Glaciers in Kyrgyzstan

We would like you to travel in Kyrgyzstan and see wonderful glaciers! During your tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will find out that snows don't melt at the highest altitudes as well as ice sheets on the top. You will be impressed by U-shaped valleys and hanging streams in your tours in Kyrgyzstan. We are sure, you won't regret if you travel in Kyrgyzstan.

During your tours in Kyrgyzstan, you will find out that valley glaciers or so-called "Ice Rivers" can pass between 3 and 40 cm a day which depends on the size as well as width. It is important to note that, snow cover some 8100 square kilometers and it is about 30% of the total territory of Kyrgyzstan and the glaciers cover about 4% of the surface area of the country.

In the course of a tour in Kyrgyzstan, you will be inspired the outstanding Enilchek Glacier which is divided into Northern and Southern branches. It is the Peak Pobeda/Khan Tengri massif in the Eastern Tien Shan.

There are glaciers which are situated near Bishkek as the Ak-Sai and Adygene in Ala Archa National Park. It is known that, glaciers contain some 580 billion cubic meters of water, which is enough to cover the whole of Kyrgyzstan to a depth of 3 m. It is recommend taking additional days in your tours in Kyrgyzstan and enjoying your vacation!