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Day 5 of 27 · Cholpon-Ata · The Nomadic Trails & Silk Road Heritage of Kyrgyzstan

Day 5 — Cholpon-Ata Ancient Petroglyphs

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A cultural day to your new base in Cholpon-Ata, with 2 h 34 on the road.

Cholpon-Ata Ancient Petroglyphs
Petroglyph Museum of Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. The petroglyph depicts an ibex hunt with a snow leopard. © photographed on 24 September 2023 by Bgag — CC0, Wikimedia Commons

Stage 5 · Cholpon-Ata · Kyrgyzstan

We sleep at Амина, 1.7 km away

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day 5 1 night 2 h 34 on the road159 kmclimate favourable

Interest of the place — culture 35. Based on: museum; museum reached from the stage (Cholpon-Ata Petroglyphs).

programme
7 h 30
road
2 h 34

Bad-weather option — something else that day — Fresh lake fish lunch at a lakeside restaurant

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On the way

Stops beside the road, chosen for their small detour — we say they are on the way, we do not promise to go through them.

  • Balykchy

    A transit town at the western tip of Issyk-Kul lake where you can observe the transition from arid landscapes to the lakeside environment.

    45 min there · detour +7 km · View on Google Maps