Mountain Landscapes Of Chui And Naryn Regions
About this tour
The tour route runs through mountain landscapes of Chui and Naryn regions. During the tour you will visit Burana Tower-Kochkor village-Kyzart pass-Kilemche Jailoo-Karagai pass.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan
Morning, meet your driver at airport transfer to Kochkor, 3 hours from Bishkek. On the way, visit the Burana Tower architectural complex (10-11th century, an important point on the Great Silk Road), 15km from the main road. 1 hour. Lunch on your way. Arrive in Kochkor. Dinner, bed and breakfast at a homestay.
Day 2: Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan to Kyzart, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast at Kochkor home stay head west to the Kochkor-Jumgal road, Follow the road by car to the Kyzart Pass, where your guide welcomes you. Start your trek tour with crossing the Kyzyl-Kiya jailoo, an enormous, relatively flat sea of grass. Continue over the Chaar-Archa Pass (3.061 m) into the Chaar-Archa Valley and eat a tasty lunch by the racing river, with views of holy 4400 m Baba-Ata Mountain. Sated, ford the river and follow the trail over verdant hills to Kilemche Jailoo. The name means “like a carpet,” and this swathe of grass covers whole mountain ranges, with shadings as subtle as any shyrdak (shyrdak is a Kyrgyz felt carpet). Dine and sleep in a yurt, naturally. Trek time: 6-7 hours
Day 3: Song-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast at Kilemche, spend the morning climbing to Jalgyz Karagai pass (3400 m), over the Son- Kul Mountains and into the lake’s basin. The morning climb affords wonderful views of Kilemche jailoo, and the pass itself is rocky and exciting. From the pass, Son-Kul is still distant, but as you traipse down the slopes, it gets larger and larger; the mountains on the other side get higher and higher, until finally the lake fills most of your field of view and the southern mountains tower above it. After lunch at Jaman Echki, follow the lakeshore west to the yurt at Tuz-Ashuu. Upon arrival meet your host family of Kyrgyz shepherds. Meals and overnight are in a yurt of shepherds. Trek time: 5-6 hours.
Day 4: Song-Kul, Kyrgyzstan to TULPAR TASH, Jyrgalan, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast take a way to west part of the lake along the lake shore. Upon your arrival lunch time to Tulpar-Tash jailoo, after lunch time for rest and participating to shepherd’s everyday life. Dinner and overnight in Tulpar-Tash yurt. Trek time: 4 hours
Day 5: TULPAR TASH, Jyrgalan, Kyrgyzstan to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast at Tulpar-Tash leave Son-Kul to Kyzart village via Uzbek Pass. The pass opens you spectacular panoramic view to all Son-Kul valley. Say “Goodbye Son-Kul” and trek down to the village where your lunch will be waiting for you. After lunch transfer to Bishkek. Arrival in Bishkek, end of services.
What's included
• All Transfers, depending on the number of people in a group • English speaking guide. • Full board during the program • Admission fee in museums and other sights. • Double/Twin accommodation in hotels, guest houses and Yurt camps (3 people in 1 yurt) • Trekking team • Mineral water • Border permit
• Alcohol • Visa and other fees • Insurance • Other personal charges
What to know
This tour can be customized. Please get in touch with me.
Route & locations
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan