Jety-Oguz valley
Jety-Oguz valley.
Djety Oguz, the extraordinary 'Valley of Seven Bulls', is famous forits unusually bright, red sandstone rock formations. Some of thevalley's most celebrated landmarks include the 'broken heart' (acrimson, heart-shaped precipice), the 'dragon's lair' (an spectacular,deep sandy canyon) and, of course, the 'seven bulls' themselves (a rowof crags dominating the Djety Oguz Valley). Centuries of snow and windhave eroded the rock face and multiplied the bulls from seven to nine,but Djety Oguz remains no less impressive. These remarkable cliffs andtheir surrounding plateau and valleys make a popular day trip fromKarakol.
Numerous legends tell of how the valley and its curious rockformations were created. The Russian writer and explorer, IvanSokolov-Mikitov recounted the most famous local story.
Besidesnumerous walks and photo opportunities, Djety Oguz has a small, cleanlate-Soviet sanatorium -another chance to rest your travel-weary limbsin natural hot springs or mud baths.
Djety Oguz is situated 35km from Karakol and can be easilyvisited as a day or half day trip. Turkestan is able to arrange guidedwalks, horse riding, picnics, eagle hunting displays, horseback sportsand concerts of traditional folklore music in the Djety Oguz Valley.
Synopsis.
"Once upon a time, long, long ago in the Kyrgyzmountains, lived two powerful khans. Each ruled over a large andwealthy tribe. One day, the first khan, who was greedy and evil,kidnapped his neighbour's beautiful wife. From this day onwards the twotribes became sworn enemies and went to war against each other.
The evil khan's courtiers gave him this advice: 'Your enemydemands that you return his wife' they said. 'There is a way in whichyou can comply with his demands without giving in. Kill the woman andreturn her corpse. In this way you can do what he asks, but your heartwill be calm as he will not be able to rule the woman that you return'.
The courtiers' advice greatly pleased the greedy khan. Inorder to carry out his evil plan, he prepared an enormous funeralbanquet in the mountains.
Everybody from his tribe came to the feast and seven red bullswere killed to provide food for all the guests. When the seventh redbull had been killed, the evil khan himself took a knife and plunged itinto the heart of the unfortunate woman. Hot blood spilled from thewound and stained the mountains red -that is why, to this day, thecliffs at Jety-Oguz remain blood-red.
Along with the blood, boiling water poured from her wound andhot liquids filled the mountainous valley. All of the murderous khan'srelatives and banquet guests were killed in the boiling water. Waves ofliquid washed the carcasses of the bulls that had been killed for thefeast far away. It is still possible to see them, as the mysteriousfluid transformed the seven red bulls into seven red crags.
This is why, even today, the valley continues to be called Jety Oguz, since in Kyrgyz it means the 'Valley of Seven Bulls'..."
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Tour includes
• guide
• interpreter
• picnic lunch
• transport
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• Jety-Oguz valley
