LAKE ISKANDERKUL

The lake, located at 2 255 m above sea level, can be a pleasant place to rest a day, or even a starting point for trekking in the surrounding mountains. The landscape is so impressive, with its red gorges, its lake bordered by snow-capped peaks, that the President of Tajikistan and the Russian President have both made a dasha on the edge of the lake.

The accommodation can be done in summer in the Intourist holiday village. Full pension costs around $ 40. This holiday centre is a little the model of the Décrépies Soviet holiday Resorts. Small bungalows planned for six or eight people with a kitchen are spread under the trees. Showers and health care are common. The centre has a volleyball ground, two ping-pong tables, and the park opens onto the lake. The season is very short, only July and August. If you come to another time, you have to predict its provisions, because the kitchens do not work.