Ala-Archa: One Hour from Bishkek to the Real Tien Shan Mountains
Just an hour’s drive from Bishkek, and you find yourself surrounded by glacial rivers, snow-covered peaks, and juniper-covered slopes, where squirrels eat from your hand and, somewhere high in the mountains, the elusive snow leopard still roams.
Why Ala-Archa has long been a place of special significance for the people of Kyrgyzstan, and why this is the perfect place to begin discovering the country – I share in my new journey.
