His expedition visited Lake Iskanderkul in 1889, and based on the materials collected from the expedition, he wrote the book "Mountain Bukhara", which was published in St. Petersburg in 1905. In the book, he wrote about his experience discovering the waterfall: "As there was no path, I tied my horse to a tree and walked through the fairly dense shrubbery on the left bank of the river. Despite the loud noise of the river, I heard another unfamiliar sound. Walking through the shrubbery and past the enormous boulders that had turned black with age, I instinctively headed downward toward the end of the ridge that blocked the river and held back our pack animals. The sound of falling water, like the sound of mill wheels, grew clearer, and it was obvious that there was a waterfall somewhere nearby. However, it was not easy to approach the riverbank. Finally, finding a somewhat comfortable spot, I bent down and was struck by an interesting sight - a magnificent waterfall before me. It was several fathoms high, entirely composed of white water vapor that was slightly tinted with a pinkish hue."
In present times, everyone knows about this waterfall, and a path for tourists has been partially paved. When I visited, a dirt road was being constructed, presumably in preparation for the tourist season. We walked from the "Iskanderkul" tourist camp to the waterfall on Iskanderia using this road.
Having risen a little, the road takes this form, as I wrote above, it was just dug during my stay on the lake.
We have dug halfway so far, from here an ordinary path leads to the waterfall.
The water in Iskandarya is very beautiful, some kind of turquoise blue.
The river flows through the former dam, which burst or crumbled 800 years ago. Walking along the coast, it is just clearly visible. Falling on the shore, walls like this are formed.
Closer to the waterfall, the path departs from the river. As Lipsky wrote, it is difficult to get to the waterfall directly along the river..
The trail goes up the slope and goes past large picturesque boulders and bushes.
There is a painted stone, like "House Book" on the Iskanderkul lake.
Finally, the trail leads to the observation deck in front of the waterfall.
Here, for the sake of completeness, where this observation deck is located, it can be seen in the upper right corner.
Waterfall on Iskandarya or "Fan Niagara", this is how this waterfall looks from the observation deck.
In these photos I went a little further.
I climbed a rock protruding above the abyss, hoping that the waterfall would be better seen.
The further path of the Iskandarya River is visible from the cliff.
The waterfall, by the way, did not become better visible from here, but the abyss impressed and also, the rainbow became visible.
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