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Meet the culture of the nomads in Kyrgyzstan
Date: July 3-17 , August 9–23, August 18 – September 1 2010
Price 1.250 euro p.p. (min.4 persons)
 Meet the culture and every day's life of the nomads in Kyrgyzstan. You sleep in yurts, the felt houses of the nomadic herdsmen. You attend the making of felt objects of every day's life, can see how the frame of a yurt is made and you get the opportunity to cook a Kyrgyz meal. You listen to the songs of children and the music of their traditional musical instruments. You can also see how they prepare kymys, the national drink made of mare milk. If you want you can see hunting with a trained eagle and attend horse games.
Pay a visit to the Burana tower, a remnant of a town on the Silk Road and to the petroglyphs, stone carvings of the Scythe period near Cholpon-Ata. In the capital Bishkek you can taste the oriental way of shopping at the Osh bazaar. You also attend the performance of a professional folklore music group.
Still there is plenty of time to enjoy the magnificent scenery, to go for nearly never-ending walks. And, if you like, you can discover a piece of Kyrgyzstan on horseback. Subsequently you take a swim in the endlessly blue and clear Lake Issyk-Kul.
You visit the herdsmen who stay with their families in yurts at the summer pastures of the mountains to guard their cattle.
 In Bishkek, your accommodation is in a small nice hotel, on the countryside you live in yurt camps assisted by a family from a village nearby. Sometimes you stay in a guesthouse or with a local family..
During the whole journey you are accompanied by an English speaking interpreter.
This journey suits people who are interested in the nomadic way of life and the culture of the Kyrgyz people. We expect you to be a little adventurous, to have an average physical condition and not necessarily to demand luxury.
Program (in note form):
| Day 1 |
Departure |
| Day 2 |
Arrival, breakfast. Off till lunch. Then first steps in Bishkek. |
| Day 3 |
Along the north shore of Lake Issyk Kul (1.600 m alt.) to Bosteri, accommodation with local family (in yurts in an orchard) in the village near the shore. On the way you visit the Burana tower and you have the opportunity to see petroglyphes. |
| Day 4 |
To Djeti-Ogus yurt camp, situated in the area of woods at the end of a narrow valley Altitude 2.200m. On the way visit of Karakol, town at the east side of Lake Issyk-Kul |
| Days 5- 6 |
Stay in Djeti-Ogus. Hiking, if you like, you can visit a spa in the village nearby. |
| Day 7 |
To yurt camp Ak-Say at Lake Issyk-Kul altitude 1.600 m. |
| Day 8 |
Stay in Ak-Say, possibility to swim or walk. |
| Day 9 |
To Temir-Kanat (altitude 2.400 m.) On the way you visit a small women company where you can see how felt is made from sheep wool. From this felt the women make shirdaks (traditional carpets). |
| Days 10-11 |
Stay in Temir-Kanat, where you can ride or learn how to ride, hiking, cooking, Kyrgyz music, equestrian games. |
| Day 12 |
From Temir-Kanat to the yurt camp Tuura-Suu (2200m altitude). Visit to herdsmen, tasting of kymys, horseback riding. |
| Day 13 |
Stay in Tuura-Suu. Hiking, horseback riding. Children sing their folksongs and play traditional musical instruments. |
| Day 14 |
From Tuura-Suu to Bishkek. In the afternoon shopping in the Osh bazaar. |
| Day 15 |
To the Manas Airport. Goodbye to Kyrgyzstan. |
The price includes everything from arrival at the airport till departure, except the flight, visa and alcoholic beverages. If you book for 4 persons or more, we offer you 5% discount.
Because of unforeseen circumstances, it might be necessary to make small changes in the program. We ask for your understanding.
In case there are less then 4 participants for this tour, you are requested to pay an additional 100 euro p.p. to make this tour individually or with a small group.
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This year again we offer thematic and adventurous programs. These tours are exclusively organised by Ecotour and offer a good impression of our way of life. This year we offer several new thematic tours. In a thematic tour, the leading theme is a specific activity, like f.i. bird watching or a special aspect of our culture like felt making of festivals. New is a tour in which legends and tales are the central theme, a festival tour and a drawing and painting tour accompanied by a Dutch art teacher. In spring, when all fruit trees are blooming, we organise a blossom tour in the Talas region and around lake Issuk-Kol.
Some of our guests come to Kyrgyzstan again for these special tours with their friends or family members and every time discover new aspects of Kyrgyzstan
The Kyrgyz have not forgotten that for centuries the horse was the most precious animal in their nomadic lives. Even these days many families consider horses still very important this makes Kyrgyzstan supremely suitable for horse riding. Ecotour offers a great variety of adventures tours. On foot, horseback or by bicycle you can discover the mountains of Tian-Shan. There are programs for 2 or 3 weeks, some more difficult then the others. Our tours are not only for small groups but several tours can also be done individually.
As most of our yurt camps in the mountains are situated above 2000 m. weather can change a couple times a day. Therefore, even in summer it is a necessity to bring warm clothes and rain gear.
Our cooks have been trained to cope with different diets. Even if you need to have gluten free meals, this is possible at several of our tours.
Trekking and horse riding tours are the perfect way to see the ranges of Tian-Shan mountains and the life of the Kyrgyz.
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