Best nature places in Jety-Oguz Gorge.

"The gorge soon becomes very interesting. The foothills, gently sloping to the north, suddenly drop off to the south, revealing layered red rocks, often shaped like a waffle. Further in, interesting side gorges extend to the right and left, of which the one to the right (i.e., west) is the more interesting. Here, the marginal rocks on the south are cut into 10 (not 7) thick columnar masses (pillars). If you observe from the north (from the depths of the gorge), it seems as if a rock has separated from the gorge wall to the right, and in the crevice of this rock, very picturesque spruce trees grow. Spruce trees begin to appear in the gorge very soon. They begin to appear below the warm springs. The altitude of this place is 7077 feet."

V.I. Lipsky. "Flora of Central Asia, i.e. Russian Turkestan and the Khanates of Bukhara and Khiva." 1902-1903.

Trip to Seven Bulls Rocks from village of Tamga.

"Seven Bulls" rocks are located at an altitude of 2011 (level of Jety-Oguz River) to 2086 m. a. s. l., located 1.1 kilometers southwest of resort of same name, on left slope of Jety-Oguz gorge, on northern slope of Terskey Ala-Too mountain range in Jety-Oguz district of Issyk-Kul region. 

The age of exposed rocks of Jeti-Oguz is 27.82-5.33 million years. Rock formations consist of layers of conglomerates, polymictic sandstones with thin interlayers and lenses of gravelstones, siltstones and clays of reddish-brown and brick-red colors, deposited in the Upper Oligocene-Miocene (P33-N1 - Kyrgyz suite).
The thickness of the Kyrgyz suite in this area reaches 1940 meters. In front of the resort itself, among the forested slopes on both banks of the Jety-Jguz river, there are spectacular outcrops of high, bright crimson and massive and red rocks made of layered sandstone, which the Kyrgyz gave the name Jety-Oguz ("Seven Bulls").
The outlines of the rocks against the background of a light, cloudless sky resemble a heart split in two, longitudinal stripes of red sandstone stand out on the outer surface of the rocks, with moderate imagination they seem like bleeding wounds.
Rain streams flowing down the rocks are painted in bright orange colors. Since those ancient times, as a result of weathering processes, the number of rocks has increased significantly. The red rocks are so unique and beautiful that in 1968 they were depicted on Soviet postage stamps dedicated to Kyrgyzstan.
When counting the rocky ledges called "Seven Bulls", there are actually eight of them, while it is necessary to take into account that the far right, the foot of which is washed by the Jety-Oguz River, is the "Broken Heart" rock and, of course, this rock has nothing to do with the "Seven Bulls" rocks.
I think that there should be more natural attractions in the gorge, each of which separately attracts tourists. The Seven Bulls Rocks are located in the mid-mountain forest, meadow and steppe zone at an altitude of 2,100 to 3,000 m. a. s. l., on mountain, forest and meadow soils, surrounded by Tien-Shan spruce trees with rich shrub undergrowth, grass and cereal meadows.
The Seven Bulls Rocks are the hallmark of the Jetyz-Oguz gorge and the main tourist, natural attraction of the Issyk-Kul region.

Geographical coordinates of Seven Bulls Rocks: N42°20'15 E78°13'37

Authority and photos by:
Alexander Petrov.
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