Saimaluu-Tash Reserve Museum

fascinating place

How strange to wander around this collection of carved stones which are hundreds of years old. Pretty well preserved

Wow this was amazing

This open air museum was just fantastic to visit and get the history about the place and the exhibits which were in a huge paddock of rocks.

Some great Petroglyphs

some nice walking around this pretty big park, some of the marked stones are hard to figure out, but most are pretty cool. Love the celestial goats :-)

Cholpon Ata actually

Nearing the end of our drive around the ‘stans last summer we were headed to Cholpon Ata and stopped in at the Saimaluu Tash Reserve Museum. It is incorrectly labelled as being in Karakol and even the...

Ancient Paintings on the Stones

The petroglyphs museum is located not far from Cholpon-Ata town, the heart of the recreational life at the Issyk-Kul. It reflects very ancient part of the history on the region and located in very clo...