The warm lake · Kyrgyzstan
A vast mountain lake that never freezes, ringed by snow peaks.
Issyk-Kul, at about 1,600 m, stretches for roughly 180 km between the Kungey and Terskey ranges of the Tien Shan. Its slightly salty water never freezes, which gave it the name "warm lake".
The north shore has resorts and the open-air petroglyphs of Cholpon-Ata; the quieter south shore has the Skazka ("fairy tale") canyon, the red cliffs of Jeti-Oguz, yurt camps and eagle-hunting demonstrations.
Don’t miss
Rock carvings of ibex and hunters in an open field.
Eroded red and ochre formations on the south shore.
The "seven bulls" red rock formation and the Broken Heart rock.
Demonstrations by berkutchi near Bokonbaevo.
Lakeside stays on the south shore.
Tours
Ashgabat → Darvaza gas crater → Kunya-Urgench → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Seven Lakes (Haft Kul) → Tashkent → Margilan → Osh → Bishkek → Song-Kul → Issyk-Kul → Almaty
Tashkent → Khiva → Bukhara → Samarkand → Bishkek → Issyk-Kul → Karakol → Song-Kul
Bishkek → Ala Archa National Park → Issyk-Kul → Karakol → Song-Kul
Almaty → Charyn Canyon → Kolsai Lakes → Karakol → Issyk-Kul → Song-Kul → Bishkek
Nearby
Darvaza Trip · Koshona street 75/1, Khiva, Uzbekistan · WhatsApp +998 91 920 94 20 · tours.uzbekistan@gmail.com · darvazatrip.com/destinations/kyrgyzstan/issyk-kul/
