Things to Do in Kyrgyzstan

Dauitbek Mausoleum

Central Park

Central Park, also known as Gorky Park, is an urban park located in the Medeu District of Almaty. The park includes different types of trees such as elm, oak, aspen, maple, pine, spruce, poplar, and birch; artificial water reservoirs, attractions such as a water park, movie theater, sports complex…

Kok-Tobe Park

Kök Töbe (Kazakh: Көктөбе (төбе) Kök Töbe - "Blue Hill"; Russian: Кок Тюбе, Kok Tyube) is a mountain in Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city. There is a popular recreation area on top of the mountain. The mountain's height is 1100 meters above sea level.

Battle of Talas

The Battle of Talas or Battle of Artlakh (Chinese: 怛羅斯戰役; pinyin: Dáluósī Zhànyì; Arabic: معركة نهر طلاس‎, romanized: Maʿrakat nahr Ṭalās, Nastaliq: نبرد طراز) was a military engagement between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate along with its ally, the Tibetan Empir…

Almaty Television Tower

The Almaty Television Tower, or simply Almaty Tower, is a 371.5-metre-high (1,219 ft) steel television tower built between 1975 and 1983 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The tower is located on high slopes of Kok Tobe mountain (Kazakh: Көктөбе means "green hill") south-east of downtown Almaty.

Auezov Theatre

Auezov Theater with a full name of Kazakh State Academic Drama Theater named after M.O. Auezov is located on Kurmangazy Street in Almaty, Kazakhstan near the Esentai River.It holds a large 1,000-seat auditorium and a 250-seat experimental theater.

First President's Park

First President's Park (Kazakh: Qazaqstan Respublikasynyŋ Tūŋğyş Prezidentı saiabağy) is an urban park located in Almaty at the intersection of Navoi Street and Al-Farabi Avenue in the Bostandyq District in the south of the city.

Manas Memorial

The Epic of Manas (Kyrgyz: Манас дастаны, ماناس دستانی, Kazakh: Манас дастаны, Manas dastany, Azerbaijani: Manas dastanı, Turkish: Manas Destanı) is a traditional epic poem dating to the 18th century but claimed by Kyrgyz tradition to be much older.

Ala-Archinskoe Cemetery

The Ala-Archa Cemetery (Russian: Ала-Арчинское кладбище) is a public cemetery for honoured individuals in Kyrgyzstan. It is located on Abdumomunova Street in Bishkek to the west of the Avenue of the Young Guards. It is near the Ala Archa National Park in the Tian Shan mountains.

House of Officers (Almaty)

The House of Officers (Kazakh: Офицерлер үйі) is a military/cultural building in Almaty, Kazakhstan. It serves troops and other personnel of the Almaty Military Garrison. Currently, the building houses the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, as well as other small organizations.

Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The Central State Museum of Kazakhstan is the largest museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan, and one of the largest museums in Central Asia.When first established in 1931, the museum was located in the Almaty Cathedral.

Kazakh State Academic Opera and Ballet House named after Abay

Abay Opera House (Kazakh: Абай атындағы қазақ мемлекеттік академиялық опера және балет театры, romanized: Abaı atyndaǵy qazaq memlekettik akademııalyq opera jáne balet teatry) was built in Almaty in 1934 and named after Kazakh poet, com…

Big Almaty Lake

Big Almaty Lake (Kazakh: Үлкен Алматы көлі / Ülken Almaty kölı, Russian: Большое Алматинское Озеро / Bol'shoye Almatinskoye Ozero) is natural alpine reservoir.

Manas Ordo

Manas Ordo (Kyrgyz: Манас Ордо, [mɑnɑs ordó]) is a modern historical park (with a museum) built around Manas's Kümböz (Kyrgyz: Манастын күмбөзү, [mɑnɑstɯn kymbœzy]), a Karakhanid-era mausoleum most likely built around 1334 thought to be the final resting place of the…

Kungey Alatau

The Kungey Alatau (Kyrgyz: Күңгөй Ала-Тоо, Küngöy Ala-Too; Kazakh: Күнгей Алатау, Küngei Alataw), also spelled Kungoy Ala-Too, and Kungey Alataw, is a mountain range, which forms the Northern Tien Shan with Zailiyskiy Alatau.

Dolon pass (3030 m)

Dolon Pass (Kyrgyz: Долон ашуусу) is a pass located between the Songköl Too and the Bayduluu Range in Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. The pass lies at 3,030 metres (9,940 ft).

Karatal-Japyryk State Nature Reserve

The Karatal-Japyryk State Nature Reserve is located in Naryn Region of Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1994 with a purpose of conservation of unique nature complexes, protection of rare and threatened species of flora and fauna of Central Tien-Shan, and maintain regional environmental balance.

Moldo Too

The Moldo Too (Kyrgyz: Молдотоо) is a range in the Internal Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan. The length of the range is approximately 110 km and the width - 26 km. The average altitude is about 3,600 m and the highest peak - 4,185 m.

Kyrgyz Alatau

The Kyrgyz Ala-Too (Kyrgyz: Кыргыз Ала-Тоосу, Kırgız Ala-Toosü, [kərˈɣəs ɑlɑˈtoːsu]; Kazakh: Қырғыз Алатауы, Qyrǵyz Alataýy) also known as Kyrgyz Alatau, Kyrgyz Range, and Alexander Range (until 1933) is a large range in the North Tien-Shan.

Songköl Too

Songköl Too (Kyrgyz: Соңкөл тоосу) is a range in the Internal Tien-Shan that separates Songköl Valley with Song Kol Lake from Jumgal Valley, and Telek Valley. The length of the range is 92 km, and width up to 9 km. Maximum altitude is 3,856 m.

Bishkek Central Mosque

The Central Mosque of Imam Sarakhsi, commonly known as the Bishkek Central Mosque, is a mosque in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.The construction of the mosque started in 2012 and it was inaugurated in 2018. It was funded by the Turkish Diyanet. It is one of several mosques funded by Turkey across the world.

Victory Square, Bishkek

Victory Square (Kyrgyz: жеңиш чарчы, Russian: Площадь победы) is a public square in the city of Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It is dedicated to the Victory in the Victory over Nazi Germany.

Mukhtar Auezov

Mukhtar Omarkhanuli Auezov (Kazakh: Mūhtar Omarhanūly Äuezov, Мұхтар Омарханұлы Әуезов, مۇحتار ومارحانۇلى اۋەزوۆ, Kazakh pronunciation: [mʊχtɑɾ wʊmɑɾˈχnʊlə æwˈjɪzəf]; Russian: Мухта́р Омарханович Ауэ́зов, Muchtar…

Panfilov Park

Panfilov Park (Russian: Парк Панфилова) is a city memorial located near Old Square and Manas Square in Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic. The park bears the name of Hero of the Soviet Union, and the chairman of the Military Committee of the Kirghiz SSR, Ivan Panfilov.

Qarokul (Karakul)

Karakul, Qarokul (Kyrgyz for "black lake", replacing the older Tajik name Siob; Russian: Каракуль; Tajik: Қарокӯл) is a 25 km (16 mi) diameter lake within a rather large 52 km (32 mi) impact crater. It is located in the Tajik National Park in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan.

Id Kah Mosque

The Id Kah Mosque (Uighur: ھېيتگاھ مەسچىتى, romanized: Hëytgah Meschiti, Хейтгах Месчити; simplified Chinese: 艾提尕尔清真寺; traditional Chinese: 艾提尕爾清真寺; pinyin: Àitígǎěr Qīngzhēnsì; from Persian: عیدگاه, Eidgāh, meaning "Place of Fes…

Afaq Khoja Mausoleum. Bus 20

The Afāq Khoja Mausoleum or Aba Khoja Mausoleum (آفاق خواجه مزار) (Uyghur: Apaq Xoja Maziri), is a mausoleum in Xinjiang, China.

Altyn-Emel National Park

Altyn-Emel National Park (Kazakh: Алтынемел саябағы, Altynemel sayabaǵy ; Russian: Алтын-Эмель национальный парк , Altyn-Emel' Natsional'nyy Park) is a national park in Kazakhstan. It was created in 1996.

Issyk Kul

Issyk-Kul (also Ysyk Köl, Issyk-Kol, Kyrgyz: Ысык-Көл, romanized: Ysyk Köl, [ɯsɯqkœl]; Russian: Иссык-Куль, Issyk-Kul) is an endorheic lake in the Northern Tian Shan mountains in Eastern Kyrgyzstan.

Saimaluu Tash

Saimaluu Tash (meaning 'embroidered' or 'patterned stones' in Kyrgyz) is a petroglyph site in Jalal-Abad Province, Kyrgyzstan, south of Kazarman.

Kulan

Kulan (Kazakh: Құлан, Qulan), named Lugovoe (Russian: Луговое) until 1992, is a small town that is the administrative centre of the Turar Ryskulov District of the Jambyl Region of Kazakhstan.The train station in Kulan is located along the route that connects Taraz, Bishkek and Shu.A big…

Tamgaly

Tamgaly is a petroglyph site in the Zhetysu of Kazakhstan. Tamgaly became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004. Tamgaly is located 170 km (by road) northwest of Almaty.The earliest of the petroglyphs of Tamgaly date from the Bronze Age (about 3,000 years ago), when the area was populated by the prec…

Son-Kul

Song Köl (also Son Kul, Songköl, Song-Köl; Kyrgyz: Соңкөл, IPA: [sóɴkœl], literally "following lake") is an alpine lake in northern Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan. It lies at an altitude of 3016 m, and has an area of about 270 km2 and volume of 2.64 km3.

Suyab

Suyab (Persian: سوی آب‎; traditional Chinese: 碎葉; simplified Chinese: 碎叶; pinyin: Suìyè; Wade–Giles: Sui4-yeh4 Middle Chinese: /suʌiH jiᴇp̚/), also known as Ordukent (modern-day Ak-Beshim), was an ancient Silk Road city located some 50 km east from Bishkek, and 8 km west south…

Balasagun

Balasagun (Chinese: 八剌沙袞) was an ancient Sogdian city in modern-day Kyrgyzstan, located in the Chuy Valley between Bishkek and the Issyk-Kul lake.

Navekat

Navekat or Nevkat was an ancient Silk Road city that flourished between the 6th and 12th centuries. It lies near the modern village of Krasnaya Rechka, in the Chui valley, present-day Kyrgyzstan, about 30 kilometers east of Bishkek. It was one of the most important trading centres of the region.

Monument of Independence of Kazakhstan

The Golden Warrior Monument (also known as the Golden Man Statue, Statue of the Golden Warrior and Independence Monument) stands on Republic Square in the former capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty.

Boom Gorge

Boom Gorge ('shoestring gorge', Kyrgyz: Боом капчыгайы, Russian: Боо́мское уще́лье) is an antecedent gorge in Chuy Province and Issyk-Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan.The gorge cuts, in a general north–south direction, across one of Tian Shan's mountain range systems.

Vladimir Putin Peak

Vladimir Putin Peak (Kyrgyz: Владимир Путин атындагы чоку, Russian: Пик Владимира Путина) is a mountain of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range mountain range in the Tian Shan system. It is located in the Chuy Region of Kyrgyzstan.

Burana Tower

The Burana Tower is a large minaret in the Chuy Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan. It is located about 80 km east of the country's capital Bishkek, near the town of Tokmok.

Free Korea Peak

Free Korea Peak (Russian: Пик Свободная Корея, romanized: Pik Svobodnaya Koreya), is a mountain in the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range of the Tian Shan. It is located in Ala Archa National Park in Kyrgyzstan.

Korona Peak

Korona Peak (Russian: пик Корона, romanized: Pik Korona, lit. 'Crown Peak') is a mountain in the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range of the Tian Shan. It is located in Ala Archa National Park in Kyrgyzstan. It is named for its crown-like appearance.Ak-Sai Glacier lies on its southwest flank.

Semionova Tien-Shanskogo

Semenov-Tian-Shansky Peak (Russian: Пик Семёнова-Тяньшанского, romanized: Pik Semonova-Tyan'shanskogo, Kyrgyz: Аламүдүн чокусу, romanized: Alamüdün çokusu, lit. 'Alamedin Peak') is a mountain in the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range of the Tian Shan.

Ala Archa National Park

The Ala Archa National Park is an alpine national park in the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, established in 1976 and located approximately 40 km south of the capital city of Bishkek.In Kyrgyz, the archa, which gives the park its name, is a bright or many-colored juniper which the Kyrgyz people h…

Ata Beit

The Ata Beyit Memorial Complex (Russian: Мемориальный комплекс «Ата-Бейит») is a memorial site and cemetery in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Located in Chong-Tash, Ata Beyit, meaning "Grave of our Fathers" in the Kyrgyz language, is currently the site of many notable burials.