Lake Issyk Kul Tours & Holidays
Lake Issyk Kul Small Group Tours & Tailor-Made Holidays
Lake Issyk Kul, meaning "warm lake", is the second largest mountain lake in the world. Measuring 182km long by 58km wide, the lake is heated from below by thermal activity and never freezes, even in the depths of winter. In the summer, the water temperature reaches 25-28 degrees centigrade (warmer than the air) and you can swim in the clear blue waters, enclosed on all sides by the snowy peaks of the Tien Shan Mountains. Most of the resorts are on the north shore of the lake and the area between ...
Lake Issyk Kul, meaning "warm lake", is the second largest mountain lake in the world. Measuring 182km long by 58km wide, the lake is heated from below by thermal activity and never freezes, even in the depths of winter. In the summer, the water temperature reaches 25-28 degrees centigrade (warmer than the air) and you can swim in the clear blue waters, enclosed on all sides by the snowy peaks of the Tien Shan Mountains. Most of the resorts are on the north shore of the lake and the area between here and Almaty in Kazakhstan is excellent trekking territory.