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Naryn & the High Pastures

The central highlands are the heart of herding life, with summer pastures and a very high lake.

A turquoise mountain lake enclosed by steep rock walls and snow-dusted peaks, with golden autumn grass in the foreground — Photo: Калачев Сергей / commons.wikimedia.org / CC BY 3.0

Landmarks in Naryn & the High Pastures

Naryn & the High Pastures

Song-Kol Lake

A high mountain lake at about 3,000 m, surrounded by summer pastures where nomadic herders set up yurt camps. Visitors can stay overnight in a yurt.
Naryn & the High Pastures

Tash Rabat

A fifteenth-century stone caravanserai tucked into a remote valley near the Chinese border, once a shelter for Silk Road traders.