Ala-Archa Park is the best travel destination from Bishkek. One-day tailor-made tours are available on your request. Fresh air and divine nature.
Kyrgyz State National Park “Ala-Archa” with the territory of 20.000 hectares organized in 1976, and situated at 1600-4875 meters above sea level at the slopes of Kyrgyz Mountain Range, 40 km from Bishkek town.
The nature park is named after the river Ala-Archa which flows through it. In Kyrgyz, the archa, which gives the river and the park its name, is a bright or many-colored juniper which the Kyrgyz people have traditionally held in special esteem, using smoke from its burning wood to chase away evil spirits. However, the archa is not supposed to be planted near the home, because it is believed gradually to sap the energy from human beings living close by.
The park covers about 165 square kilometers, and its altitude ranges from about 1,500 meters at the entrance to a maximum of 4,895 meters at Semenov-Tian-Shansky Peak, the highest peak in the Kyrgyz Ala-Too Range of the Tian Shan.[2] There are more than 20 small and large glaciers and some 50 mountain peaks within the park. The total area of the glaciers in the park is 53.6 km2 (20.7 sq mi).[2
