Suusamyr village is located in the picturesque Suusamyr valley, among the majestic Tien Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. This place, bathed in clean mountain air and surrounded by green pastures, attracts with its natural beauty and cultural heritage.
Small village of yak breeders, located at the crossroads with China and Tajikistan on the Silk Roads. Sary Tash means in Kyrgyz "the yellow stone". From the village, there is a panoramic view of the Zalaïskiy mountain range. To the west where the waters of the Kyzyl-Suu river flow towards Djirgatal in Tajikistan, we can see the Lenin peak rising to 7134 meters above sea level.
Small village at the crossroad of the Song Kul's road and Naryn.
The small village of Sary Mogol is located opposite the famous Lenin peak, on the right bank of the Kyzyl-Suu river which forms the majestic valley of Alay, 180 km long. The glaciers of the Zaalayskiy ridge here form the sources of the great Amu-Darya river, which supplies water to most of the territories of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. By Stalin's clumsiness, the Kyrgyz people of Sary Mogol were cut in two by the Tajik border. Before the arrival of the Tsar, the Kyrgyz people occupied and still occupy the upper Tajik Pamirs.
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 Mongolia, China, and Tibet.
During his expeditions, he revealed the exact directions of the mountain ranges and borders of the Tibetan Mountains. Przhewalsky collected an enormous zoological collection, which comprised several thousand of species of plant, animals, birds, fishes and insects.
Karakol
Kyrgyzstan
Birth place of Togolok Moldo, (real name was Bamba Abdurakhmanov), born in 1860. He was a great Kyrgyz poet, Manaschi and a folk song writer. You can see its portrait on the Kyrgyz 20 soms note.
Ornok (Ornek) is a small village on the northern shore of Lake Issyk Kul 18 km from Tamchi and Cholpon Ata. The place has been known for several millennia, the many petroglyphs on the heights of the village are proof of this. You can see the petroglyphs from the side of the road that leads to Chong Kemin Valley.
This small village south of the Issyk Kul lake turned to crafts and manufacturing yurts.
Once known as Jangy Talap, the village has now taken back its historical name, Kurtka. Situated along one of the ancient Silk Road routes, Kurtka is renowned for the mausoleum of Taylak Batyr, a legendary Kyrgyz hero. The village lies at the foot of the Kurtka River, not far from the birthplace of the famous poet and thinker Togolok Moldo in the neighboring village of Ak-Tal, on the left bank of the Naryn River.
Small seaside village on the north shore of Lake Issyk Kul. The beach is less than 2km from the mountains, making it a good starting point for exploring the Grigorivka valley.