The North (Issyk-Kul & Bishkek)3 places
- Karakol & the Ala-Köl TrekA four-day loop out of a scruffy Silk Road town: up through spruce forest to a glacial lake the colour of antifreeze at…
- Song-Köl & the JailoosA high mountain lake on a treeless plateau at three thousand metres, where Kyrgyz herders bring their animals and yurts…
- Lake Issyk-Kul & the Tian ShanOne of the world's largest and deepest mountain lakes, a vast blue sheet of slightly salty water that never freezes…
The South (Osh & the Silk Road)1 place
- Osh & the Southern Silk RoadOne of Central Asia's oldest cities, a Silk Road crossroads in the fertile Ferghana Valley, where a sprawling ancient…