Airport – Bishkek – City Tour (40 km 35 min)

Arrival in Bishkek early morning. Transfer to the hotel. Check-in the Hotel. Rest.

12:00 – Drive for lunch time.

14:00 - Bishkek sightseeing tour: Visit Central Ala-Too Square, Oak tree Park with sculptures and statues of Famous Kyrgyz People, Old Square, National Philharmonic, Victory square, White Mosque, Historical Museum.

19:30 Dinner in traditional Kyrgyz restaurant.

Accommodation at the hotel.  Meals:  dinner

Bishkek – Ala-Archa National Park – Shaman ceremony - Bishkek

Breakfast. Morning transfer to the “Ala-Archa National Park”. Ala-Archa it is an alpine national park in the Tian Shan Mountains. The park, which includes the gorge of the Ala-Archa River and the mountains surrounding.  Walking and taking photos 2-3 hours.

Drive back to Bishkek for lunch.

Then we will visit a shaman who lived not far from Bishkek.

Kyrgyz shamanism displays a mixture of Islamic and pre-Islamic practices of Turkic people. Nowadays there are several types of shamans: “bubu”, “bakshy” – the ones using the healing properties of herbs and other natural substances, “kozuachyk” using different techniques to tell the future and “moldo” using Islamic practices to heal people.

You will see shaman ceremony and take picture.

Dinner in local restaurant.

Accommodation at the hotel in Bishkek. Meals: breakfast, dinner

Bishkek - Burana tower – Chon-Kemin Nature Park (150 km 3 hr)

Breakfast. Continue city tour and visit Oriental famous Osh bazar in Bishkek.

Transfer to Burana tower, cultural complex of X-XI AD. Here you can go up to the top of tower where will be seen all local area and visit local museum and Balbals (Stone warriors) and petroglyphs. Lunch in Kyrgyz family.

Then you will see traditional Kyrgyz game ‘’Kok-Boru’’ (it is a traditional game played by two teams on horses, where players try to maneuver with a goat’s carcass and score by putting it into the opponents’ goal.

Transfer to Chon-Kemin valley for night stay. Chon-Kemin National Park, a lush natural area brimming with diverse flora and fauna. Upon arrival explore Chon Kemin village. Here you will be able to take picture of farmers and animals. Dinner and overnight in cozy guesthouse.

Meals: full board

Chon-Kemin – Son-Kul Lake (250 km 4-5 hrs)

Breakfast. Transfer to Son-Kul Lake, this is high mountain lake at the altitude of 3060 m and one the most beautiful places in country which is must to visit, where you can see nomadic life, ancient culture, tradition and customs of Kyrgyz nomad’s which is still alive today. Taste Kyrgyz national drink “Kymyz” (fermented mare’s milk). Altitude varies from 1750 to 3060 meters above sea level. Lunch is in Yurt Camp.

After lunch explore Son-Kul lake, Horseback riding (optional) along the lakeshore and enjoy the beauty of virgin nature and Nomad’s pasture. Dinner and accommodation in Yurt Camp, nomad’s traditional dwelling. Meals: full board.

Son-Kol lake – Bokonbaevo village - (300 km 4 hrs)

Breakfast. Transfer to south shore of Issyk-Kul Lake, the second largest high-altitude alpine lake in the world after Titicaca Lake in South America. Locals called this lake “a pearl of Kyrgyzstan” and symbol of Kyrgyzstan.

On the way, visit Yurt maker’s village workshop to see the hand manufacture process of Yurt Inn. The Yurt Make Master will demonstrate and tell the manufacturing process.

Lunch in Kyrgyz family.

Drive to Bokonbaevo village where you will meet and visit eagle hunter house (Berkutchi). Eagle hunting it is nomad traditions which one still very popular in Kyrgyzstan. Here you will see demonstration of hunting birds of prey and detailed stories about these amazing creatures and they show how they treat them. Dinner and accommodation in Yurt camp, traditional Kyrgyz house. Meals: full board.

Bokonbaevo – Skazka canyon – Barskaun gorge - Djetty Oguz gorge - Karakol

(220 km 4 hrs)

Breakfast. Drive to Karakol. On the way visit Skazka Canyon (Fairy Tale). The whole originality of the place is the frozen in bizarre forms colorful red rocks, like after the eruption

Drive to Barskaun gorge, famous for cascading waterfalls with interesting names: “Beard of old man”, Tiers of Snow Leopard” and “Cup of Manas”. Lunch-picnic near waterfall.

Drive to Djetty Oguz gorge, by nickname as Switzerland thanks to beautiful fir, junipers, and birch tree forests covered valley. Djetty Oguz Gorge valley with seven red stones rock formation where you can see famous mountains “Broken Heart” and “Seven Bulls”.

Continue drive to Karakol. Check-in to the hotel. Rest. Dinner in Dungan family (Chinese Muslims). Accommodation at the hotel.  Meals: full board

Karakol – Kyrchyn pasture - Cholpon-Ata(200 km, 3 hrs)

Breakfast. Karakol sightseeing: Dungan mosque, Russian orthodox church, local bazar, animal market (Sunday only).

Drive to North shore of Issyk Kul Lake. On the way visit, Semenovskoye gorge by entering from it and exiting from Grigorievskoye Gorge it is enough attractive places for nature lovers, and travelers during beach season time. Here you will see Nomad Games which consists from Horse racing, horse archeries, wrestling on the horse ant etc.

Here, you can dress up in traditional Kyrgyz clothes to take a lot of amazing pictures of the tour group along with local people in the summer pasture. Lunch near the Ak-Suu river (grilled trout). Drive to Cholpon-Ata and check-in resort. Free time on the beach. Overnight at the beach resort.

Meals: full board

Cholpon-Ata – Bishkek (270km,4hrs)

Breakfast. Drive for excursion to Cultural Complex “Ruh Ordo”, Petroglyphs museum on open air dating from 500 BC – 100 AD - image of wolves, long-horned ibex, goats, horses, snow leopard and some hunting scenes.

Transfer to boating 1 hour in Cholpon-Ata. Lunch.

Felt show in Tamchy village, local women will show how they are making traditional Kyrgyz carpet. Drive to Bishkek. Dinner in local restaurant accompanied by Kyrgyz folklore. Accommodation at the Hotel. Meals: breakfast, dinner

Bishkek – Airport (30 km 40 min)

Breakfast. Transfer to the International Airport. Departure. Meals: breakfast