400 km from Bishkek or 60 km from Karakol, the old physical and geological station is situated in the gorge of Chong Kyzyl Suu at 2600 meter alt. It’s very good place for acclimatation or BC before to climb surrounding peaks of the Terskey Alatoo.
Kara-Shoro State Natural National Park is a park in Kyrgyzstan created in August 1996 of 14,340.2 hectares. The aim of the park is the conservation of the natural biotope, including geological formations, hydrological regimes, flora and fauna and endangered species. The Kara-Shoro (Yassy or Jassy) river crosses the central part of the park.
Gulcha or Gulcho is a important village on the road M41, between Osh city and Sary-Tash village. Gulcha is the capital of the Alay district.
Kazarman is an important village in Toguz-Toro district of Jalal-Abad province, Kyrgyzstan. It is located on the banks of the Naryn River, at an altitude of 1260 m above sea level. The regional center is 145 km from Jalal-Abad on the road to Naryn. It is a stopping place on the long road from Osh to Lake Song Kul or to the Tash Rabat caravanserail. At the beginning of the 20th century, about sixty soldiers from the Russian Empire settled in the village and called their place "Barracks". Later, the locals called it Kazarman.
Kalmak-Ashuu Pass is located on the shortest access between Kochkor and Song Kul Lake. The pass is opened by a snow-blower at the end of May. and will close when the first snowfall falls in late October. But the nomads who wait each year for the pass to open will leave well before it closes. It is said that the pass is named "Kalmak" because it is from this pass that Kalmyk soldiers once attacked Kyrgyz on the Song Kul meadows.
Lake Koel Kogur lies in Chong Kemin National Park. The lake can be reached from Chong Kemin or from Tamchi village on the shore of the Issyk Kul lake. It is located 5 km below Kel-Tor Pass, and it takes a day of walking or riding from the Chong Kemin River, and 2 days from Issyk Kul Lake.
Situated in the Koel Tor gorge part of the Kegeti basin.
The Karavshin valley arises from the confluence of 3 long valleys: Kara-Suu, Ak-Suu and Jaupaya whose sources are located in the Turkestan chain, which is part of the Pamir massif, on the border with Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. This region is known to climbers for its resemblance to the peaks of southern Patagonia, and often referred to as the Kyrgyz Patagonia.
The Gumbez (Mausoleum) of Manas, a medieval architectural monument from the 14th century (around 1334), is located in Tasharyk village, at the crossroad of Kenkol valley and Talas valley, 13 km north-east of Talas. Although well known among people and in scientific literature as the Mausoleum of Manas, the inscription on the wall reads that the tomb belongs to the daughter of one of the rulers of the Chagatai Khanate, but the body of a 2 meters tall man was found in the tomb.
Cross border between Tiup district and Kegen in Kazakstan. This post is now again open (excepting during the winter time from 1st October till 31st of May). Open daily from 8.00-18.00.
