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Day 12 of 26 · Chatyr-Kul · The Nomadic Clay & Silk Road Trails

Day 12 — Chatyr-Kul Lake & Torugart Borderlands

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An active day to your new base in Chatyr-Kul, with 2 h 12 on the road and little free time.

Chatyr-Kul Lake & Torugart Borderlands
Chatyr-Kel Lake, Kyrgyzstan © photographed in 2006 by Nurdjen — Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 11 · Chatyr-Kul · Kyrgyzstan

We sleep at Tourists Yurt camp 1000som sleepdinnerbreaky, 9.1 km away

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day 12 1 night 2 h 12 on the road121 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: lake; mountain pass reached from the stage (Torugart Pass Ridges).

programme
8 h
road
2 h 12
usable window
12 h
  • Traditional nomadic dinner in a felt yurtInterest nature 15

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    2 h
  • High-altitude trek along the shores of Chatyr-KulInterest nature 15★★★☆☆ · known in 28 languages — article “Chatyr-Köl”“Chatyr-Köl (lit. 'Celestial Lake'), also Chatyr-Kul, is a large endorheic freshwater alpine lake in the Tian Shan mountains in At-Bashy District of Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan. It occupies the lowest part of the tectonic Chatyr-Köl Depression between the At-Bashy Range and Torugart Range, at an elevation of more than 3,500 m (11,500 ft) above sea level.” — after Wikipedia

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    6 h

Bad-weather option — same kind — Birdwatching at the Karatal-Japyryk State Nature Reserve

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