Issyk-Ata gorge

Hiking to the waterfall and hot springs

Issyk-Ata gorge
(Hiking to the waterfall and hot springs)

The slopes and course of the rough river in the Issyk-Ata Gorge are covered with forest, in which the juniper, wild ash, dog rose and other bushes grow. There are subalpine meadows with many flowers and herbs on the slopes of the mountains. Mount Batu (Botway) rises with a height of 3,800 meters above sea level in the middle of the gorge, at a distance of 7.5 kilometers from the resort. Several tributaries flow into the Issyk-Ata River, and each of them has a waterfall. The very first one with a height of 8 meters is located at an altitude of 2,100 meters above sea level and is close to the resort, at a distance of 2.4 kilometers. It is most often visited. The bravest can bath in its cold streams. Further, at a distance of 5 kilometers there is a second waterfall, falling from a height of 25 meters with drops. If you wish, we will hike to this waterfall and have a picnic.

If you go deep into the gorge, there are several lakes with glaciers in the side gorges behind. The main gorge continues further to the south and ends with glaciers and the pass to East Karakol beyond the Kyrgyz Ridge. After the picnic we will go down. Those who wish can bath in one of the pools, which will be a pleasant addition after an intensive hiking.

Trip details

Level 1

Season All season

Begins in Bishkek

Ends in Bishkek

Airport Аэропорт Манас (FRU)

Airport out Airport Manas (FRU)

Wildlife Marmots, Birds, Rodents, Predator birds, Wolves, Foxes, Snakes

Price: $ 78 (≥ 2 people)

Great for

If you want to combine business with pleasure, then we suggest you visiting the Issyk-Ata Gorge, located 85 kilometers away from Bishkek at an altitude of 1860 meters above sea level. Its name translates as “hot spring”. Here hot mineral waters, rich in calcium, magnesium, sodium, sulphates, chlorides and other elements burst from the ground. The gorge is very popular due to the resort, built in 1957, waterfalls and the image of the Buddha-healer. You can take a walk to one or two waterfalls and then bath in one of the pools with healing water. The Issyk-Ata Resort is in demand among those who want to receive treatment of gastrointestinal and neurological diseases, diseases of the musculoskeletal system.

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What's Included:

Transfer
Entrance fee
Guide

What's not included:

Lunch box $6 per person
Personal expenses
Alcohol drinks
Any changes to the program
Other excursions not included in the program
Insurance
Bathing in the springs (from 100 soms pe person)
Trekking sticks

Day

1

One day excursion. The most picturesque and short is the road via Gornaya Mayevka, although in some places it is quite broken. But you will admire the beautiful views of the mountains and meadows covered with grasses. The road is not loaded with transport, although one has to show wonders of agility, driving around the numerous pits and potholes. Approximately one and a half hours after a steep takeoff and the same descent of the road, we will find ourselves in the gorge and go up straight to the gates of the resort.

Here, leaving the car, we will move along the old and in some places completely abandoned buildings of the once popular resort with elements of the Soviet past in the direction of the first waterfall.

Program:

9.00 Departure from Bishkek

11:00 Arrival at the place

11:15 Start of the hiking route

12:15 Coming to the first waterfall. Photo for memory. Picnic

Then we return to the parking lot, take towels and swimsuits and go for bathing in the hot mineral water pool.