If you have very little time allotted to Bishkek and its surroundings, the best thing you can do is to visit Ala-Archa National Park. It is located just 30 km south of Bishkek on the slopes of the Kyrgyz ridge.

This place is very popular among citizens of Bishkek primarily because of its proximity to Bishkek, as well as beautiful nature, a riot of colors, cool rivers, where you can take shelter from the sweltering summer heat. "Ala" is translated as "colorful" and “Archa” is kyrgyz word for juniper that abundantly covers slopes of local mountains.

Alpine camp Ala-Archa is located at an altitude of 2100 m above sea level, once it has been something of a Mecca for the Soviet climbers.

The park has a lot of routes for climbers and trekking. There are a lot of peaks: Crown Peak, Peak Semenov Tian-Shansky, Teke-Tor, Svobodnaya Korea and others, on which ascent are made from the base camp.

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