Cultural tour 4
Kyrgyzstan tour: Tour 4
Destination: Kyrgyzstan
Activity: Cultural tour
Duration: 7 days
Our company wants to suggest this tour for those people who have journey from Chinese-Kyrgyz border - Torugart Pass and then to Bishkek City (the capital city of Kyrgyz Republic). During this adventure you will have an opportunity to live in the places that are absolutely far away from the busy cities and towns. Traveling by the one of the Silk Way routes you will see famed caravanserai of Tash Rabat that is built inside the mountain, and also you will have time to relax in a tranquil atmosphere of Son Kul Lake.
Places to visit: Torugart - Tash Rabat Caravanserai - Son Kul - Bishkek - Ala Archa - Bishkek
Tour summary:
Day 1: Torugart - Tash Rabat Caravanserai (Stone castle)
You will be picked up by your guide at Torugart pass and after passing all custom formalities then you will start your trip to Tash Rabat. Tash - Rabat is caravanserai (Stone Castle from the 14th century) on the Great Silk Way. Tash - Rabat is located at the very heart of Tian - Shan Mountains. This construction is an exceptional one and it has no analogue in the world, for the reason that it was made of stones and what's more it was built inside a mountain at a height 3200 m. a. s. l. Overall there are 31 rooms with the central domed chamber in the mountain. The walls thickness is 1 m. There are also underground prisons for medieval culprits. Near Tash Rabat caravanserai, in yurts you will spend the night. Yurt is made of a wooden skeleton, covered with thin felt mats. Yurts are built without nails. At 7 p.m. traditional dinner will be served.
Day 2: Tash Rabat - Son Kul Lake
After breakfast we start our drive to the second largest lake in Kyrgyzstan Son Kul Lake. Lunch will be taken on the way. Son Kul Lake is surrounded by mountains and it is the highest alpine lake in Kyrgyzstan, situated at an altitude of 3013 meters above sea level. Kyrgyz nomads started to come to this wonderful area with their families for rest and relaxation. Herders of the Naryn region come to the lake to use it as a pastureland. After our arrival, you will be free to explore and enjoy the virgin nature of the lake and its surroundings. Dinner. Overnight stay is in the yurt camp.
Day 3: Son Kul Lake (3013m. above sea level)
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock in the morning. After breakfast you will have a free time to discover the local nature on your own. Optionally, you can ride along the lake on a horse, or just have a rest in the atmosphere of the wild, but calm nature of this beautiful lake. It is a great chance to get acquainted with nomadic traditions and culture. At 2 p.m. lunch will be served. After that you will have an excursion to the ancient petroglyphs that appeared in the 8 c. B.C. Traditional dinner will be served in the yurt camp. You will spend this night as nomads do, in yurts.
Day 4: Son Kul Lake
During the day you will feel complete freedom from all your problems. Son Kul Lake is located at the place that is absolutely out of the civilization! There is no traffic, crowds of people, TV set, radio. You can have a short hike along the lake or to walk around your yurt campsite. It is a perfect chance to feel as if you are one thousands years ago among nomads.
Day 5: Son Kul Lake - Bishkek City
After breakfast you will have drive to Bishkek city - the capital of celestial Kyrgyzstan. Along the whole way you will see memorable views of our mountains. You will see famous Boom gorge and its mountain river that flows along the gorge. As soon as you are in the capital you will go to your hotel and then we will have a dinner.
Day 6: Bishkek City - Natural Park of Ala Archa - Bishkek City
This day offers you an excursion to Natural Park Ala-Archa. Ala - Archa National Park is situated in the gorge with the same name, on the Kyrgyz range (a spur of Tien-Shian). This Gorge is situated 45 km. from Bishkek - capital of Kyrgyzstan on the altitude of 2100 m. a. s. l. and it is one of the most striking gorges in Kyrgyzstan. There are juniper and fur tree forests, mountain river of Ala - Archa, waterfall and snow white peaks that could be observed from a far distance. You will have a track of about 5-6 hours to Ak-Sai waterfall. From the path you will see one of the highest peaks of the Kyrgyz range - Ala-Archa that is 4000 m. high. We will have a lunch near the Ak - Sai waterfall. After that we descend down to Ala-Archa Gorge. Transfer to Bishkek. You will spend the night in the hotel***.
Day 7: Bishkek - Tashkent
Your guide will collect you from the hotel at the time arranged before according to the details of your flight. Transfer to Manas Airport.
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Activity: Cultural tour
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