Waterfall Hike

Where can you find a waterfall and caves all in one place in the Chychkan Gorge?

Take a taxi from Tokotgul just 15 min up the road toward Bishkek and get out across the street from this restaurant. You’ll walk North along the river (eastern bank) on the trail before you start the ascent. Waterfall Unkur.

The Chychkan Gorge Waterfall Hike is a gorgeous 7 mile out and back.

Most of our group had never been to this beautiful place just a 15 minute taxi ride from Toktogul!

At 2:00pm a group of us (7) met in town along with our guide (Uzbik). We hired a taxi with enough capacity to seat seven and headed to the parking lot across the street from a popular roadside cafe “Aksy.” Our fare was 700 com total ($8.00 usd) and it was well worth it.

It was quite hot. Mid 80s Fahrenheit. Luckily the first leg of the trip was along the fast-paced river at which we could drink, rinse off, and fill our water bottles.

Reaching the summit of our trip up a steep path, we found the first cave just in time to sit out a thunderstorm. Yikes! Luckily we all survived and then proceeded down the other side of the hill toward a footbridge where we crossed to the north side of this Chytchkan River tributary. We walked upstream /uphill until we came across the beautiful waterfall! Quite a bit larger than I imagined!

After pictures and satisfaction we headed back to the starting point with high spirits and tired, muddy bodies.

We were back in Toktogul by 7:45pm.