Nomad Summer
Bishkek → Burana → Song-Kul pastures → Issyk-Kul → Karakol
Bishkek → Burana → Song-Kul pastures → Issyk-Kul → Karakol
Duration
8 days
Route
5 stops
Group
Small group / private
From
€1,390 pp
The journey
From June to September the Kyrgyz mountains reopen the oldest way of life in Central Asia. You sleep where the herders sleep — several thousand stars above the felt — and ride where there have never been roads.
Soviet monumental squares, Osh bazaar and a first taste of laghman noodles.
⌂ Bishkek Meals: D
A glacial valley forty minutes from town — walk as far as your legs vote for.
⌂ Bishkek Meals: B, L
The lone minaret of Balasagun, then up through gorges to the summer pastures.
⌂ Yurt camp · Song-Kul Meals: B, D
Horseback across the jailoo among real herding families; kymyz if you're brave.
⌂ Yurt camp · Song-Kul Meals: B, L, D
Village riders demonstrate kok-boru and mounted archery; felt-making with the women's cooperative.
⌂ Yurt camp · Song-Kul Meals: B, L, D
The warm alpine sea — beach afternoon with 4,000-metre peaks across the water.
⌂ Lakeside hotel, Tamga Meals: B
The wooden Dungan mosque, Russian-era cathedral and a farewell ashlan-fu lunch.
⌂ Karakol Meals: B, L
Return along the lake's north shore to Bishkek for your flight.
Meals: B
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