Naryn Region

Naryn Region is a region and administrative district in Kyrgyzstan.

Cities

 * – A city right up in the Tian Shan, near Lake Song Kul, the gateway to the entire southeastern region, its ruins, mountains, and high alpine lakes.
 * (village) – A remote and cosy village, with a good dozen inhabitants, right next to the lake of the same name, picturesque in between the surrounding and impressive mountain peaks. The ruins of the former mental institution and lead mine can still be admired here, as well as the old Soviet-style wooden sheds of the people. A great hub for hikes into the surrounding mountain ranges.
 * - Ak-Talaa District
 * (Чаек) – A town along the main road from east to west in the region with several sights.
 * – A town with a park containing various Soviet structures, and a local animal bazaar, as well as an entry of point for Song Kul and launch pad for treks up into the Tian Shan Mountains.
 * – A town with a park containing various Soviet structures, and a local animal bazaar, as well as an entry of point for Song Kul and launch pad for treks up into the Tian Shan Mountains.

Other destinations

 * – A beautiful yet rather inaccessible alpine lake; trips there are only feasible during summer months.
 * – A scenic alpine lake with a high level of biodiversity.
 * – A picturesque mountain lake 20 km from Kochkor.
 * (Көлсуу) – A breathtaking lake framed by sheer walls in a very remote section of Kyrgyzstan. Requires a special border permit due to its proximity to the border with China. About 4 hours of rough driving requiring a 4x4 vehicle, to the south of Naryn. Tours available.


 * – A remote valley in the center but almost cut off from the rest of the country with a still lively population and vast agriculture.
 * (Eki Bala) – Where two tributaries merge to form the Naryn River: a picturesque canyon where you can go horseback riding or stay at Akel's Yurt Camp. Probably have to arrange it through the CBT Naryn office.

Understand
Naryn Region is the largest, poorest, most remote but also most typically Kyrgyz region. Boasting so many superlatives it has beautiful mountains, alpine pastures and the picturesque Son-Kul Lake which attracts large herds of sheep and horses with their herders and their yurts in summer, since the region is dominated by animal herding.

Get in
Kochkor is served by frequent marshrutkas from Bishkek and Balykchy.

To get to Naryn, you might have to rely on shared taxis.

From the west there are virtually no regular connections, but starting in the Suusamyr Valley (in the Northwest) the road towards Kochkor allows travel by car, taxi and thumb into the region.

Get around
To get around, you might have to rely on your own car or shared taxis. But frequent traffic in form of trucks exists between Kochkor, Naryn and the, which allows for easy hitchhiking.

Kochkor–Suusamyr
A convenient way to travel through this region (or between the Northwest and the Issyk Kul and the Tian Shan region in the east) is the road between Kochkor and. It seems to be very easy to hitch-hike on this road along inside the impressive Jumgal Valley, because there is a huge number of trucks using it. Truck drivers do not even want money for a ride, and up to four or five people can fit inside a truck.

Along this road are, , , and. The latter two you can get to all the way from Song Kul within in one day.

Behind the city of Kochkor there is a crossroad, with the road splinting into two, one leading towards Kyzart Pass and the other towards Naryn. This crossroad is an excellent place to catch a ride.

Naryn–Jalal-Abad
See Jalal-Abad.