{"id":6696,"date":"2017-07-16T07:43:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T03:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/?p=6696\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T20:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:23:35","slug":"trekking-in-karakol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/againstthecompass.com\/en\/trekking-in-karakol\/","title":{"rendered":"Trekking in Karakol: Kyzyl Suu to Jeti Oguz trek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We pitched our tent on a massive, green plain, where we were surrounded by a blanket of wild flowers and 7,000-meter-high snow-covered peaks. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a pretty tough and exhausting day, so we opened our bottle of wine and started to cook when tens of curious cows and beautiful horses approached our tent, attracted by the smell.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were at 3,500 meters, right at the bottom of Archa-T\u00f6r, a stunning 3,900m mountain pass which we expected to cross the next day.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had not seen a single soul since two days before, when a group of local Kyrgyz nomads fed us with delicious home-made jam, bread and kumis<\/em>, (fermented horse milk).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All we could hear was the flow of the river and occasional animal sounds. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was awesome and we couldn’t believe we had all those mountains to ourselves but the truth is that we were in a barely visited part of the <\/span>Tian Shan range<\/a><\/strong>, which is home to some of the most striking and beautiful scenery I have ever seen.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the Kyzyl Suu-Jeti Oguz trek. An excellent way to get off the beaten track when trekking in Karakol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a more detailed overview about what to bring for this trek, read my packing list for trekking in Central Asia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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