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Small & Traditional HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

12 Days from £3,025pp

● Travel the old Silk Road
● Magnificent mountain scenery
● Probably the remotest and most untouched
Ffestiniog destination
Tash-Rabat © David Grosvenor ● Immerse yourself in its daily life and culture
● Learn about the history of Central Asia
● Family run or locally owned accommodation
● Friendly welcome guaranteed
Kyrgyzstan – Mountains, SELECTED HOTELS

Bishkek Hotel Umai
Cholpon-Ata Light House Hotel
Lakes & Nomads Karakol Amir Hotel
Naryn Hotel Aska
Kochkor Hotel Olive
Kemin Gorge Kok-Archa Guest House
Please note – hotels can be subject to change
Thursday 2 July to Monday 13 July 2026
PRICE INCLUDES
Kyrgyzstan is a remote mountainous country bordering China and forms part of the Old Silk ● Flights in Economy Class by scheduled airline
● Rail travel as detailed
Road. Much of its rural population is still nomadic and this tour gives us the chance to understand
● Other travel by private mini-coach
their history and way of life whilst marvelling at the magnificent scenery in which they live. ● All accommodation with en-suite facilities
● All lunches and evening meals
Days 1 & 2 - Bishkek as part of the domestic industry and a local man ● All entrance fees as appropriate
Flight from London via Istanbul to Kyrgyzstan’s capital, teaches us how they still hunt with eagles. Continue ● Airport and other transfers
Bishkek. Transfer to our hotel where, after a morning’s further into the mountains to Naryn (6500ft high) ● Services of a tour leader from London and throughout
rest, we have a light lunch followed by a guided city for an overnight stay. the tour plus local professional Kyrgyz guide
tour. Evening meal at our hotel.
Day 8 - Tash-Rabat PRICE PER PERSON:
Day 3 - Ala-Archa Gorge Visit one of the finest examples of 15th Century Escorted holiday £3,025
Visit the Ala-Archa Alpine National Park, south of stone caravanserai (roadside inns) on the Old Silk Single room supplement £240
Bishkek including picnic lunch and short optional Road and close to the Chinese border. At 10400ft Deposit for this holiday £400
walk. Dinner at the hotel with “Elechek Show” the habitation consists of the familiar yurts which
of traditional Kyrgyz women’s head dresses and the nomadic people take to their summer pastures.
costumes. Return to Naryn for overnight. Due to the limited number of rooms in guest house
accommodation, this tour will be limited to 12
Day 4 - By Train to Lake Issyk-Kul Day 9 - Lake Son-Kul persons. A blog is available on our website.
Train from Bishkek to Balykchy, a five hour journey A winding road journey through alpine pastures
through mountain and “canyon” scenery. Balykchy is where herds of yak roam freely to the beautiful lake
at the western end of Lake Issyk-Kul, the northern at Son-Kul (9700ft). We have lunch in a yurt with a
shore of which is a favourite summer resort area for nomadic family before continuing to Kochkor for an
Bishkek’s residents. Cholpon-Ata is one such resort overnight stay.
and we overnight here.
Day 10 - Kemin Gorge
Day 5 - Kyrchyn Gorge & Karakol Morning drive brings us to what is without a doubt
En route to Karakol we visit the remote Kyrchyn the remotest accommodation on Ffestiniog Travel’s
Gorge, the ancient meeting place of the Kyrgyz long list of far flung destinations. The Kok Archa guest
tribes and the traditional home of the World Nomad house is 3km up a rough track from the village of Nomadic farmer, Kyrgyzstan © Ramona Cazacu
Games. In Karakol, Chinese influence is evident in the Tar-Suu, but we are assured of a warm welcome and
pagoda shaped mosque and the magnificent wooden excellent food. Free afternoon to walk in the valley
Russian Orthodox Cathedral. We are just 93 miles or simply relax and enjoy the solitude which only a
from the Chinese border. remote spot like this can bring.
Day 6 - Jeti Oguz Day 11 - Return to Bishkek
A day trip to the Jeti Oguz (7 Bulls) sandstone rock Visit the Burana Tower, all that remains of an Old
formations which guard the alpine valley south of Silk Road Fortress town, en route to Bishkek. BBQ
Karakol. Return to Karakol for overnight stay. evening meal in the garden of our hotel.
Day 7 - Golden Eagles & Mountains Day 12 - Bishkek to London
Journey along the south side of the lake for more Mid-morning flight from Bishkek arriving London late
amazing sandstone scenery. We visit a family which afternoon same day.
shows us how yurts are constructed and decorated

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