Song-Kol Lake \u2014 \u00abThe Last Lake\u00bb is considered one of the most beautiful areas for summer pasturing.\u00a0 It is in the Naryn district, and Kyrgyzstan\u2019s second largest lake with an area of 270 km sq.\u00a0 In winter the lake freezes over with ice more than a meter thick.<\/p>\n
Chamomile, sage, friar\u2019s cap and golden root are prized for their medicinal qualities, and wildflowers are abundant in spring.\u00a0 Migratory birds bisit the lake in summer as well as shy mountain wildlife like foxes and deer.\u00a0 Fish were introduced to the lake in 1959.<\/p>\n
Nomads have been making the upland trek to this 3016 m asl lake since ancient times with their livestock.\u00a0 Some left mysterious \u00abstanding stone\u00bb arrangements.<\/p>\n
Lake Son-Kul is a beautiful place to experience life on a jailoo.\u00a0 Ride horses in the surrounding mountains, or stay in a yurt and experience an old-fashioned Kyrgyz summer.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Song-Kol Lake \u2014 \u00abThe Last Lake\u00bb is considered one of the most beautiful areas for summer pasturing.\u00a0 It is in the Naryn district, and Kyrgyzstan\u2019s second largest lake with an area of 270 km sq.\u00a0 In winter the lake freezes over with ice more than a meter thick. Chamomile, sage, friar\u2019s cap and golden root […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-destinations"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-30 18:55:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbtkyrgyzstan.kg\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}