10-Day Kyrgyzstan Private Tour – Song Kol & Issyk Kul

Meet at the airport transfer to Ala-Archa national park, easy hike around the park after visit Supara ethno complex, after check in to the hotel, night at 7 Hotel in Bishkek, 4-hours trip, Meals:

Located 40 km (25 miles) only south of Bishkek, the natural park of Ala Archa offers spectacular glaciers, waterfalls and high summits. The surface of the park covers more than 200 km2 in the Kyrgyz mountain range Tian Shan. Its summits climb from 1600 m (5249 ft) to 4875 m (15994 ft) altitude with its highest peak called the Semenov Tian Shanski Peak. Ala Archa is the ideal playground for a multitude of activities, including hikes, horseback riding, skiing and of course mountaineering.

Morning after the breakfast we continue our trip to Song-Kul lake the alpine lake which altitude 3016m high above sea level, on the way we have stop at Burana historical complex ancient Balasagyn city, arrival to Song-Kul lake night and dinner in a yurt camp, 6 hours drive,

Song-Kul lake is alpine lake in Naryn province in 3016m high altitude, in summer time shepherds/nomads from Naryn province comes to here for summer pasture for their animals, like regions from Ak-Talaa, Kochkor, Jumgal, Naryn.

Morning we will have horse riding experience for couple hours around the lake, after horse riding we continue our trip to Kochkor, where we will have felt show and souvenirs shopping, after go on our trip to Bokonbaeva village south side of Issyk-Kul lake at Bel-Tam yurt camp, which is close to the lake, night and dinner in a yurt camp.

Issyk-Kul kul is biggest salty lake in the world, its 182km long and 668m deep, many people from abroad and from cities here comes for summer beaching season north side especially Cholpon-Ata city popular for it, season is from June to September, additional things to do at lake are kayaking, boating, fishing, paragliding. South side of the lake is rich with gorges, valleys, canyons, where you will explore amazing views in a hike or horse riding activities. The region is popular for fruits like for apricot, apple, pear, raspberry, chery, plum.

Morning we will have eagle hunting show, Bokonbaeva village is popular for eagle hunters and it's tradition to teach hunting with an eagle to their generation, so in this show you will see how the eagle hunts the rabbit and fox, show takes around 1hour after we can continue our trip to Tamga village, on the way we stop for Skazka canyon for easy hiking around the park, after arrival to Tamga check in guest house. Night and dinner in a guest house. Meals: B, D

ular with their eagle hunting, popular attraction to experience here and best panoramic view where you can see whole Issyk-Kul lake

Tamga is small village on south side of Issyk-Kul lake, here is popular to trek to Tamga stones from silk road period and mountains nearby, and good beach side where you can have a nice sunken.

After the breakfast at the guest house in Tamga we will visit Barskoon valley, where will do easy hike for 2 waterfalls, after we will visit Ara-Bell pass and glaciers, which altitude 3900m high, after we go down to Tamga village, night and dinner in a guest house. Meals, B, D

Barskoon valley, popular with waterfalls and gorge.

Today we will go on to Kok-Jaiyk jailoo, before we will visit Djeti-Oguz gorge and Broken heart gorge, after arrival to Kok-Jaiyk yurt camp, check in, night and dinner ina yurt camp.

Jeti-Oguz is a popular day trip from Karakol and if visiting with your own transport or as part of a tour, it’s fairly easy to tick off all the main sights in one day. But for those looking to kick back and enjoy yet another charmingly sleepy Kyrgyz village, with afternoons spent strolling through pretty valleys, picnicking on lush summer pastures and sampling locally-produced honey, then a multi-day visit is probably for you.

Morning we will drive to Ak-Suu village, here we will take 4*4 Russian UAZ to Altyn-Arashan the drive goes through forestry gorge and mountain road to the valley drive takes 2hours, arrival to valley, here you can take bath in hot springs, night and dinner in a yurt or guest house.

Altyn-Arshan is the valley with hotsprings 17km far from Ak-Suu village.

Morning we will take ride with 4*4 car to Ak-Suu village, after to Karakol, we will have lunch in Karakol, after we visit Dungan mosque and Russian orthodox church, after continue to north part of Issyk-Kul lake on the way stop by Kyrchyn gorge, overnight in Semenov village close to Kyrchyn gorge, night and dinner in guest house.

Small town of Cholpon-Ata is located in the central part of Lake Issyk-Kul’s northern coast, inside the modern resort area with rich tourist infrastructure (hotels and resorts, cafes, restaurants, nightclubs, waterpark, shops, pharmacies, etc.). In Cholpon-Ata, there is even a racetrack with regular horse racing competitions; and a stud farm that raises local Kirgiz horse breed. These horses are perfectly adapted to life in the highlands: they can do without a full meal for quite a long time, while doing hard physical work in high-altitude conditions.

Morning continue driving to Chon-Kemin national park and reserve second largest park in Kyrgyzstan, arrival to Tar-Suu village, further to Kok-Archa guest house. Night end dinner in a guest house.

The Chon-Kemin natural park is located around 150 km (93 miles) East of Bishkek. It stretches over 500 ha (1,234 acres) and has an altitude between 1,400 m (4,593 ft) and 2,800 m (9,186 ft). The park has one of the most picturesque landscapes in Kyrgyzstan with its vast river, its lakes, its glaciers, and its immense forest. It’s a delight both for nature lovers in search of a calm holiday, and for extreme sports enthusiasts who can go trekking or rafting.

Drive to Bishkek or Manas airport, end of the trip