Routes of Auto Tourism by Regions of the Republic
The longest and most extensive routes covering various regions of the republic are as follows:
1. Bishkek — Kalininskoye — Sosnovka — Kara-Balta Gorge — Ablatonnel Gorge — Suusamyr — Ala-Bel Pass — Chychkan Gorge — around Toktogul "sea" — Kara-Kul — Tash-Kumyr — Jalal-Abad — Kök-Art Gorge — Urumbash Gorge — Sary-Kyr Pass — Kazarman — passes on Makmal — Ala-Buka Valley — Bayetovo — Beryuluu Pass — Orto-Syrt area — Kulak-Ashuu Pass — Kara-Koyun Valley — At-Bashi — Naryn — Dolon Pass — Kochkorka — Orto-Tokoy area — Tunuk—Boom Pass — Bishkek. Option after Kochkorka: V. Karakol Valley — Kegety Pass (Ashuu-Tor) — Kegety Gorge and village — Yurievka — Kant — Bishkek.
Second option after Orto-Tokoy: Ottuk — Bokonbaevskoye — Pokrovka — Karakol — Tyup — Ananyevo — Balikchy — Bishkek.
Option after Tyup: San-Tash Pass — Karkyra — Kegen — Almaty — Kurday Pass — Bishkek.
2. Bishkek — Kegety Gorge and Pass — Eastern Karakol Gorge — Karakol Pass (Ashuu-Tor) — Western Karakol Gorge — MZS — Aral-Chaek — Kyz-Art Pass — Juvan-Aryk Valley — Dolon Pass — Naryn — Bayetovo village — Ala-Buka Valley, Kosh-Dyobyo village — Makmal Passes — Kazarman — Urumbash Valley — Sary-Kyr Pass — Kök-Art Valley — Jalal-Abad — Shamaldy-Say — Karavan — Chapchama Pass — Jany-Bazar settlement (Chatkal) — Kara-Buura Pass — Leninpol — Talas — Jambul — Bishkek.
Option after Talas: Otmek Pass — Suusamyr — tunnel — Kara-Balta Gorge — Sosnovka — Bishkek.
Option after Shamaldy-Say: Tash-Kumyr — Toktogul "sea" — Ala-Bel Pass — Suusamyr — Otmek Pass — Talas — Jambul — Bishkek.
1. Complexity categories
A. Osh — Jalal-Abad — Tash-Kumyr — Toktogul — Bishkek.
B. Almaty — Chilik — Kegen — San-Tash Pass — Tyup — Karakol — Balikchy — Naryn — Chaek — Suusamyr — Ala-Bel Pass — Toktogul — Tash-Kumyr — Osh.
2. Complexity categories
A. Fergana — Kadamjai — Haidarkan — Cherku — Isfana — Soviet-Abad — Shahristan Pass — Ayni — Dushanbe — Termez — Samarkand.
B. Dushanbe — Komsomolabad — Kalai — Khumb — Rushan — Khorog — Murghab — Sary-Tash — Osh.
3. Complexity categories
A. Samarkand — Penjikent — Ayni — Dushanbe — Komsomolabad — Tary — Jerge-Tal — Daraut-Kurgan — Sary-Tash — Osh.
B. Barskoon — Barskoon Pass — M. Naryn River — Naryn — Kazarman — Kök-Art Pass — Jalal-Abad — Andijan — Uch-Kurgan — Karavan — Yangi-Bazar — "Er-Chatkal — Charvak — Tashkent.
Kyrgyz Ala-Too
1. Tokmok — Kegety village — Kegety Gorge — Ashuu-Tor Pass — Eastern Karakol Gorge — Kochkorka village — Orto-Tokoy area — Tunduk Pass — 2nd state farm "Kök-Moynok" — Boom Gorge — Bystrovka village — Tokmok (2–3 days).
2. Tokmok — Shamsi Gorge (Shamshy) — Tuyuk Gorge to the shah's house (rest day) — upper reaches of Shamsy Gorge (rest day) — Tokmok (2–3 days).
3. Bishkek — Kalininskoye — Sosnovka village — Kara-Balta Gorge — Ablatonnel Gorge — Suusamyr Valley — MZS — and further options:
a) Through Chaek to Kochkorka and Bishkek;
b) Zav. Karakol Gorge — Karakol Pass — Eastern Karakol Gorge — Orto-Tokoy area — and again two options: either past Issyk-Kul Lake — Balikchy — Boom Gorge — Tokmok—Bishkek, or from Orto-Tokoy to Tunduk Pass — Boom Gorge—Tokmok — Bishkek (5–6 days). This route can be supplemented with another option: from the valley of Eastern Karakol, go not to Kochkorka, but over Kegety Pass (Ashuu-Tor), then descend into Kegety Gorge — Kegety village — Yurievka village — Kant— Bishkek.
4. A series of one-day radial trips:
a) Bishkek — Issyk-Ata Gorge to the resort.
b) Bishkek — Alamedin Gorge to the hot springs.
c) Bishkek—Ara-Archa Gorge to the climbing base.
d) Bishkek — Ak-Suu Gorge — Jar-Tash Gorge.
Kungey Ala-Too Range
1. A series of one-day radial routes:
a) Balikchy — Kalmak-Ashuu Gorge.
b) Tourist base "Ulan" — Toru-Ayghyr Gorge.
c) Tourist base "Ulan" — Köl-Tor Gorge.
d) Tourist base "Ulan" — Dyure-Suu Gorge.
e) Cholpon-Ata — Cholpon-Ata Gorge — waterfall in Kyzyl-Koyryuk.
f) Grigorievka — lake in Chon-Ak-Suu Gorge.
g) Semenovka — M. Ak-Suu Gorge.
h) Ananyevo — Uch-Kungey Pass.
i) Ananyevo — Chyet-Bai-Soorun Gorge.
j) Ananyevo — Chon-Bai-Soorun Gorge.
2. Tyup — San-Tash Pass — Lizogubovka — Karakol state farm — Tyup.
3. A trip around Issyk-Kul Lake.
4. A series of one-day radial routes:
a) Karakol — Turgenev Gorge — Ak-Suu.
b) Karakol — Ak-Suu Gorge — Arashan.
c) Karakol — Karakol Gorge and Kashka-Suu.
d) Karakol — Jety-Oguz Gorge.
e) Barskoon — Barskoon Gorge.
f) Bokombayevskoye — Ton Gorge.
g) Bokombayevskoye — Konurolyon area.
h) Bokombayevskoye — Semiz-Bel area — Orto-Tokoy — Ottuk.
4. Bokombayevskoye — Ottuk — Orto-Tokoy — Kochkorka—Sary-Bulak — Kara-Kudzhur — Jer-Kyokcho — Small Naryn — Ton Pass — Bokombayevskoye.
5. Bokombayevskoye — Ton Pass — Small Naryn — Tosor Pass — Tosor village.
6. Kadji-Say — Kadji-Say area — Tosor Gorge and Pass — Small Naryn — upper reaches of Barskoon Gorge — Barskoon village.
7. Barskoon — Barskoon Pass — Kara-Say village — Yshytk village — Ak-Shyyrak village — Enilchek village — Chon-Ashuu Pass — Turgenev Gorge — Ak-Suu — Karakol.
Central Tian Shan
1. Karakol — Novo-Voznesenovka — Chon-Ashuu Pass (n. k.) — Ottuk Gorge — radial exit up the Sary-Jaz Gorge — descent down to the Kyoily Gorge — radial exit to this gorge Enilchek—radial exit up the gorge to the Enilchek glacier — Ak-Shyyrak settlement — Yshytk settlement — Kara-Say settlement — Barskoon Pass — Barskoon village — Karakol.
Option after Kara-Say: Karakolka village — Naryn — Dolon Pass — Balikchy — Karakol (or Bishkek).
Regions of Inner Tian Shan
1. Naryn — Karakolka — Kara-Say — Taragay — Barskaun Pass — Barskaun village — Karakol.
Option after Taragay: Jetim-Bel — Burkan Gorge — Jer-Kyokky village — Sary-Bulak — Naryn.
Option after Burkan Gorge: Archaly — valley of the Small Naryn River — Naryn.
2. At-Bashi — Ak-Muz village — Bosogo village — pass into the Ak-Say valley — Chatyr-Köl lake — Tyuz-Bel Pass — Kara-Koyun valley — At-Bashi.
3. Naryn — At-Bashi — Koshoy-Korgon settlement — Tash-Rabat fortress — Kulak-Ashuu Pass — Orto-Syrt area — Beryuluu Pass — Bayetovo village — Naryn city.
4. Naryn — Bayetovo — Ala-Buka valley — Kosh-Dyobyo village — Makmal Passes — Kazarman — Dyudumel — Kyr-Goo passes — Naryn.
Southern Kyrgyzstan
1. Sulyukta — Isfana — Rabat — Isfara — Batken — Sukh — radial exit to the village of Kan (or if possible to Zardoli) — Haidarkan — Okhna — radial exit to Hamza-Abad (Shakhimardan) — Kadamjai — Kyzyl-Kiya — Iski-Nookat — Osh.
2. Kyzyl-Kiya — radial exit to the Isfayram-May Gorge — to Surme-Tash — Iski-Nookat — Kök-Bel Pass — Papai village — radial exit through the Ak-Buu gorge to the village of Kodjo-Kelen — radial exit to the village of Laglan—Papan reservoir — Osh.
Isfara — Batken — Sukh — Haidarkan — Okhna — option: Fergana — Kadamjai — Okhna — Hamza-Abad (Shakhimardan)—Yardan — Ak-Suu Gorge — Kara-Kazyk Pass — Kök-Suu valley — Daraut-Kurgan (Daroot-Korgon) — Sary-Tash — Taldyk Pass—Gulcha — Osh.
3. Osh — Uzgen — radial exit to Alaykuu (police permission is needed for visiting the border area) — Jalal-Abad — Kök-Art River valley — Urumbash Gorge — Sary-Kyr Pass — Kazarman— Naryn (either through Dyudumel and Kyr-Goo passes, or through Makmal Passes, Ala-Buka valley and Bayetovo village) — Bishkek.
4. Osh — Jalal-Abad — Bazar-Kurgan — radial exit to Arslanbob — Madaniyat — Tash-Kumyr — Jangi-Dzhol — radial exit to the Khodja-Ata gorge to the tourist base Sary-Chelek — Aflatun — Karavan — Chartak — Uychy — Namangan — Andijan — Osh.
5. Tash-Kumyr — Karavan — Ala-Buka — Terek-Say — Chapchama Pass — Jangi-Bazar (Chatkal)—Chatkal River valley — Kara-Buura Pass — Leninpol — Talas— radial exit to Besh-Tash — Otmyok Pass — Suusamyr — Tyo-Ashuu Pass — Bishkek.
Western Tian Shan
1. The already mentioned route from Pre-Fergana: Karavan — Chan-Chama Pass — Jany-Bazar village (Chatkal) — Chatkal River valley — mouth of the Aflatun River — Kara-Kysmak Gorge — Kara-Buura Pass — Kirovskoye or Leninpol.
Option after the mouth of the Aflatun River: Kara-Kuldja Western Gorge — Kara-Kuldja Pass — Kara-Kuldja Eastern Gorge — Uzgen Gorge — Akmat — Toktogul Reservoir— Bishkek (or Osh).
Roads and villages of the Talas Valley. Alay Valley and Zaalai Ridge
2. The already mentioned route: Taldyk Pass (from Osh)—Sary-Tash village — Daraut-Kurgan village — Jerge-Tal village — Dushanbe.
3. Taldyk Pass — Kyzyl-Art Pass — Khorog — Dushanbe.
