Chimgan and Gulkam Narrows

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The Chimgan Mountains are a fantastic place where nature proves its strength and perfection. There is nothing useless and disordered in these places, everything is in its place: majestic canyons, steep cliffs, swift mountain rivers making their way through harsh rocks.
Chimgan has become one of the main natural attractions of Uzbekistan, it is famous for its rich vegetation, birch and walnut groves, extreme passes, waterfalls and lakes, narrow gorges.

The most beautiful place of Chimgan is the cascades of ridges on Gulkam.

There, thanks to numerous channels and sayas, the Gulkamsai River was formed, and it, in turn, formed an amazing relief – gorges.

Everyone can see the Gulkam gorge, but it's worth remembering that mountains are mountains, and such a hike should be accompanied by an experienced instructor who knows a lot about safety.

Gulkam narrows are located along the Charvak reservoir, two hours from Tashkent. First you will drive along an asphalt road, which will turn into a winding mountain road leading to the village of Gulkam. Then you will have to walk along a well-trodden path. Gradually, the gorge will begin to narrow, and the passage along the path will be blocked by huge boulders, which will become larger and larger, and the rocks in the gorge are getting higher and higher. Soon the path to the gorge will disappear completely and you will have to cross the river from one side of the gorge to the other. Despite the fact that the river is quite narrow, its flow is very stormy, which is not easy to cross. Gradually, the walls of the gorge will become narrower and narrower. In some places, you will have to move almost along the river, jumping from stone to stone. But the beauty of those places fascinates from the very first seconds! Climbing up, along the way you will meet unusual boulders, a sonorous waterfall, a bizarre rock shape. Soon the gorge will narrow to six meters and you will have to pass, squeezing between large isolated boulders. Once in the narrowest place of the narrows, it will become clear how such a miracle of nature was formed. For millions of years, the mountain bed of the river made its way through the thickness of the stones, creating a narrow corridor for itself.

You need to go to such a place only after dry weather in order to avoid mudslides of clay and stones, as well as in comfortable shoes, because the stones you have to cross are wet and slippery. In addition, it is recommended to take a thick safety rope with you.

After the narrowest point, the narrows still extend for several hundred meters, and then gradually diverge.
Gulkam Gorge is an incredible adventure, with a little bit of adrenaline. If it is preferable for you to avoid an extreme hike, then you can take a detour route, where you can see all the beauty of the Gulkam gorge from the side.