Issyk-Kul Region

sights.uz lists 22 historic and notable places in Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan. Among them are 1 monuments, 17 eco-tourism sites and 4 museums.

Issyk-Kul

Issyk-Kul (Russian: Иссык-Куль) or Ysyk-Köl (Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл [ɯsɯ́q kʰɵl]; lit. 'Hot Lake') is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains in eastern…

Ala-Kul

Ala-Köl (Kyrgyz: Ала-Көл, also Алакөл, Russian: Ала-Куль, romanized: Ala-Kul) is a rock-dammed lake on the northern slope of the Terskey Alatau mountain range in the Ak-Suu…

Lake Merzbacher

Lake Merzbacher (Kyrgyz: Мерцбахер көлү) is a moraine glacier lake located in east Kyrgyzstan between the north and south Engilchek Glaciers in the Tien Shan Mountains. It is…

Orto-Tokoy Reservoir

Orto-Tokoy Reservoir or Orto-Tokoi Reservoir (Kyrgyz: Ортотокой суу сактагычы), is a reservoir of the Chu River, located in Kochkor District of Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It has…

Issyk-Kul State Nature Reserve

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Sarychat-Ertash State Nature Reserve

The Sarychat-Eertash Nature Reserve (Kyrgyz: Сарычат-Ээрташ мамлекеттик коругу, Russian: Сарычат-Эрташский государственный заповедник) is located in Issyk-Kul Region of…

Karakol Dungan Mosque

The Ibrahim Hoji Mosque is a central mosque in the city of Karacol, Istiqol province.

Rukh Ordo

The Rukh Ordo (Kyrgyz and Russian: Рух Ордо) is a cultural complex and open-air museum in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. The name of the complex means in Kyrgyz, "The Spirits' Center".…

Barskoon waterfall

Barskoon Waterfall (Kyrgyz: Барскоон шаркыратмасы, Russian: Водопад Барскаун) is a geological protected area located in Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. It…

Przhevalsky Museum

The Przhevalsky Museum (Kyrgyz: Пржевальск музей; Russian: Пржевальский музей) is a museum located in Karakol, Kyrgyzstan.

Kichi Ak-Suu Forest Sanctuary

The Kichi Ak-Suu Forest Reserve (Kyrgyz: Кичи Ак-Суу токой заказниги, Russian: Лесной заказник Малая Ак-Суу) is located in the Anan'yevo rural community, Issyk-Kul District,…

Dzhety-Oguz Wildlife Sanctuary

Jeti-Ögüz Game Reserve (Kyrgyz: Жети-Өгүз зоологиялык (аң уулоочу) заказниги) is a protected area in Jeti-Ögüz District, Issyk-Kul Region, Kyrgyzstan. It is situated on the north…

Barskaun Canyon

Barskoun Canyon is one of the large canyons on the northern side of the Teskey Ala-Too. It extends from the water divide of the Teskey Ala-Too to the southern shore of Issyk-Kul…

Tüp Sanctuary

Tüp Game Reserve (Kyrgyz: Түп зоологиялык (аң уулоочу) заказниги) is a protected area in Tüp District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. It is situated on the north side of the…

Jeti-Ögüz Rocks

The Jeti-Ögüz Rocks is a geological protected area (nature monument) located in Jeti-Ögüz District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1975 with a purpose of…

Teploklyuchenka Sanctuary

Teploklyuchenka Game Reserve (Kyrgyz: Теплоключенка зоологиялык (аң уулоочу) заказниги) is a protected area in Ak-Suu District, Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan.

Tuz-Köl

Salt Lake is a historical toponym, one of the oldest names for Lake Isaac.

Open air Museum Issyk Kull at Cholpon Ata

The size of the rock fragments ranges between 30 centimeters and 3 meters. The petroglyphs were initially incised with stone, later with metal tools into the glossy dark desert…

Djergalchak Sanctuary

Jargylchak Game Reserve (Kyrgyz: Жаргылчак зоологиялык (аң уулоочу) заказниги) is a specially protected area located in river basins of Chong Jargylchak and Kichi Jargylchak of…

Karakol history museum

Karakol's history museum occupies a mansion built before the 1917 revolution for the merchant family Iljin, in the center of the city near Lake Issyk-Kul. Between 1918 and 1920…

Fairy Tale Canyon

Known locally as Skazka, meaning fairy tale in Russian, this canyon lies on the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul near the village of Tosor, roughly 120 kilometers from Karakol.…

Fairy Tale Canyon

This canyon sits a few kilometers from the lakeside village of Tosor on the southern side of Lake Issyk-Kul, where a band of reddish sandstone has weathered into an unusually…