Tour Bishkek-Burana-Kochkor-Shon Kemin-North Shore of Issyk-Kul Lake-Issyk-Kul Lake-Karakol-Jeti Oguz-Issyk-Kul Lake-Bishkek-Tashkent for 5 days

An accompanying guide will meet you at Manas Manas International Airport and escort you to the capital of Kyrgyzstan, just a 30-minute drive from the airport. The first half of the day is devoted to a guided tour of Bishkek. The tour includes a visit to Victory Square (Victory Square), Oak Park (Oak Park), Ala-Too Central Square, Old Square, National Philharmonic Hall and many other attractions. After a traditional lunch, you will go to the Chon Kemin Gorge. On the way to the gorge, you will visit the Burana Tower (11th century minaret) and the open-air museum of balbals (stone warriors). After an interesting excursion and climbing to the top of the tower, transfer to the Chon Kemin Gorge. You will spend this night with your family. A Kyrgyz family will prepare a delicious dinner for you.

In the morning 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. After it you will be transferred to the celestial Issyk Kul Lake, the second largest alpine lake in the world (1608 m 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 night is in a hotel.

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 petroglyphs 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 hotel.

Today we will drive to Jeti Oguz gorge. It’s famous for its red rocks formations that have a name Seven Bulls – Jeti Oguz. Also you will see there the Broken Heart Mountain. If you want it is possible to go on a top of a mountain (20 minutes) to see a panorama view of the gorge. Then we continue our trip, breaking in Bokonbaeva village, where we will meet a local eagle-hunter. He hunts hares and foxes with the help of eagles. It is an ancient kind of hunting animals preserved from generation to generation. You will find out a lot of interesting facts about it. After this visit we will continue our way to Bishkek. Night is in a hotel.

In the morning is transfer to airport.