Road
Approximate — may differ on site
~10 h
Road difficultFrom Tashkent → Uchkurgan post, via Tash-Kumyr
Asphalt ≈ 442 kmGravel 17 km
- OshBishkek–Osh road via Jalal-Abad
- Tash-Kumyr≈ 185 km paved from Osh
- Tash-Kumyr → Kara-Suu (Aksy)≈ 50 km mountain road
- Kara-Suu → ArkytGravel≈ 22 km, partly dirt
- Sary-Chelek Lake~15 km dirt from Arkyt · parking by the lake
Lakeshore© 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
Reserve entry
400 som per person (foreigners) + 150 som per car; tent 500 som
Mobile signal
No mobile signal in the reserve — download the map in advance
Swimming
Swimming is banned in the reserve’s lakes
About
A mountain lake in the Sary-Chelek Biosphere Reserve, surrounded by conifer and walnut forests.
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