Sarytasch: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Landscape

Sary-Tash is a high-altitude settlement at approximately 3,170 metres. On the outskirts of the village, the SarySoul Mountainlodge is located at more than 3,000 metres; from there, you can see Peak Lenin and Peak Kurumdy. The Osh-Travel yurt camp offers panoramic views of the Trans-Alay Range and is located 700 metres from the Osh–Sary-Tash main road.

Renting a holiday apartment in Sary-Tash can be part of your personal travel planning.

Activities

In winter, Sary-Tash offers opportunities for ski touring, including backcountry skiing and freeriding. The Alpine Dome Hotel Pamir Alay is located at the Taldyk Pass in Sary-Tash; it lists hiking, cycling, skiing and horseback riding as ways to explore the surrounding region. The tourism opportunities in Sary-Tash are considered comparable to those in Sary-Mogol and Kojo-Kelen. The SarySoul Mountainlodge promotes intercultural connections with Kyrgyz culture.

Getting Around

Sary-Tash is a road junction for travelling south towards Tajikistan and the Pamirs, as well as eastwards to the Irkeshtam border crossing with China. From Osh, Sary-Tash can be reached by shared taxi via the paved A372 in approximately four to five hours. For onward travel from Sary-Tash, local transport or organised 4WD trips can be used towards Sary-Mogol, the base camp at Peak Lenin, or the Kyzyl-Art Pass and the Tajik border.

A Pamir Highway trip includes Sary-Tash on the Karakul–Sary-Tash–Osh section.

On Site

A walk through Sary-Tash and visits to nearby viewpoints are possible without a guide. Sary-Tash can serve as a transit point for accommodation and meals. A guesthouse in Sary-Tash offers dinner as well as overnight accommodation and breakfast.

Other places in this overview: Shankol, Ak-Terek, Gulcha.

Back to the overarching travel overview: Osh Region.