Ala-Archa National Park

Kyrgyzstan is 94% mountains, so a trip to the country would be incomplete without going for a hike. It is also nice to get out of the city and away from the fumes for some fresh air. Ala- Archa National Park is a short one-hour drive from Bishkek, so we booked a tour through Viator for a guided 6-mile hike.

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View from Broken Heart, which is 30 minutes from the trailhead.

Snow melt

View of a trickle of a waterfall in the distance, which is another hour from Broken Heart.

Waterfall would have been more impressive earlier in the summer.

Central Asian squirrels sport chestnut colored bodies and grey bushy tails.

A male Ladybird spider

Beautiful scenery on the way back.

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