Our city walk in Karakol starts at the Dungan Mosque. Rakhat Dzhamalova from Destination Karakol welcomes us in front of the entrance. Destination Karakol aims to sustainable strengthening tourism in the region. Rakhat speaks excellent German and English, probably also Kyrgyz and Russian. She will go with us on a two-hour tour. To begin with, […]
Bird’s Eye View of Karakol
Karakol lies between the eastern end of the largest lake in Kyrgyzstan, the Issyk-Kul, and the Tian Shan mountain range. The city was founded in 1860 as a Russian military outpost. Yet, Karakol did only develop when research travelers started to investigate the region between China and Kyrgyzstan. In 1888, Russian military and geographer Przhevalsky […]
Karakol Food tour
From the Seven Bulls, we continue our journey directly to Karakol. Here, we meet Amann from Destination Karakol in the Visitor Center. Please watch the 4K UHD video here You are currently viewing a placeholder content from YouTube. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data […]
Broken Heart and the Seven Bulls
We further continued our journey to the east along the Issyk-Kul. At Shalba we turn off to the south and drive in the direction of the Tian-Shan mountains. Our destination is the Jeti-Oguz Resort, about 25 km southwest of Karakol. But before that, we stop at Broken Heart Rock. As soon as we get out […]
Ethno Village and Manaschi
Between the bank of Issyk-Kul and the road to Karakol, we come across a fenced area. Its purpose is not obvious at first glance. Ethno village at Issyk-Kul One might think, that the buildings are remnants of the Soviet era, but that is not the case. These are the remains of a planned Ethno village, […]
Almaluu Yurt Camp to Seven Springs of Manjaly-Ata
In the early morning, we leave the Almaluu Yurt Camp. Once again we admire the fantastic panorama of the Tian Shan and say goodbye to the animals in the camp. We drive along the south shore of Issyk-Kul in eastern direction. But after only a few kilometers, we stop again. We have arrived at the […]