Chimgan — Asia Travel

DSCN3148-500x375 DSCN3795-500x375Alpine village of chimgan located in a beautiful corner of Uzbekistan — Ugam-Chatkal National Park in the Bostanlyk district of Tashkent region. It is situated 90 kilometers from Tashkent city at a height of 1620 meters above a sea level, at the foothills of the Big chimgan. This ancient town with a population of only 2,370 people traces its own unhurried life.
Despite its small numbers, the population of Chimghan is pretty multinational. The basis of the community is considered to be ethnic Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, there are also a great deal of Tajiks, Uzbeks and Russian.
Scientists believe that the settlement at this place was founded 500 years ago by the settlers from the south of Central Asia. But somebody based on the toponymy of the name, guesses here even Chinese roots. The local population translates the name of «chimgan» as the «green valley or pasture of abundant water”, and indeed, there are not many places on earth which are so true to their names.
Thanks to the mountain climate — cool summer (20 -35 C) and a mild, snowy winter, the sufficient of moisture, the abundance of mountain rivers and streams, chimgan from April to September is just buried in verdure. 2, 2 species of plants, the main of that are considered to be the tulips, Eremurus, shrubs, alpine meadows and forests of juniper grow in its territory.

Clouds-in-gorge-300x225 DSCN3279-500x375The natural world of the reserve is rich and diverse a lot. Here one will be able to see bears, mountain sheep, marmots, eagles, partridges, owls, nightingales and others. There are frogs and lake toads from amphibians. Reptiles are represented by: gecko, gray, colored runners, water adders. There are also poisonous snakes like gray vipers. The underwater world is not so diverse, aborigine is only the Marina (a kind of royal trout) here, the other species were adapted by migrants.
The population of the settlement, neither looking at the multinational, lives by a single cohesive team. There is a local government — mahalla committee in the town, made up of elders and most respected citizens.

DSCN3007-300x225The inhabitants are mainly engaged in crop and vegetable farming, livestock breeding, construction and handicrafts. Separate item in their economic activities is used to be the provision of travel services for visitors and guests.
The main influx of tourists is normally in the summer months from April to September. At this time landscape, ecological and ethnographic tourism usually flourish and that is special time for walking and relaxation.

There is a plenty of things in chimgan that are really worth of looking.
There are stunning panorama of peaks of Large and Small chimgans, waterfalls of Gulko, Novotash and the famous Black Falls with a height of 40 meters, caves and natural grottoes at this place. You definitely should have a look at the unique water surface of Charvak deep lake framed by ancient mountains and blue veins mountain rivers of Ugam, Pskem, Karzhantau, which are easily viewable from a height.

trek-300x162There is a plenty of things in chimgan that are really worth of looking.
There are stunning panorama of peaks of Large and Small chimgans, waterfalls of Gulko, Novotash and the famous Black Falls with a height of 40 meters, caves and natural grottoes at this place. You definitely should have a look at the unique water surface of Charvak deep lake framed by ancient mountains and blue veins mountain rivers of Ugam, Pskem, Karzhantau, which are easily viewable from a height.