{"id":22453,"date":"2021-07-29T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T06:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ak-sai.com\/?post_type=product&p=22453"},"modified":"2025-06-04T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:52:54","slug":"trekking-to-ala-kol-lake","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/shop\/guaranteed-departures\/hiking-and-trekking\/trekking-to-ala-kol-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpine lake Ala-Kul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day 1. <\/strong>Bishkek city – Karakol gorge<\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance:<\/strong> 425 km<\/p>\n

Travel time:<\/strong> 7-8 hours<\/p>\n

Meals:<\/strong> lunch and dinner<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

08:00<\/strong> – Meeting near the main office of Ak-Sai Travel (Ibraimova 113\/2).<\/p>\n

08:15 – Briefing. Our guide will tell you about the route, how long it will take, important stops along the way, safety precautions.<\/p>\n

08:30 – Departure. Our path passes through the Boom gorge, along the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul to the city of Karakol. Stop for lunch at a cafe along the way.<\/p>\n

In Karakol, we change to a four-wheel drive car (UAZ, Gaz-66) and move to the Karakol Gorge to our tent camp. Dinner and overnight in tents at the camp.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Day 2. <\/strong>Lake Ala-Kul<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trek: <\/strong>9km. \/ 7-9 hours \/ +1000 m.<\/p>\n

Meals: <\/strong>Full board<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

08.00 – Breakfast. After breakfast we start our trekking. Descent along the gorge about 3 km, later we cross the river over a bridge and the trail leads us into a forest. Rather long ascent finishes at a steep slope covered with grass, the trail turns into a serpentine, passes by a river overflow, and arrive to an unusual place which is called \u201cSirota\u201d mountain hut. It is a log hut. There is a table, benches, fireplace inside. We can find a number of sculptures of animals and idols carved in wood around the hut. It looks like a fairy tale place. It is a nice place to sit down, rest, have a snack. Later the trail goes up higher, leaving the forest behind we hike along the river and reach a beautiful waterfall, flowing down from Ala Kol Lake.<\/p>\n

There is still a little, a short steep climb and we are on the lake! Ala-Kol is a moraine-glacial lake located at an altitude of 3600 m, stretching from east to west for 2.8 kilometers, its average width is 500 meters and a depth of 70 meters. Ala-Kol in translation from the Kyrgyz – Motley Lake. Depending on the illumination, the water in the lake changes color, it can be emerald-turquoise, diluted with the whiteness of passing clouds, light green, dark gray and even black. Accommodation in a tent camp. We have the opportunity to admire the beauty of the lake, relax. Dinner and overnight at the camp.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Day 3. <\/strong>Lake Ala-Kel – Karakol Gorge – Bishkek city<\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance:<\/strong> 435 km<\/p>\n

Travel time:<\/strong> 9-10 hours<\/p>\n

Meals:<\/strong> breakfast, lunch<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

08:00<\/strong> – Breakfast. After breakfast, we head back to the Karakol Gorge – a four-wheel drive car (UAZ, Gaz-66) will be waiting for us to move to the city of Karakol. Then we transfer to a comfortable car and go to Bishkek. Stop for lunch at a cafe in the city of Karakol. We return to Bishkek in the evening.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Day 1. Bishkek city – Karakol gorge Distance: 425 km Travel time: 7-8 hours Meals: lunch and dinner   08:00 – Meeting near the main office of Ak-Sai Travel (Ibraimova 113\/2). 08:15 – Briefing. Our guide will tell you about the route, how long it will take, important stops along the way, safety precautions. 08:30 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22455,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[478,38],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22453"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.ak-sai.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}