- Features of thermal springs in Kyrgyzstan
- Altyn-Arashan
- Juuku
- Chon-Oruktu
- Tash-Suu
- Jalal-Abad
Thermal springs in Kyrgyzstan will provide every traveler with the opportunity to take great walks, improve their health, enjoy the stunning scenery and swim in warm waters.
Features of thermal springs in Kyrgyzstan
The main health resort of Kyrgyzstan is Lake Issyk-Kul, where you can find healing mud (its deposit is located in the water area and the coastal part of the lake), mineral and thermal (water temperature varies from +30 to +50 degrees) springs, hospitals and boarding houses. There they treat the heart, digestive organs, musculoskeletal and nervous systems, skin and ailments of the female genital area. Depending on the diagnosis, patients are prescribed thalassotherapy, physiotherapy exercises, Charcot douches, mineral baths … Most of the health resorts are located in Bosteri, Chok-Tal (has a thermal well), Cholpon-Ata, Tamchy (near the village there are mineral springs with warm water, and in there are clinics and sanatoriums in Tamchy itself).
Those who have decided to undergo health improvement on Issyk-Kul can also swim in the warm water of the lake, go diving and mountaineering, take themselves on foot and horseback riding.
As for the sanatoriums, “Jergalan” deserves attention in the Issyk-Kul region: thermal + 40-43-degree water (it has neither taste nor smell) and black silt mud, which has a bactericidal effect, are the main therapeutic factors.
Altyn-Arashan
Altyn-Arashan hot springs are high-mountainous and are located at 2600 meters above sea level. Their waters have a temperature of +50 degrees and contain radon. Everyone who takes a methradone bath will normalize blood pressure and improve heart function. In addition, bathing in the springs will have a sedative and analgesic effect, will help accelerate the processes of resorption and healing in muscles, skin, bone tissue and nerve fibers.
Romantic couples will be interested in the fact that there is a thermal spring here, which has been ennobled and laid out with a stone in the shape of a heart. It is worth noting that those who wish can also plunge into a cold mountain river, thereby taking a contrasting natural shower.
Despite the fact that the springs are only 35 km away from Karakol, it is not so easy to get here - the journey can take about 3 hours in an all-wheel drive car (travelers will have steep ascents along mountain serpentines along a narrow canyon along the bank of the Arashan River).
And in the vicinity of the resort, in a nature reserve, you will be able to meet wild boars, ermines, foxes, badgers, lynxes, turtledoves, vultures, snow leopards, pheasants and other birds and animals.
Juuku
The thermal water in Juuku is enriched with radon and has a temperature of +34 degrees. Radon baths are located in the open air, so bathing in them, you can not only spend time with health benefits, but also enjoy the view of the surrounding landscapes.
Chon-Oruktu
The water of the Chon-Oruktu hot springs is “warmed up” to 45 degrees (it has no “specific” components; it has a sodium-calcium-chloride composition and is suitable for drinking and bathing) and is used in the treatment of gastritis and cholecystitis, and is also prescribed for those who have problems with skin and organs of the female genital area, and suffering from disorders in the work of the nervous system, pancreas and gastrointestinal tract.
At the service of vacationers there are swimming pools, houses where you can stay for a couple of days, rooms in which massage procedures are performed for everyone, cafes (where visitors are treated to dishes of Kyrgyz cuisine).
Tash-Suu
For the convenience of vacationers, this spring has swimming pools (one of them is filled with ordinary cool water - it is intended for contrast swimming), filled with 43-48-degree water; dining room, gazebos, changing rooms; massage room.
Healing water Tash-Suu is prescribed for the treatment and prevention of numerous diseases, in particular, it is suitable for people with disorders of the musculoskeletal system (osteochondrosis, arthritis, myositis). With regard to contraindications, in local waters should not swim "heart", hypertensive and hypotensive.
It is worth noting that for a 1-hour swim in the bath, guests will pay $ 4-5 (advice: after a 20-minute swim, you should take a 10-minute rest break, after which you can plunge into the healing waters for 20 minutes).
Jalal-Abad
Jalal-Abad is famous for its alkaline hot springs, weak and highly mineralized waters (temperature + 38-39 degrees; they are hydrocarbonate-sulphate and calcium-sodium waters) which are capable of treating nerves, liver, kidneys, rheumatism, skin, ailments in the field of urology and gynecology … You can get treatment in a local sanatorium, which is ready to receive about 150 people in winter and 450 people in summer. In addition to balneotherapy and mud therapy, here they heal with acupuncture, climate and electric light therapy, massage, physiotherapy exercises and nutrition.
