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Day 9 of 26 · Song kol lake "Tilek yurt camp", 23 km from Kyzart · The Nomadic Clay & Silk Road Trails

Day 9 — Song-Köl Northern Shore & Petroglyphs

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An active day to your new base in Song kol lake "Tilek yurt camp", 23 km from Kyzart, with 1 h 31 on the road.

Song-Köl Northern Shore & Petroglyphs
Song-Köl Lake, Karatal-Japyryk Nature Reserve, Naryn region, Kyrgyzstan © photographed on 19 June 2025 by Vilya Shoni — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 8 · Song-Köl · Kyrgyzstan

We sleep in Song kol lake "Tilek yurt camp", 7 km from the place visited

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day 9 1 night 1 h 31 on the road64 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — nature 15. Based on: lake; lake reached from the stage (Song-Köl).

programme
8 h 30
road
1 h 31
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12 h
  • Hike to the ancient petroglyphs on the northern ridge of Song-KölInterest nature 15★★★☆☆ · known in 29 languages — article “Song-Köl”“Song-Köl (lit. 'Final Lake') is a high-altitude lake in northern Naryn Region, Kyrgyzstan. It lies at an elevation of 3,016 metres (9,895 ft) above sea level and has an area of about 270 square kilometres (100 sq mi) and a volume of approximately 2.64 cubic kilometres (0.63 cu mi).” — after Wikipedia

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    5 h
  • Stargazing session in the exceptionally dark skies of Song-KölInterest nature 15

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    2 h
  • Taste fresh kymyz fermented mare's milk in a shepherd's yurtInterest nature 15

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    1 h 30

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Taste fresh kymyz fermented mare's milk in a shepherd's yurt

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