Ecotour

ECOTOUR
46-A, Donskoy pereulok
720040 Bishkek
Kyrgyz Republic
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+ 996 312 460803
+996 772 802805 (English)
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Women tour in Kyrgyzstan

A trip especially organised for women without fellow traveller

Date: June 24 – July 08, 2010
Price: 1.195 euro p.p.
Number of participants: 4-8 persons

These 2 weeks you are given the opportunity to get acquainted with the way of life of the Kyrgyz nomads.

You will stay in different yurt camps situated on the shore of lake Issyk-Kul as well as high in the mountains. You will visit workshops where women make felt products, you will see how a yurt is being built, and meet herdsmen who live with their family and animals on the summer pastures. You will make a stop at the Burana tower, a remnant of the Silk Road. In the villages Kochkor and Bokonbaevo you will visit women cooperative organisations where felt articles are produced. We will try to arrange meetings with Kyrgyz women, so you will hear more about their way of living and they can hear about life of women in Europe. In Bishkek you can visit museums, go shopping or look around on the Osh-bazaar. The last evening of your stay you will enjoy a farewell dinner and if there are enough visitors, a performance of professional musicians.

There will be plenty of time for walking during this tour. In 2 yurt camps there are horses and if you want to ride or learn to ride this is also possible.

During the whole tour you will be accompanied by an interpreter, who will help you to communicate with the local people and tell local legends. You will travel by mini bus.

If you are interested in nomadic culture, do not expect luxury, have a reasonable physical condition and some flexibility, this tour will be an unforgettable experience.

Everything is included in the tour price with the exception of the flight, visa and bottled beverages. A visa can be obtained easily upon arrival at the airport in Bishkek. The price of the flight depends on the company you are flying with and the date of booking. Until the end of 2009 it is possible to buy a two way ticket for about 480 euro.

Program (in note form)

Day 1	Departure
Day 2	Arrival in Bishkek. Program starts after lunch. Sight-seeing in Bishkek with guide/ interpreter. You will stay in nice small hotel in the centre of Bishkek.
Day 3	Daytrip to Ala-Archa National Park, about 40 km south of Bishkek
Day 4	From Bishkek to the village Kochkor by minibus. Kochkor is a centre of felt making. Overnight in guesthouse.
Day 5	From Kochkor to yurt camp Temir-Kanat in the mountains (alt. 2250 m.)
Day 6-7	Stay in Temir-Kanat. Here you can also ride or go hiking to enjoy the beautiful surrounding. If you are interested in Kyrgyz cooking, you can help in the kitchen yurt. If you are lucky, horse games will be held.
Day 8	From Temir-Kanat to the village Bokonbaevo, visit women felt making organisation and see how felt is made. Stay in B&B
Day 9	From Bokonbaevo to Ak-Say yurt camp, situated at lake Issyk-Kol.
Day 10	Stay in Ak-Say
Day 11	From Ak-Say to yurt camp Tuura-Suu at 2250m.
Day 12	Stay in Tuura-Suu, horse riding, hiking, children will make music, visit herdsmen.
Day 13	From Tuura-Suu to Bishkek.
Day 14	Free day in Bishkek for shopping, visit Osh bazaar. Lunch not included, in the evening farewell dinner.
Day 15	Departure.

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 smaller group.

If you book with 4 persons or more, we offer 5% discount.

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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