Kyrgyzstan is a compact mountain country in Central Asia: within one shooting period a crew can reach alpine lakes, red sandstone canyons, glaciers, steppe, walnut and spruce forests, Silk Road monuments and Soviet-era towns. Below are 70 locations across all seven regions, grouped by region and by type. For a specific script we run a custom location scout.
On screen Kyrgyzstan doubles for the Swiss Alps, Iceland, Tibet, Mongolia, Patagonia and the American Southwest→
Chuy is the region around Bishkek, the capital and the production base for most shoots in Kyrgyzstan.
Talas is the north-western region of Kyrgyzstan, a quiet mountain valley associated with the epic hero Manas.
Issyk-Kul region surrounds the lake of the same name, one of the largest alpine lakes in the world, set between the ridges of the Tian Shan.
Naryn is the highest and wildest region of Kyrgyzstan: plateaus above 3,000 m, alpine lakes, deep canyons, a Silk Road caravanserai and nomadic summer pastures with yurts.
Jalal-Abad region in the south-west is the greenest part of Kyrgyzstan: walnut forests, the Sary-Chelek biosphere reserve, deep river canyons, the turquoise Toktogul Reservoir along the Bishkek–Osh highway and the Saimaluu-Tash petroglyphs high in the Fergana Range..
Osh region in the south of Kyrgyzstan stretches from the ancient city of Osh to the vast Alay Valley beneath the Pamir.
Batken is the far south-west of Kyrgyzstan, along the Turkestan Range.
We can run a location scout specifically for your script.
Updated: 2026-10-20