Chimgan

Chimgan is the most popular place of leisure among locals and guests of the capital city. It is not without reason that 150 years ago a summer cottage of the Tashkent Governor-General Kaufman was built. Chimgan is usually referred to as a vast territory from Beldersay to Charvak reservoir with its surroundings. Here at altitudes of 1500 - 1600 m. above sea level, there are ski resorts Chimgan and Beldersay. Above the area of the wall rises a huge rock massif with the dominating peak of Big Chimgan (3309 m). In the 12 km. away from Chimgan is Charvak reservoir, along the banks of which there are numerous hotels, boarding houses, cottages.
In summer Chimgan attracts numerous tourists with emerald greenery, clean mountain air, picturesque viewsc, tulips, waterfalls, huge snowfields in the Aksai gorge. There are great opportunities for hiking, mountaineering and climbing, cycling and horse tours. In winter - expanse for lovers of mountain skis, snowboarders, freeriders. In Chimgan and Beldersay you can climb cable railway tracks to the observation points, from which fantastic views of the surrounding mountains and valleys open for tens of kilometers.

The most interesting places to visit in Chimgan:
- Gorge of Aksai with RED and BLACK waterfalls, snowfields, birch grove, rock "tablets";
- The top of the Big Chimgan (3309 m. above sea level ), on which mountaineering routes from 1 to 4 difficulty categories lead;
- Observation points of  cable railway tracks in Chimgan and Beldersay;
- Mysterious highland plateau Pulatkhan;
- Marble river with a waterfall and shell fossils;
- Kyzyldzhar tract, Cretaceous remnants on the Akshuran Pass;
- The peak of the Small Chimgan (2100 m. above sea level) with Pesochy Pass (1832 m.);
- Gulkam Canyon;
- Charvak reservoir;
- Exotic villages Yangikurgan, Brichmulla, Yakkatut, Nanay;
- Picturesque valleys of rivers Chatkal, Pskem, Koksu, Ugam, Nurekata, Aksakata;
- The canyon of the Kalasai River with cascades of waterfalls;
- Valley of Paltau with the grotto of Neanderthals, 40 m. waterfall.