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Kolsai Lakes
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'.
23 km · about 25 min drive
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan · Asia
Tyup is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Ak-Bulung, 23km from Kolsai Lakes.
Tyup is a town located in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. With a population of 12,355, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Tyup 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 Tyup to your route.
Tüp (Kyrgyz: Түп) or Tyup (Russian: Тюп) is a large village in the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan, and the center of the Tüp District. It was established as village Preobrazhenskoye in 1870. Its population was 12,355 in 2021. Tüp is a road junction town at the northeast corner of Lake Issyk Kul. To the west on A363Read more
is Anan'yevo and to the south Karakol. To the east, A362 leads up the Karkara valley to Kazakhstan.
The Karkara ('black crane') Valley leads east from here about 60 km to Kazakhstan between the Kyungey Ala-Too to the north and the Central Tian Shan to the south. There is an annual horse festival. Halfway up the valley is the village of San-Tash (counting stones). It is said that Tamerlane once ordered each of his soldiers to place a stone in a pile as they passed. When they returned, each soldier was to remove a stone, the number of remaining stones being the number of soldiers that has died. There is a small hollow in the top of the pile, representing the comparatively very small number of people who returned. There are no other stones in the region for miles around.
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Tyup is located in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, Asia. The coordinates are 42.7276 latitude, 78.3648 longitude.
Tyup has a population of approximately 12,355 people, making it a town in Kyrgyzstan.
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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'.
23 km · about 25 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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
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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.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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