Cultural tour 3
Kyrgyzstan tour: Tour 3
Destination: Kyrgyzstan
Activity: Cultural tour
Duration: 13 days
Places to visit: Bishkek - Chong Kemin - Son Kul Lake - At Bashi - Tash Rabat Caravanserai - Kochkor valley - Tamga village - Karakol - Altin Arashan - Karakol - Cholpon Ata - Bishkek
Tour summary:
Day 1: Bishkek city
Your guide meets you at Manas International Airport and attendsyou to Bishkek City (30 min. drive), where you will have welcomed a breakfast. The entire day is dedicated to a guided Bishkek City Tour, including lunch. You will visit the central Ala-Too Square, shady Duboviy Park (Oak Park), Pobeda Square (Victory Square), the History Museum, National philharmonic, Oriental Bazaar, Art Gallery and many other highlights. Traditional dinner will be served at 7 p.m. you will spend the night in a Hotel****.
Day 2: Bishkek - Chon Kemin valley
The day starts with a breakfast at 8 o'clock. Then you will be drive to the impressive Chon Kemin valley (120km) by car. We will visit the Burana Tower (ancient minaret 11th century) and an open air museum of Balbans (stone warriors). After traditional lunch you will have a short hike in Issyk-Ata gorge with the picturesque waterfall. We will arrive at the Kalmak Ashuu Guesthouse and you will be served dinner at 7 p.m.
Day 3: Chong Kemin - Son Kul Lake
After breakfast we move to the second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan Son Kul Lake. Lunch will be served on the way. Son Kul Lake is surrounded by mountains and situated at an altitude of 3013 meters above sea level and. Kyrgyz nomads used to come here since ancient times to use its surroundings as a pastureland. For dinner and overnight you stay in yurts, traditional nomad's dwelling.
Day 4: Son Kul Lake
We spend whole day here. After breakfast there will be free time and you can explore and enjoy the virgin nature of the lake and its surroundings on your own. You can ride a horse along the lake, or just relaxing in the atmosphere of the virgin and calm nature. Lunch will be served at 2 pm. Then you will visit ancient petrogliphs and ritual stones of shamans. It is a great opportunity to get acquainted with nomadic traditional culture. National dinner will be served in yurts.
Day 5: Son Kul Lake - At Bashi
We leave Son Kul at 8 o'clock after breakfast and drive by car that brings us to the At Bashi valley (200km). You won't be able to stay untouched by the astonishing scenery of primeval nature. Your dinner will be served at 7 p.m. After that you will spend the night in yurts.
Day 6: At Bashi - Tash Rabat Caravanserai (Stone castle)
You will have breakfast at 8 o'clock Then you will be driven to the Tash Rabat- Caravanserai on (Stone Castle from the 14th century) staying on the Great Silk Road. The massive building was built inside a mountain at a height 3200 m above sea level and has no analogue in the world. Traditional dinner will be served at 7 p.m. You will stay for the night in yurts near by the Tash Rabat Caravanserai.
Day 7: Tash Rabat - Kochkor valley
After a breakfast you transfer to Kochkor village (185 km) where you will meet a hospitable family that will present you the way of how national felt carpets are produced. There you will have a traditional dinner, accompanied by a special national music show. This night you will spend in Kochkor Guesthouse.
Day 8: Kochkor valley - Tamga village
You will have breakfast at 8 o'clock. Then you will be transported to the celestial Issyk Kul Lake (200 km), the second largest mountain lake in the world (1608 m. above sea level). There is another name of the Lake - "the pearl of Central Asia". You will drive through the gorgeous valley and pass Orto Tokoi reservoir. In Tamga village you will have a perfect rest on the southern beach of the lake where you will enjoy the pure water and curative qualities of the lake. Your dinner will be served at 7 p.m. in Tamga Guesthouse, where you will also spend the night.
Day 9: Tamga - Karakol
The day starts with a breakfast at 8 o'clock. Then you have free time to enjoy the lake till 12 pm. And then you will start your trip to Karakol city by car (50km). Delicious lunch will be served in the Karakol. The whole morning you will spend in Karakol City. You visit of the Dungan mosque built by secret Chinese technology, and then you visit a small wooden Russian Orthodox Church. Later, you will go to the museum of M.V. Prejvalsky, one of the world's greatest explores. National dinner will be at 8 p.m. Night in a Guesthouse.
Day 10: Karakol - Altin Arashan - Karakol
This day you will spent in a fascinating hike to Altin Arashan Gorge. Heavy Russian military 4WD vehicle will take you to Altin Arashan ("Golden Spa") gorge. After taking a bath in hot springs (there are some special little cabins) you will take lunch in the one of the most beautiful places you have ever seen. Then you will have hike in the gorge and you will be transferred back to the city. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. in a Guesthouse.
Day 11: Karakol - Cholpon Ata
After the breakfast you drive to Cholpon Ata city along the northern shore of the Issyk Kul Lake (120km). On the way, we will make a short break for lunch and visit of the ancient stone depictions (dating back to 800 B.C.). There is a museum dedicated to the Issyk-Kul Lake, which's beauty you can delight during another break, where you go on a one hour cruise on a steam boat. Your dinner will be served at 7 pm in a Hotel, where you will also spend the night.
Day 12: Cholpon Ata - Bishkek
You will have breakfast at 8 o'clock and till 11 o'clock you relax on the beach before you will be transferred to Bishkek city (280km) by car through an astonishing Boom Gorge. At 7 pm a there will be dinner served. The last night you spent in a Hotel****.
Day 13: Bishkek - Europe
At the time arranged according to your flight details, your guide will meet you in your Hotel and attend you to Manas Airport.
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