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Aerial view of a turquoise alpine lake with grazing horses and snow-capped peaks

REGION BY REGION

DESTINATIONS

Six regions that between them cover almost everything people come to Kyrgyzstan for.

A high jailoo plateau near Song-Kol beneath a jagged mountain range
3,016 m

Song-Kol

A freshwater lake at 3,016 m ringed by summer pastures, where herding families raise their yurts from June to September.

6 tours
Turquoise Kel-Suu Lake held between steep rocky cliffs
3,514 m

Kel-Suu

A hidden glacier lake at 3,514 m in the border zone near China, reachable only by 4x4 and a permit.

3 tours
Lake Issyk-Kul with a boat on the water and mountains along the far shore
1,607 m

Issyk-Kul

The world's second-largest alpine lake, warm enough to swim in and framed by the snow of the Tien Shan.

3 tours
Eroded red sandstone rock formations at Jeti-Oguz
2,200 m

Jeti-Oguz

Red sandstone cliffs above a green valley of spruce forest, hot springs and easy walking.

2 tours
Changing of the guard on Ala-Too Square in Bishkek
800 m

Bishkek

A green, low-rise Soviet-planned capital at the foot of the mountains, and the start of nearly every trip.

7 tours
Sulaiman-Too, the sacred UNESCO mountain rising over Osh
3,600 m

Osh & the Pamir

The oldest city in the country and the start of the Pamir Highway, climbing to passes above 4,200 m.

1 tour
A braided river winding through the green Kilemche valley in golden light
3,560 m

Ala-Kul & Altyn-Arashan

A turquoise glacial lake at 3,560 m reached over a steep pass, and the hot-spring valley of Altyn-Arashan below it.

1 tour