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Jeti-Oguz Red Rocks
A wall of blood-red sandstone fins called the Seven Bulls rising from green pasture, with the cleft Broken Heart rock beside the road into the valley.
16 km · about 20 min drive
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan · Asia
Karakol is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Birbash, 22km from Altyn Arashan.
Karakol is a town located in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. With a population of 84,351, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Karakol sits in Kyrgyzstan. It's in the Asia/Bishkek time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Karakol to your route.
Karakol, formerly Przhevalsk, is the fourth-largest city in Kyrgyzstan, near the eastern tip of Issyk-Kul, about 150 kilometres (93 mi) from the Kyrgyzstan–China border and 380 kilometres (240 mi) from the capital Bishkek. It is the administrative capital of Issyk-Kul Region. Its area is 44 square kilometres (17 sqRead more
mi), and its resident population was 84,351 in 2021 (both including Pristan-Przhevalsk). To the north, on highway A363, is Tüp, and to the southwest Jeti-Ögüz resort.
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Karakol is located in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, Asia. The coordinates are 42.4905 latitude, 78.3920 longitude.
Karakol has a population of approximately 84,351 people, making it a town in Kyrgyzstan.
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photogenic
A wall of blood-red sandstone fins called the Seven Bulls rising from green pasture, with the cleft Broken Heart rock beside the road into the valley.
16 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A hot-spring hamlet at 2,600m in an alpine valley below Peak Palatka, reached by a punishing 4WD track from Ak-Suu. Soaking tubs sit in shacks by the river.
22 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Three alpine lakes stepped through spruce forest in the Tian Shan south of Almaty, the lowest reachable by a scenic mountain drive: often called the 'Pearls of the Tian Shan'.
50 km · about 55 min drive
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A sunken spruce forest drowned by a 1911 earthquake landslide, with bleached trunks still standing above the cold turquoise surface at 2,000m.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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