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.
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.
The Kodjo Kelen valley is still little known. The ocher cliffs create an impressive contrast in the middle of alpine-type vegetation. You can spend at least two days walking there. But it is also the start of 2 treks towards, one passing the Jiptik pass and joining Sary Mogol in front of the Lenin peak, in 3 days. Or by the Sary Mogol pass in 7 days.
The "Kyrghyz-Ata" nature park is located in the basin of the river of the same name, descending from the northern slope of the Kichik-Alai ridge, at a distance of about 40 km from the town of Osh along the road leading to the village of Iski-Naukat. On all sides the valley is surrounded by amazingly beautiful peaks of the Kichik-Alai ridges covered with snow caps. The rocks are composed of limestone with outcrops of multicolored marble. The total area is 11,172 hectares.
Kel Ukok Lake is a lake located 3048 meters above sea level south of the city of Kochkor. The lake was formed after the glaciers retreated, and its wall was formed by moraines. At the bottom, there are several small lakes in the moraine, then the first lake on the plateau is called Aral. The lake attached to Aral is Kel Ukok Lake which is 2330 meters long and 530-730 meters wide. 3 km higher in the Karakum Gorge is another smaller lake Kol-Tor at 3481 meters above sea level, and 700 meters long. Even higher, there are still 3 small glacial lakes.
Kyzyl-Kiya is a city of the Oblast of Batken founded in 1898 by the armies of the tsar for the exploitation of coal, it takes the status of city in 1938. The name means "Red Road" referring to the color of the mountains relatives. Its population is over 50,000 inhabitants. It is 150 km from Batken and 86 km from Osh. The city has no particular attraction but is located at the entrance of a long valley called Isfayram which leads to the peaks of Petit Alay.
Khan-Tengri is a mountain peak, the highest point of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the border with Kyrgyzstan and China, its height is 7010 m above sea level. “Lord of the sky” as the ancient Turks called one of the highest peaks of the Tien Shan - Khan-Tengri peak. The central Tien Shan, located at the junction of the borders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and China, is one of the most popular centers of world mountaineering. Khan-Tengri Peak is without a doubt a treasure of the Tien Shan. This is the second highest mountain in this northernmost of the Asian mountain ranges.
Kilemche valley is situated in Jumgal region, at an altitude up to 3240 m., where some nomads families stay even in farms during the winter. It does not have steeps rapids, so it is more like a mountain valley and river flowing quietly and steadily. Kilemche jailoo has amazing beauty of meadows, where it grows a lot of herbs and flowers to delight the eye, like arnica, edelweiss and gentian.
The pass between the Song Kul's lake and the valley of Kurtka.
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.
