Arrival in Bishkek. A sightseeing tour of the city. Visiting of Aitmatov’s club. Visiting of the orients market. Accommodating people in the hotel or a guest house.
Transferring to the village of Kochkor. Picnic on the way. Visiting of the salt mine of Chon-Tuz sanatorium. Stay overnight in a guest house.
You will have the chance to visit the workshop in producing of traditional felt carpets which are made by village women, you will find yourself in the market, you will make a horse riding tour or Simply go for a walk in the village. Stay overnight in a guest house.
Car transfer (3 hours drive) to the jailoo (summer pasture) to Son-Kul lake (3018 m over the sea level) across the passes Dolon and Kara-Unkur. This place has been represented in Aitmatov’s book “A Maple in a red kerchief”. Accommodating in the yurta’s camp (a traditional felt home of nomads). You can try kymyz (mare’s milk) and watch making bread and cheese by the nomads.
Horse riding tour or walking along the bank of lake. Supper with the shepherd’s family accompanied by the songs and playing a national string instrument komuz. Stay overnight in the yurta or a tent.
Transferring (5-6 hours) to the resort city Cholpon-Ata across the pass Moldo-Ashuu (3243 m over the sea level). Stay overnight in the hotel or resort.
Rest at the bank of the Issyk-Kul lake, the second biggest mountain lake (after lake Titikan in the South America). In recreation time you can have a chance to go yachting or making a voyage on a “White ship”, visiting of the horse factory, dealing with breeding of high quality blood horses, or horse riding tour along the bank of the lake.
Transfer to the Chon-Ak-Suu (Grigorievskoe) gorge (about 2-3 hours), where you can hike or make horse riding tours in the gorge. Moving to the Karakol town (2-3 hours) after lunch. Accommodating in a guest house.
Excursion along Karakol includes visiting orthodox temple of “Saint Trinity”, Moslem mosque in the Chinese style, memorial of H.M. Prjevalsky - a great traveler, explorer of Central Asia and Tibet. Accommodating in a guest house.
Transfer to the Jety-Oguz gorge. Red mountains “Broken Heart” and “Seven Bulls” are situated here. Local inhabitants tell many legends about them. Accommodating in the yurta or a tent.
Coming back to Bishkek along the Southern bank of Issyk-Kul lake. Visit to the “Fairy tale” gorge, sacred places in “Manjyly”, salt lake. Accommodating in a guest house.
Transfer to Talas (about 6 hours).
The road goes across two passes Tuya-Ashuu, Otmek and along the valley Suusamyr. Visiting of the kumbez Manas (mausoleum) on the way, where you can have a chance to listen to the rhymes from “Manas” epos - the longest poetic work in the world.
Accommodating in a hotel or a guest house.
Transfer to the village Sheker (about 3-4 hours)-to the motherland of the writer. Visiting of the library –museum of Chingiz Aitmatov.
Coming back to Talas in the evening. Accommodating in a hotel or a guest house.
The way back to Bishkek. Seeing of the film “Jamilia”
Farewell dinner. Accommodating in a hotel a guest house.
