Arslanbob Waterfalls, Jalal-Abad Province, Kyrgyzstan

5Where Is The World 5:00 PM Aug 26, 2017

Great hiking to visit two great waterfalls
We visited the waterfalls as part of a CBT tour. We had a guide take us up the mountain from the village of Arslanbob toward the big waterfall. To get to the viewpoint, where you see the entire falls, took us a couple hours with my 5 and 6 year old children. We stopped a few times to rest along the way. The trail was rocky but not overly steep. The big waterfall is 80 meters high. You can see it from down in the village but you have to hike up to it to see how impressive it really is. After visiting the big waterfall we hiked back down the mountain to the village, through the walnut forest and to the small waterfall. The small waterfall is much easier to get to, you can take a paved path right to the bottom and it's a short walk from the village centre. As such, the small waterfall is very busy. Locals and other Kyrgyz people from other communities like to visit it. There are small shop and vendors along the path to the falls so you can buy a snack or souvenir if you wish. The small falls are still very impressive but only 23 meters high. You WILL get wet from the spray if you walk to the bottom of the falls. If you are in Kyrgyzstan I'd suggest a visit to Arslanbob and it's waterfalls.

4Love to Travel 5:00 PM Jun 23, 2019

2 nice waterfalls to visit
The small waterfall (slightly wider but with less height) is the closest to town. We went with a guide, but the are several signs pointing you in the right direction, or better yet use maps.me to find your way. There are a number of stalls selling tourist stuff and a charge of 10 som (at time of writing about 12 pence) to get down to view the waterfall. We were told that the path from the small waterfall to the big one wasn't passable due to a bridge having collapsed so we returned to town and set out up a different path to reach the big (don't expect very big) waterfall, ignore the first waterfall sign, this tries to send you to the small one again, but continue on the same side of the river. The hike is around 6km each direction but almost all of it can be done in a vehicle. We walked, the last 700 meters or so has to be done on foot as is quite steep with lots of steps or a bit of a scramble, young kids were doing it, but sensible shoes are recommended. Entry to the big waterfall was 50 som, but there were no signs to display the price so it may be done on what they think you will pay. The views from both are good, the big waterfall better as you are higher up the mountain.