5 articles to prepare your trip
A crossroads capital at the foot of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too range, Bishkek serves as a logistical base and offers, an hour to the south, the glacial valley of Ala-Archa for acclimatization.
Southern Kyrgyzstan is Och and its 3000 years of history on the banks of the Ak-Bura, the Jayma bazaar, and the Alai highlands facing Lenin Peak.
The Central Tian Shan massif, home to Kyrgyzstan's two 7,000m peaks and base for Khan Tengri and Pobeda expeditions, offers high-altitude trekking through glacial valleys, hot springs and Dungan villages around Karakol.
A high-altitude lake plateau at 3,016 metres inhabited in summer by transhumant herders, extending southward to Naryn and the Tash Rabat caravanserai on the Silk Road.
Issyk-Kul Lake
The world's second-highest altitude lake, Issyk-Kul stretches along sandy beaches, red sandstone gorges, hot springs at 2,600 meters, and the cosmopolitan city of Karakol.
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