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This lake does not freeze even in winter, so you can just go here at any time of the year. The beauty of Issyk-Kul can be compared with Baikal. Repeatedly traveled in this direction, so I share in detail.

From Bishkek to Issyk-Kul by car

Having your own car or renting it (options or in principle the possibility of renting can see, for example), reach the lake from Bishkek in five hours. I am talking about the town of Cholpon-Ata (it is located on the so-called northern coast, right in his center). Most often resting precisely in this place. Before it is about three hundred kilometers. As for the state of the road, then in the mountain part it is just perfect, the Chinese built it. Here is a super highway with bumps. But frankly bad areas of the path here also have, so sometimes be prepared for the present extreme. I advise you to travel on this route in the bright time of the day, because the lighting is not everywhere. On the way there will be settlements:

• Balykchy;
• Cherspicks;
• Tamchy.

Actually, they have refueling and institutions of catering, on the basis of infrastructure almost no.

From Bishkek to Issyk-Kul by rail

The opportunity to make a trip by train on the route Bishkek - Issyk-Kul is available only in the summer. The train goes from the beginning of June to the end of August. Railway station is called "Rybachye". She is located in the city of Balykchy. From Bishkek, the train departs early in the morning, the road will take five hours. Schedules this year is not yet.

Prices

Tickets for the train from 700 soms (this is about 660 rubles).

Buying tickets

Travel documents can be purchased at the box office railway station. Also specify the schedule on the official website. With regard to the registration of travel documents in electronic form, this site does not provide this site.

From Bishkek to Issyk-Kul by bus

It all depends on where you need to specifically, Issyk-Kul is big. For example, nine buses are sent to Balkchy daily. The road will take four and a half hours.

You can also get to Jet-Oguz. Two buses go in daily mode. In the way spend ten hours.

There are also flights to Karakol. There are a lot of buses. The road will take about nine and a half hours. The bus station is located on Chimkentskaya Street, 1 (all buses depart from there).

Prices

Tickets to Issyk-kul from 200 soms (this is about 190 rubles). Actually, the cost depends on the specific destination, on the lake there are a lot of different settlements.

Buying tickets

Travel documents are sold at the ticket office of the bus station.

conclusions

The plane will not get to this route, so I recommend you from myself to travel by bus if you don't have your own car.

Highlights

Issyk-Kul is one of the deepest lakes in the world, located in the northeast of Kyrgyzstan in the mountains of Tien Shan at an altitude of 1600 meters. The lake reaches 180 km long, and its width varies from 30 to 60 km. The average depth of the lake is 300 meters, but in some places it comes to 700 meters. By purity and transparency of water, the lake is inferior only to Baikal. Thanks to the huge thicker of water, the lake does not have time to cool and never freeze. In Issyk-Kul, there are about 80 rivers and tributaries flowing from the Tien Shan glaciers. And there are no effluent from the lake, and it accumulates all valuable minerals, brought by rivers and rains.

Beautiful lakes landscapes

The climate in the vicinity of Issyk-kul is moderately marine. The sun pleases its appearance more often than in the Black Sea coast. But there is no exhausting southern heat, and in winter there is no frost. The average summer temperature is +24 ° C, water warms up to +22 ... + 24 degrees. In winter, the thermometer is rarely lowered below 6 degrees of frost.

On the non-freeze lake, hundreds of thousands of birds, in observation of which nature lovers will spend a lot of exciting watches in the observation of nature.

Why go

Issyk-Kul gives incredible opportunities for recreation and rehabilitation - the purest mining and sea air, thermal sources, affordable all year round, therapeutic dirt and healing mineral water. For a full rest, a year-round tourist infrastructure has been created here - comfortable accommodation, comfortable sandy beaches, cafes, cinemas, discos, boat rental and catamarans. Guests of Issyk-Kul are offered exciting excursions in places, not touched by civilization. Lovers of outdoor activities will be happy to take part in the climbing on the mountains, in hiking and equestrian campaigns, alloys. For those who want to see the underwater world, dive into the lake to a depth of more than 20 meters are organized. And the flight on Deltaplane above the beautiful Issyk-Coule will be one of the most exciting adventures in your life!

Fishermen will appreciate fishing on the lake - there are bream, Sazan, Trout, Lin, Carp.

On Earth, only a few places with such a unique microclimate - the air contains a huge number of iodine ions, sea salts, ozone, and the water of Issyk-kul - truly magic storehouse - there are all useful chemical elements and trace elements that are associated with a weak alkaline reaction. The human body has a powerful wellness effect.

Beach resort Tamchy

Resorts and attractions

The North Coast of Issyk-Kul is more comfortable, guests have a lot of hotels for every taste and good entertainment infrastructure. Here is the resort of Cholpon-Ata, whose mineral waters are similar in its composition with Essentuk's sources. Local clay and hydrogen sulfide dirt are famous for their painkillers and antibacterial properties. Local attractions, water park and 70-meter ferris wheel are worthy. In the vicinity of Cholpon-Ata, take a look at the stone garden, where you will see the unique ruins of the city of the Great Flip Route.

Not far from Cholpon-Ata there is Village Bostery, known for its fair and local apricots, cherry, honey.

For a relaxing family holiday, the Bulan-Sogot village is perfect.

In the village of Corum, you can see the ethnographic zone with ancient petroglyphs.

A shallow beacon near the village of Sarah will satisfy vacationers with children.

Next to the village of Ak-Suu, you can plunge into unique sources, - although they are next to each other, the water in them differs in composition (hydrogen sulfide and radon) and in temperature (from +32 to +50).

Fans of esoterica consider their duty to reach the local shrine Tanga Tash, - three gigantic stones lying at a distance of a kilometer from each other.

In 5 hours of driving from Issyk-kul, there is a dead lake with healing mud and so salty water that it is impossible to drown in this reservoir. The chemical composition of the water of the lake is equivalent to the water of the Dead Sea in Israel. Local dirt is very effective in the treatment of colds and skin diseases. If you are gathering here, be prepared for the fact that the lake is not equipped, there are only yurts on his shores where the dishes of National Kyrgyz cuisine will be offered. In no case try to remove the water - for it is punished with a large fine.

East of Issyk-kul is the legendary Pass Sentash - it was here that Tamerlan ordered to pour his famous stone heaps.

Be sure to go on a tour of at least one of the most beautiful local gorges - Jeta-Oguz with a zoological reserve and hydrogen sulfide sources; Barshan, according to which the Great Silk Road ran; Boy with a botanical reserve; Barskown with magnificent waterfalls and a monument to Yuri Gagarin, who loved to be in these places.

Accommodation

There are more than two hundred sanatoriums with excellent medicinal base, boarding houses, holiday homes, mini-hotels. Those who want to close as much as much as possible and enjoy the local exotic, the traditional Kyrgyz Yurts are offered for living.

View of Mount Tien Shan

Helpful information

• Do not acquire alcoholic beverages in the markets and in small stores, - there is a danger of buying counterfeit products.
• During forestry walks, do not eat unfamiliar berries and plants, do not collect mushrooms unknown to you.
• Souvenirs and things are more profitable to buy not in Issyk-Kule, but on the Bishkek market Dordaoi.

How to get

On the aircraft fly to Bishkek or Alma-Ata, then on the bus or train going to Issyk-kul. From Bishkek, the road will take 4 hours, from Almaty 8 hours. For the intersection of the borders of Kyrgyzstan or Kazakhstan, enough passport of the Russian Federation.

Issyk-Kul is one of the most picturesque places in Kyrgyzstan. There are many attractions and beautiful nature, which allows you to get an excellent spiritual development and leisure for the whole family. If earlier to the lake it was difficult to get, then it was now much easier, and you can get from the city of Bishkek.

Distance

It is approximately 250 kilometers. On the coast, you will be offered a rich variety of services and entertainment, you can choose the place to accommodate you like, and also create excellent conditions. For lovers of a full range of services, you can choose a room at the hotel of any resort town, and for those who want to save and admire nature, you can rent a room in the house of local residents, which will cost cheaper. Moreover, you can live in a house and use hotel services, of course, for a fee.

A variety of rivers falls in the pond, but no river makes out of it from it, so salt accumulates in quite large quantities. Among the largest rivers flowing into it, you can highlight Jergalan, TJ and Chu.

Natural zones of the lake

Natural zones in this area are also rich enough and varied. In the East, you can see the steppes, and in the West - the desert. In the east of the lake there are fir forests, which are very thick. From the inside the lake is also diverse, because 20 species of fish live here, among which bream, Osman, Sazan, Chebak, Trout and so on. The first managed to explore the Russian traveler, who described Issyk-Kul is quite peculiar.

Some travelers literally fell in love with this edge and asked them to bury them on the shore of the lake. Some noted that the lake is even more beautiful than Switzerland.

The reservoir currently attracts quite a lot of tourists from a variety of countries, including from Kazakhstan, Russia and other corners. The coast has resorts that work all year round, and some work only in the swimming season. If you prefer a wild extreme rest, then there is nothing better than rest in the tents, which will bring you a lot of unforgettable emotions and will give all the best. If you have decided to relax in the paradise edges, you can start, because here you expect beautiful nature and the best emotions.

The goal of the trip was the lake, of course. Oveught legends supported by colorful photographs .... In fact, the trip turned into a nightmare.
Began that with the crossing of the border - where all the staff as one demanded a bribe, similar apparently is a national line, since then all the meetings were asked for money, or how are they in Kyrgyzstan now?
The lake is really not a "fountain", as the guide said, the lake "breathes" - it decreases, it increases, and is now in a practically the smallest level. Yes - dirty. Yes - zero service. Our attempt will be settled in one of the hotels at the lake a whole adventure, we chose a hotel on the lake in Bishkek by reviews. One of the best in one voice was called "Hotel Karven Four Seasons," in Bishkek we were the regulators of the same name restaurant (by the way quite decent) therefore the choice was stopped at this hotel, and from Bishkek went straight there ... I needed a suite or junior suite. The suites were not, the junior suit showed two ... oh and ah. Apparently the photo on the site at least five years ago - repairs, to put it mildly, "as well" - in the literal sense - the holes in the sexual coating, the launch of the furniture, the rope with a lingerie was stretched by hand with a manual rest. In the bathroom mold. Rooms from 200 bucks per night, in a short conversation with guests it became clear that the dining room was directly dining, no complaints about something else. In general, we did not remain there. Let's go for good luck. Stayed in five and six hotels - and .. yes. He was the best. As a result, at the hour of the night, they stopped in a unfinished hotel, with a pair of already finished rooms with fresh repairs and furniture. The name is worn out of memory. Not a dream, but at least underwear is clean. To say that there is no service on the lake, not to say anything. Rudeness, bribery, horror prices. My husband had sandals broke, passed on shopping - leatherette 5-6 thousand.
The nature is beautiful, the mountains are stunning, incredibly picturesque, but there is no place to live.
In Bishkek, the hotel found at the very center of the city, not far from the already named restaurant "Four Seasons" Hotel "Sayrake" - after adventures on the lake no longer hoped for anything, but were pleasantly surprised. I drove as a house to expensive relatives, smiles, help in everything. Awesome. Recomend for everybody. Very good. In a senior, the birthday fell on days in Bishkek - so at breakfast, even a cake was brought to her - the guard went in advance to the store. I brought the ball at night to the reception, the table was decorated. In general, they went to the meeting literally in everything. Bishkek is a wonderful city - flowering roses everywhere (we walked in the center mainly). If once again there is a stop only in Sayrake. But it is very and very hardly. Unfortunately.

The long-awaited summer came. And the most up-to-date topic in all conversations of Kyrgyzstani is Issyk-Kul. And this year, the family and I have planned to spend on the shore of the lake for the beginning of five days, and then according to the circumstances, to rest or go home. We decided to go on your car, as the road from Bishkek to the lake was repaired to glory. On the highway we go 260 km through the "Boom Gorge". This is about three or five hours depending on the speed of the car and the location of the boarding house.

Then you should cross the bus or route taxi to Lake Issyk-Kul. There is also a flight Almaty Bishkek. But this is already much more expensive (52 US dollars per flight one way from Almaty to Bishkek, respectively, 104 US dollars per ticket in both directions), followed by taxi to Lake Issyk-Kul - 55 US dollars also one way, and in both 110 US dollars. Total will be 214 US dollars.

Lake Location

Lake Issyk-Kul is located in the north-east of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Issyk-Kul is one of the biggest mountain lakes in the world. Therefore, we call it: "Pearl of Kyrgyzstan".

The coastline of the lake stretched 688 kilometers away, the depth of it is about 278 meters to 668 meters (for some rumors, the lake does not have a bottom at all), in the width of Issyk-Kul - 182 kilometers from the east to the West, and from the south to the north - about 58 kilometers . During the last two hundred years, the level of Lake Issyk-Kul decreases and therefore the depth decreases, and the length of the coastline is reduced as a result.

Due to the very high depth of the lake, water in it does not have time to cool - therefore the lake almost does not freeze. Actually Issyk-Kul is translated as a "hot lake".

Interestingly, in Lake Issyk-Kul there are more than 80 rivers and streams, and there is not a single arising. Because of this, salts accumulation occurs, and water in the lake is weakly-salty, and therefore is not suitable for either people nor animals. For this in Starina, the Lake was called Tuz-Kul, which means a salt lake.

On the summer of the summer is warm, and in winter it is slim. The air temperature in the middle of the winter is from minus 1 to minus 12 degrees, in the midst of summer from plus 25 to plus 30. Water in the summer heats up to plus 20-24 degrees, in winter, not lower - minus 2-5 degrees.

Lake Issyk-Kul is also a paradise for fishing lovers. About 20 species of various fish live here.

Selection of the date of travel and resting

We left early in the morning of July 18, and chose this date not just like that. At this time of the year, water in Issyk-Kule warms up to 23 degrees of heat. On the way there are a variety of cafes and restaurants in Kyrgyz cuisine, Russian cuisine, Dongganskaya (branch of Chinese cuisine), we do not stop in them, because we have a road every minute spent near the lake.

Last year, we booked a room in the pension "Three Crowns" (you can find the office for the sale of vouchers to Lake Issyk-Kul in any local newspaper, such as "Evening Bishkek"). Triple Standard Room We shot for 150 US dollars per day. They fed us on slaughter three times a day and very tasty (the meal is included in the price). An interesting landscape, a very clean beach, swimming pool, gym - We were delighted, but strict routine of food intake: breakfast, lunch and dinner on schedule - we did not like. Usually we go to bed late, and in the morning I want to soak in bed. Therefore, it was decided to rent a cottage in a cottage village belonging to one of the boarding houses.

We have chosen a two-room cottage in the Karven Pension Four Seasons (100 dollars a day). Booked it in advance, as closer to the beach season, prices take off up and it happens that there are no places in good pensions a month. They chose him on the advice of acquaintances who rested there last year. Described a very clean beach, neat and beautiful cottages, playgrounds for children and the most important Aquapark. Since I have two children of different ages (the older son is 14 years old, and the younger daughter is 4 years old), we unanimously decided to go there.

From Bishkek, we drove three and a half hours. They found pension easily, as along the entire route (she is the only one to Issyk-kul) are the signs and markings of all nearby boarding houses and hotels.

Before entering the boarding house, we saw many different cafes and small shops with friendly sellers. Every such shop can be compared with a supermarket - there is everything for all occasions. Prices are naturally higher than in Bishkek.

It was pleasantly surprised by us the purity of the entire boarding house and the cottage settlement (it is in the courtyard of the boarding house). Beautiful and well-groomed cleans and gardens, greens, flowers, decorative trees, beautifully decorated arbors and neat benches.

Immediately felt the contrast between the smokey, noisy city and clean air. Issyk-kul, with his striking silence and tranquility.

The car was allowed to park directly near our cottage, and this is a big plus, as the yard of the boarding house is very large and the common parking for cars is located near the gate, and our house was on a decent distance from the entry. The cottage has a kitchen with all necessary appliances. Therefore, with you from Bishkek, the products for making lunch were drawn. You could bring bikes with you, but we did not know about it, therefore we took rent 3 dollars per hour.

After two days of rest (bathing, sunbathing, and nothing) it became boring, and we decided to examine nearby boarding houses, sanatoriums and holiday homes. Especially since it was necessary to buy products on some market.

First of all, we went to the Golden Sand Pension. There are many different entertainment here:

1. attractions
2. steamboats
3. boats
4. catamarans
5. boats
6. underwater diving and much more

And in the evenings every day of the disco. The rooms here too need to booke in advance, because there is no place in the peak of the season. One minus is too much people on the beach. The beach itself is good - sand, clean, without stones. A whole team of rescuers looks after vacationing. On weekends, even a place on the beach is difficult to find. And near the gate of the boarding house about two dozen different restaurants, cafes and dining rooms. For every taste and color. Preparing delicious, portions are large and prices available (from $ 2.5).

Going around, we went to the city of Cholpon - Ata, the largest on the coast of Lake Issyk-Kul. It is located 9 kilometers away on one highway with our boarding house. On the local market stored products.

Then we traveled to different boarding houses: Rohat, Aurora, Ak-Bermet, Côte d'Azur, Gudlike, Marco Polo.

Look at the recreation centers: Caprice, Karven-Issyk-Kul, Rainbow, Ala-Loo and many other hotels.

The sanatoriums that we did not have time to visit: Blue Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyz Seaside, Issyk-Kul-Aurora ,. But they decided that next year we will take vouchers in the sanatorium, there there is a hydroelectric and mud (salt-coniferous, mud, oxygen and pearl baths, as well as therapeutic souls, different kind of inhalation and mud appliqués).

Room prices depend on the chosen category of the rooms, whether the power is entered and how many stars in the hotel name. Prices from 12-15 US dollars (1000 Kyrgyz Somov) and above.

In the private sector, prices are certainly different. From the bed in Yurt for two US dollars (this is 150-250 som in the local currency), before the mansion at the shore itself for 1000 US dollars and more per day.

Our vacation cost us: $ 500 for the cottage, burned about 70 liters of gasoline 33 soms per liter, together with food and entertainment it is about $ 200. Total about 750 US dollars.

Of course, you can fly on a parachute and go to learn to the underwater diving (I really wanted to go with my husband, but the budget did not allow). The cost of a parachute and diving flight is about $ 14-15, go on a mountain excursion to mountain gorges - from 10 US dollars, depending on the range.

On the way home, we drove to the south coast of Issyk-kul, bathed in the dead lake "Kara-Kul", it is so called that in it, as in the Dead Sea, there are no living organisms. The lake is so salty that it is impossible to drown. And coastal dirt treats many diseases.

P.S. That ended our wonderful vacation. Everyone was delighted. A lot of pleasant memories took with them. For the next summer, we are going to Lake Issyk-Kul again. Already a large company with relatives and friends and of course for a longer period. I invite you to visit this great place - a place called Lake Issyk-Kul-Pearl Kyrgyzstan.