starting point to visit its long valley of almost 25 km, and its river which originates mainly from the Korolkova glacier which rises to almost 4800 meters. There are several small glacial lakes, the largest of which is at the foot of Panfilovtsev Peak. 

Saryköl Lake

Saryköl is a beautiful lake situated on a mountain plateau between Shorgosu and Aïgyrbulak in the south-east of the Jetimbel Too range. Its name means "Yellow Lake" in Kyrgyz. Sary Köl is an endorheic lake, meaning that it has no outflow, and all of its water is retained within its basin.

The lake measures approximately 2.4 kilometers in length and 700 meters in width. The lake's location on the plateau ensures that it is surrounded by stunning mountain scenery, with peaks rising in the distance.

Juku
Kyrgyzstan