South Kyrgyzstan Tour

Bishkek 

Your guide will pick you up at Manas International Airport and accompany you to the capital city of Kyrgyzstan, just a 30-minute drive from the airport. This entire day is dedicated to a guided tour of Bishkek. It includes visiting Pobeda Square (Victory Square), Duboviy Park (Oak Park), Central Ala-Too Square, the History Museum, National Philharmonic, and many others places of interest. But no tour of Bishkek is complete without visiting our Asian Bazaar! We will show it to you today and you will be able to take a lot of dynamic photos of bustling local life. This bazaar is a noisy and colorful tapestry of fabrics, produce, and people selling and buying goods. Traditional dinner will be served at 7 p.m. You will spend the night in a hotel.

Bishkek — Chon Kemin

Today you will be transferred to Chon Kemin gorge. On route to the gorge you will visit Burana Tower (an 11th century minaret) and an open air museum of Balbans (stone warriors). After an interesting excursion and climbing on the top of the tower is transfer to Chon Kemin gorge. Here you will meet a nice family that will prepare a traditional lunch for you. In the afternoon we will have 3 hours of horse riding. Your route will go high in the mountains and you will even ride horses through a mountain forest. On the top you will see the panorama view of the gorge. The night and dinner will be in a home stay.

Chon Kemin — Issyk Kul lake

Today you will be transferred to the celestial Issyk Kul Lake, the second largest alpine lake in the world (1608m.above sea level). Its length is 180 km and it is 60 km wide. The lake is called «the pearl of Central Asia». For more than 1 500 years local people considered the lake to be a sacred one. Thanks to the salty water, Lake Issyk Kul possesses curative qualities. You can come up to the lake and to see mountains all around it. At Soviet period the heads of governments had their houses near the lake to have a rest. Your dinner will be in a local restaurant. Night is in a Guesthouse.

Issyk Kul lake — Karakol

The day starts with a breakfast at 8 o’clock. Afterwards, you will start your trip to Karakol city. On the way, we will take a short break to give you the opportunity to visit ancient stone inscriptions (dating back to 800 B.C.). These petroglpihs were made more than 2 000 years ago by shamans. Then we continue our way along the northern shore of the lake to the town of Karakol. You will visit the Dungan mosque. One of its highlights is the fact that it was built in a Chinese style without using a single metal nail. The mosque will be followed by a visit to an old wooden Orthodox Church. The night is spent in a guesthouse.

Karakol — Jeti Oguz

Today we will drive to Jeti Oguz gorge. It’s famous for its red rock formations that are called the Seven Bulls — Jeti Oguz. Also you will see Broken Heart Mountain. We will take as many photos there as you’d like and if you want it is possible to walk to the top of a mountain (20 minutes) to see a panoramic view of the gorge! There are yurts in the gorge and people can offer you Kymyz to drink. It is a national drink that is made from fermented mare’s milk, and it is mildly alcoholic. Your dinner and night will be in nomadic felt dwellings, yurts.

Jeti Oguz – Naryn

In the morning we continue to Naryn town.

Hike to Fairytale Canyon (Canyon Skazka)

Moving along the south coast of Issyk-Kul lake from Karakol town, before you reach the small village named Kadji-Sai, you have an opportunity to get into the most beautiful mountain landscapes.

Naryn Region[a] is the largest region of Kyrgyzstan. It is located in the east of the country and borders with Chüy Region in the north, Issyk-Kul Region in the northeast, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China in the southeast, Osh Region in the southwest, and Jalal-Abad Region in the west. Its capital is Naryn. Its total area is 44,160 km2 (17,050 sq mi). The resident population of the region was 292,140 as of January 2021.

Naryn — Tash-Rabat

Next destination is Tash Rabat is a well-preserved 15th-century stone caravanserai in At-Bashy District, Naryn Province, Kyrgyzstan, located at an altitude of 3,200 metres (10,500 ft).

Lunch on the way Picnic. Yurt stay

Tash Rabat – Kochkor — Chon Tuz

Next destination is Chon-Tuz means Big Salt, this is the name of both the nearest ail and the deposit. It is known that salt is capable of healing a number of diseases, including allergies, neuroses, and bronchial asthma. There is a speleological sanatorium, a deposit of natural mineral salts.

Since Soviet times, it has become a center for the treatment of lungs and asthma. High natural ionization of air is characteristic (in 1 m3 of air from 4-6 to 11 thousand). At the same time, the bacterial contamination of the air is low (in 1 m3 of air there are from 3 to 5 microbes). Inside the sanatorium the air temperature at any time of the year is 8-10 ° C. Atmospheric pressure 600 mm (Hg), relative humidity 45-65%, there is also a small lake.

In a mountainous climate, the microclimate of a salt mine has a beneficial effect on the human body. Between the layers of boulders are salt layers, you can see felt mat and felt carpets, which have been preserved since ancient times.

Stay at Guesthouse.

Chon Tuz — Bishkek 

Today we will drive to Bishkek

Dinner will be in a restaurant in Bishkek. Night is in a Hotel

Manas Airport 

Transfer to Airport.