| Duration: | 9 Day(s) - 8 Night(s) |
| Tour Category: | Eco Tours |
Day 1: Bishkek
Landing at Bishkek city, transfer to the hotel, Bishkek city tour. Free time.
Accommodation: 3* hotel in Bishkek, BLD
Day 2: Burana, Rafting, Dungan Family, Chon Kemin,
Breakfast at the hotel in Bishkek, transfer to the Burana tower. Visit the Burana tower, the Balbal stones garden, the museum of archeology nearby, hear the legend about the Burana tower, and discover the Karakhanid Empire ruins. Then we will have rafting on the Chon Kemin River. For lunch, we will have lunch boxes. After we will drive to Chon Kemin nature park for accommodation.
Accommodation: guesthouse at Chon Kemin Nature Park, BLD
Day 3: Cholpon Ata,
Breakfast at Chon Kemin, transfer to Cholpon Ata, visit the petroglyphs open sky museum, visit the cultural center Rukh Ordo, and spend time at the beach.
Accommodation: guesthouse in Cholpon Ata, BLD
Day 4: Karakol, Jeti Oguz.
After breakfast at Cholpon Ata, drive to Karakol city for a city tour in Karakol, where we will visit Dungan mosque, Holy Trinity Cathedral, and Bugu Bazaar. Then we will drive to Jeti Oguz for lunch at the yurt camp. After lunch, we will discover Jeti Oguz Valley. We will visit Maiden Braid waterfall, see Broken heart scale, and see Jeti Oguz rock, translated as” Seven bulls” rocks. In the evening, we will come back to Karakol city
Accommodation: 3* hotel in Karakol, or yurt camp in Jeti Oguz, BLD
Day 5: Altyn Arashan, Karakol, Folkore Show
Breakfast at the hotel in Karakol. Today we will have an adventure day in the Soviet Union Track. We will go to Altyn Arashan mineral hot springs by the Soviet Union Track. In Altyn Arashan gorge, we will have lunch at the yurt camp, we will hike to mineral hot springs in nature, and take a bath there.
According to a lot of comments about mineral hot springs, after having a bath at these mineral hot springs that you are going to sleep like a baby because it includes your body, nervous system. In the evening we will come back to Karakol city, we will have dinner with a local Uygur family and see a folklore show from the local musical band Kylym.
Accommodation: 3* hotel in Karakol, BLD
Day 6: Barskoon waterfall, Skazka canyon, Kaji Sai beach
After breakfast at Karakol, we will move to Kaji Sai beach on the south shore of Yssyk Kul Lake. Today we will visit Barskoon gorge, where we will visit one of the 4 waterfalls, see the stone monument of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. We will have an outdoor picnic in Barskoon gorge. Then we will drive to Skazka canyon, where we will discover the canyon translated as “Fairy tale canyon”. We will move to Kaji Sai village to stay in the guesthouse. In our free time, we can spend time at Kaji Sai beach.
Accommodation: Guesthouse in Kaji-Say, BLD
Day 7: Yurt assembly in Kizil Tuu village, Son Kul Lake
After breakfast, we will visit Golden Eagle House in Bokonbaevo, where we will have an eagle hunting demonstration. Then we will continue our journey to Kizil Tuu village, where we will help to local family with yurt assembly. Kizil Tuu village is famous for its felt art, and it is considered the motherland of the Yurt camp. Every family here produces yurt camp and exports abroad and within the country.
We will also have lunch with this family. Then we will move to Son Kul Lake through Kalmak Ashu Pass. In the Kalmak Ashu Pass, we will have the opportunity to see the yaks. Upon arrival at Son Kul Lake, dinner is served at the yurt camps.
Accommodation: yurt camp at Son Kul lake (4 pax accommodation), BLD
Day 8: Son Kul, Felt Factory in Kochkor, Bishkek City
After breakfast, we will start to move to Bishkek city. On the road, we will stop at Kochkor village and visit the felt factory. We will see there the technology of how to make felt carpet. Upon arrival in Bishkek city, we will visit the Osh bazaar or other souvenir shops to buy gifts for our loved ones. In the evening, dinner at a national restaurant.
3* hotel in Bishkek, BLD
Day 9: End of tour
Meal: B
