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We can give our warm recommendations to anyone considering going to Kyrgyzstan in general, and with Ecotour in particular! We spent two weeks in some of Ecotour's yurt camps, and it was a highly memorable experience. Ecotour was very flexible and had arranged a programme that suited our wishes perfectly.
Tom & Karin Airaksinen
Stockholm, Sweden
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address:
46-A, Donskoy Pereulok
720040 Bishkek
Kyrgyz Republic
phones:
+996 312 660894
+996 312 460803
+996 772 802805 (English)
+996 555 913245 (German)
ecotour@infotel.kg
info@ecotour.kg
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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.
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Program
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| Day 1 |
Departure |
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| Day 2 |
Arrival, breakfast. Off till lunch. Then first steps in Bishkek. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| Days 5 - 6 |
Stay in Djeti-Ogus. Hiking, if you like, you can visit a spa in the village nearby. |
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| Day 7 |
To yurt camp Ak-Say at Lake Issyk-Kul altitude 1.600 m. |
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| Day 8 |
Stay in Ak-Say, possibility to swim or walk. |
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| 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). |
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Stay in Temir-Kanat, where you can ride or learn how to ride, hiking, cooking, Kyrgyz music, equestrian games. |
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| Day 11 |
Observe how chuij (grass mats) are made, visit village |
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| Day 12 |
From Temir-Kanat to the yurt camp Tuura-Suu (2200m altitude). Visit to herdsmen, tasting of kymys, horseback riding. |
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| Day 13 |
Stay in Tuura-Suu. Hiking, horseback riding. Children sing their folksongs and play traditional musical instruments. |
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From Tuura-Suu to Bishkek. In the afternoon shopping in the Osh bazaar. |
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To the Manas Airport. Goodbye to Kyrgyzstan. |
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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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