Driving distance: 420 km After breakfast, meet the driver at your hotel to set off for a journey to Karakol. Along the way stop at one of Kyrgyzstan’s oldest sights, the Burana Tower, and learn about its ancient architecture – rare in nomadic culture. The territory where the tower is located was once called Balasagyn town. This town had strategic meaning for the Great Silk Road. Here you will see a small museum with exhibits found during past excavations, providing more details about this ancient settlement, including a collection of “Balbals” – Turkic grave marks. After, continue driving to Karakol city via Issyk Kul Lake, the second-largest alpine lake in the world after Titicaca in South America. Its length reaches 182 km and width is 58 km, and the maximum depth is up to 668 meters. If we arrive early, we can take a short sightseeing tour in Karakol city by visiting the wooden Dungan mosques and Russian Orthodox churches. Dinner and overnight stay in Karakol city.