Road
Approximate — may differ on site
~14 h
Road openFrom Tashkent · with border
Asphalt ≈ 956 kmGravel 11 km
- Bishkek → Balykchy≈ 180 km paved
- Balykchy → Barskoon≈ 150 km paved, south shore
- Barskoon GorgeGravel≈ 5 km paved, then ≈ 11 km gravel
- Gagarin monumentTrailhead to the waterfalls
Gagarin monument, near the waterfalls© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap
When to go
You can go until the end of October
Road closed from November. Best time: June – September.
Closes in ~5 days · until November 1
- NowOctoberPossible
- NextNovember – AprilRoad closed
- MayPossible
- June – SeptemberBest
Next 7 days · at the place itself
Good to know
Entry fee
Not checked yet
Road
Kumtor mine road — lots of heavy trucks
Stream crossing
No bridge on the way to the waterfall — cross on the stones
About
A gorge south of Issyk-Kul: waterfalls, conifer forest and a monument to Yuri Gagarin.
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