Destinations
Where to go in Kyrgyzstan
From Bishkek's boulevards to yurt camps above 3,000 metres: the lakes, valleys and Silk Road sites we know best. Each one can be added to any tour.
Bishkek
A green, easy-going capital of wide boulevards, Soviet mosaics and the loud, fragrant Osh Bazaar.
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Ala-Archa National Park
Juniper forests, glacier views and well-marked trails just an hour south of Bishkek.
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Burana Tower
An 11th-century minaret, all that stands of the Silk Road city of Balasagun.
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Balbal stones
Carved stone faces that once watched over the graves of honoured nomads.
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Issyk-Kul Lake
The "warm lake": a vast alpine sea ringed by snowy peaks that never freezes.
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Karakol
Trekking capital of the Tian Shan, with a wooden cathedral, a Dungan mosque and great ashlan-fu.
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Jeti-Oguz
Red sandstone "Seven Bulls" cliffs, the Broken Heart rock and the Valley of Flowers.
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Song-Kul Lake
A high-altitude lake surrounded by summer pastures, yurt camps and grazing horses.
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Kel-Suu Lake
A remote turquoise lake in a sheer-walled gorge near the Chinese border.
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Tash-Rabat
A 15th-century stone caravanserai in a quiet valley on the road to China.
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Naryn
The wild heartland of nomadic Kyrgyzstan: high pastures, gorges and few tourists.
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Osh
The 3,000-year-old "southern capital", built around the sacred Sulaiman-Too mountain.
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Arslanbob
The world's largest wild walnut forest and an Uzbek village of waterfalls and homestays.
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