Iskandarkul

Iskandarkul: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit Iskandarkul

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Busiest days: Weekends, public holidays, Sankranti and Dasara breaks.

Crowd: Heavy on weekends and holidays; arrive early morning.

Typical week: Mon busy · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri busy · Sat packed · Sun packed.

How to reach Iskandarkul — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.07318, 68.36854. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Iskandarkul

• Chimtarga · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~25 km · Must-see
• Hazrati-Sulton · viewpoint · Surxondaryo Region · ~27 km · Must-see
• Alpomish · viewpoint · Surxondaryo Region · ~32 km · Must-see
• Ghaznich · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~38 km · Must-see
• Mausoleum of Khoja Mukhammad Bashoro · dargah · Sughd Region · ~71 km · Must-see
• Yaghnob river · trek · Sughd Region · ~73 km · Must-see
• Cave Alexander the Great · cave · Sughd Region · ~2 km
• Iskandar waterfall · waterfall · Sughd Region · ~3 km
• Immat Glacier · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~12 km
• Early season snow bridge · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~14 km
• Бодхона · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~18 km
• Mura Glacier · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~19 km
• Obisafed Glacier · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~20 km
• Cascade Viewpoint · waterfall · Districts of Republican Subordination · ~21 km
• East Obisafed Glacier · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~21 km
• Bahodur Glacier · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~21 km
• East Energia Glacier · viewpoint · Sughd Region · ~22 km
• Khoja Hassan Grave · fort · Districts of Republican Subordination · ~26 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Iskandarkul

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near Iskandarkul

• Buzurg Alo Lake · lake · Sughd Region · ~32 km
• Kuli Kalon · lake · Sughd Region · ~33 km
• Timur Dara · lake · Districts of Republican Subordination · ~35 km
• Kuli Juazak · lake · Districts of Republican Subordination · ~40 km
• Hazorchashma (7th Lake) · lake · Sughd Region · ~55 km
• Marghuzor (6th Lake) · lake · Sughd Region · ~56 km
• Khurdak (5th Lake) · lake · Sughd Region · ~59 km
• Seven Lakes · lake · Sughd Region · ~59 km
• Nofin (4th Lake) · lake · Sughd Region · ~60 km
• Hushyor (3rd Lake) · lake · Sughd Region · ~63 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Tajikistan

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