Being in a tour in Kyrgyzstan means you should travel to Jeti Oguz gorge (Seven Bulls) located in 25km from Karakol. As we can admit the Issyk Kul region is rich in fact of various amazing and significant sites worth visiting. Starting to travel in the gorge first you can notice that these stones are red and they resemble us bulls. There is a legend of this appearance of the stones and we would like to tell it to you before you start a tour, though you will be given more myths while travelling in the country. So, as the legend goes by, there used to be khan, and he has a wife stolen by the other khan. He didn't know how to return her and ask advice of one wise man who said he should have killed the wife fir her not to belong to the other khan. He killed her and her blood colored the rocks with red.
Also, while making a tour along the gorge you can visit the Broken Heart. Starting to travel in Kyrgyzstan means you will be given a good sort of legends and myths which are connected with all of the sites of the country. So, the Broken Heart is literally in the form of the broken heart and the legend says there was the competition of two men fighting for the woman who could not decide whom to choose. They killed both of themselves and this broke her heart. We recommend you to be aware of these legends and these are interesting descriptions of the emergence of the sites.
-> Flora |
-> Fauna |
-> Lakes |
-> Rivers |
-> Glaciers |
-> Peak Lenin |
-> Peak Pobeda |
-> Eagle hunting |
-> Traditional clothes |
-> Musical instruments |