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Karakol

A town at the lake's eastern end, with a wooden Dungan mosque and Russian church, and the gateway to alpine valleys.

Photo: Nikolai Bulykin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Free
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Full day

Why Go

A town at the lake's eastern end, with a wooden Dungan mosque and Russian church, and the gateway to alpine valleys.

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