8 Days
3 National Parks
1 Private Guide
Next — Kolsai Lakes
Alpine water, held between pine ridges
At 1,800 meters, three lakes step down through Tien Shan spruce forest. We reach the lower lake before the day-trip crowds arrive.
Kolsai — the lake, the trail, the lodge
Next — Kaindy Lake
A forest, frozen mid-stride underwater
A 1911 earthquake dropped this gorge and drowned a spruce forest overnight. The trunks still stand — bone-dry above, turquoise spring water below.
Kaindy — the trunks, from above and below
