Of course, here is only few illustrations the majestic landscape and unique nature of our mountain country.
We are going to continue introducing of the Kirgizia land.

  There are three majestic peaks in Kirgizia. The highest summits of the country are Peak Pobedy (7439m) and a magnificent marble mountain Peak Khan Tengri (6995 m), situated in southeastern part of the Inylchek valley, in the Central Tien-Shan Mountains. One more seven-thousander, the Peak Lenin (7134m), is situated in the Chon Alay range in the Northern Pamir Mountains. The Northern Pamir Mountains also include the Turkestan range with its rocky peaks and kilometres high rocky faces: the Peak Pyramidal (5509 m), the Peak Skalisty (5621m) and the Peak Aksuu (5355 m). Besides peaks climbing there is also a possibility of many-days camping and trekking in these regions.

  One of the longest glaciers in the world the Inylchek Glacier (62 kms) is situated in the valley of the same name of the Central Tien-Shan Mountains at the altitude from 3000m to 4300m. It is a kingdom of ice and stones. The glacier is divided by southern and northern branches of mountains in its upper part. In the valley of Northern Inylchek Glacier there is the Merzbacher lake - a wonder and mystery of nature with floatable icebergs. Every year they subside to the bottom of the lake, when water disappears for few months.

  This unique mountainous semi-desert area is situated at the juncture of the two ranges of the Northern Tien-Shan Mountains. It is an example of mountainous soil erosion. The clay-sandy mountain valley transmutes into red canyons landscape with a lot of fancy images graven by sun, rain and wind.

  One of high-altitude valleys of Internal Tien-Shan Mountains, the Son-Kul valley, is situated at the altitude of more than 3000m. Nature of the valley is mountainous steppe without any trees or bushes. There is a lake of the same name that is 17 km of width, 33 km of length and 22m of maximal depth. A lot of kinds of birds including the Indian stone goose nest on the coasts of the lake. This area is one of rare places without any villages and any industrial objects. There are only fishermen huts on the coast of the lake as well as seasonal nomadic settlements on the bottom of mountains surrounding the lake. Every year nomad-shepherds go up to this area with their whole families and with flocks of sheep, horses and yaks. They stay here during the warm months in the yurta camps and tend herds as their ancestry did many centuries ago. There are some evidences of ancient nomadic settlements on the coast of the lake: stone idols, 8-stones' ritual circuses.

  Ancient connate walnut-fruit tree forests occupy about 600 thousands hectares of land in our country. They are the largest walnut-tree forests on the planet. They are situated in the South of the country, in the Western Tien-Shan Mountains at the altitude from 1000m to 2200m. The main tree of the forests is walnut-tree. Rare specimens of them grow up to two metres in diameter. Besides walnut-trees there are others wild fruit-trees and shrubberies in the forests. They are crabs, pear-trees, cherry-trees, plum-trees, currant-bushes, raspberry-bushes etc.

  The "Sary-Chelek" natural reserve is situated on southern mountainsides of the Western Tien Shan Mountains, in an area of walnut-tree forests and mixed forests. Its predestination is preservation and development of local flora and fauna. There are seven lakes between mountainous ranges. The largest of them is called the Sary-Chelek lake. It is situated at the altitude of 1900m with its depth 324m. 32 types of trees, 80 types of bushes and 886 types of herbs grow on the territory of the reserve. 157 kinds of birds, 41 kinds of mammals, 5 kinds of reptiles, 3 kinds of amphibians and 5 kinds of fishes live there.

  The Issyk-Kul lake looks like an inland sea because of its dimensions and salt water (about 5,8 salt grams per liter). It is located at the altitude of 1600m above sea level and fills an earthquake hollow between two ranges of the Tien Shan Mountains. About 140 rivers flow into the lake and none flows out. The lake is 178km lengthwise, 60km in width, 668m deep and has 688km of coastline with beautiful beaches. Despite its altitude the lake never freezes, except for shallow gulfs. Surface water temperatures range from 24 C in the summer to 4 C in the winter. There are no dangerous jellyfish or predatory fish in the lake. Swimming season can extend from May till October.