natural wonder
Kolsai Lakes
Three alpine lakes stepped through spruce forest in the Tian Shan south of Almaty, the lowest reachable by a scenic mountain drive: often called the 'Pearls of the Tian Shan'.
23 km · about 25 min drive
AsiaKyrgyzstanIssyk-Kul
Tyup
Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan · Asia
About Tyup
Tyup is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Ak-Bulung, 23km from Kolsai Lakes.
Tyup is in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, with about 12,000 people. The nearest town is Ak-Bulung, about 12 km away.
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What is there to see near Tyup?
Within an hour or so of Tyup: Kolsai Lakes (23 km), Lake Kaindy (30 km), Altyn Arashan (44 km), Jeti-Oguz Red Rocks (45 km).
Where is Tyup?
Tyup is in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, about 12 km from Ak-Bulung.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 12,355
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Kyrgyzstan
- Region
- Issyk-Kul
- Timezone
- Asia/Bishkek
- Coordinates
- 42.7276, 78.3648
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Worth the detour from Tyup
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
Lake Kaindy
A sunken spruce forest drowned by a 1911 earthquake landslide, with bleached trunks still standing above the cold turquoise surface at 2,000m.
30 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Altyn Arashan
A hot-spring hamlet at 2,600m in an alpine valley below Peak Palatka, reached by a punishing 4WD track from Ak-Suu. Soaking tubs sit in shacks by the river.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Jeti-Oguz Red Rocks
A wall of blood-red sandstone fins called the Seven Bulls rising from green pasture, with the cleft Broken Heart rock beside the road into the valley.
45 km · about 50 min drive
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