| Day 1 |
Meet the group at the Torugart
frontier post. (3752 m.) Transfer from Torugart to the Tash-Rabat X th C AD caravanserai.
(80 km. 3000 m.) Transfer from Tash-Rabat to Naryn town 100 km. Accommodation
in a hotel (or in a yurta camp in the Salkyn-Ter gorge near Naryn,
or with Kyrgyz families in At-Bashi village, 50 km. from Naryn). |
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| Day 2 |
Transfer from Naryn to lake Son Kul (90 km.,
3016 m.). Stay overnight in Naryn. |
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| Day 3 |
Travel from Naryn to Karakol, along the
southern coast of lake Issyk-Kul via the Dolon pass, 3030 m (380
km., 1850 m) stay overnight in a hotel in Karakol. |
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| Day 4 |
a.m. Sightseeing tour of Karakol
(Muslim Mosque, built in the style of a Buddhist Pagoda, the Russian
Orthodox Church ("St Trinity Cathedral"), the Memorial Complex of
the explorer of Central Asia - Nikolai Przhevalski and an Oriental
bazaar). p.m. Take an excursion to the "Seven Bulls", the Red Rocks in the Jety-Oguz gorge (30 km., 2200 m.). Stay overnight in a hotel in Karakol. |
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| Day 5 |
Transfer from Karakol to Cholpon-Ata
(140 km., 1609 m.) Take an easy walk to lake Suttu-Bulak (2200 m.)
in the Ak-Suu gorge
en route. Rest on the Issyk-Kul lake shore. Go yachting or take a steamer
voyage on lake Issyk-Kul. Stay overnight in a resort. |
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| Day 6 |
Transfer from Cholpon-Ata to
Bishkek (290 km., 750-900 m.), visiting the Stone inscriptions of
Cholpon-Ata (petroglyphs of the II millennium B.C.) and the Burana tower XI c. (ruins
of Balasagun, the capital of the Karakhanid Khanate) en route and stay
overnight in a hotel. |
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| Day 7 |
a.m. Sightseeing tour of Bishkek
and visit the History Museum and an Oriental bazaar. p.m. Excursion to the Kyrgyz National Nature Park in the Ala-Archa gorge (40 km., 2100 m.) with an easy walk to the Ak-Sai waterfall. Stay overnight in a hotel in Bishkek. |
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| Day 8 |
Transfer from Bishkek to Toktogul, 300 km,
over the Tyuz-Ashuu, 3586m and the Ala-Bel, 3184 m. passes and stay overnight in a
hotel. |
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| Day 9 |
Transfer from Toktogul to the
Sary-Chelek biosphere Nature Reserve, 300 km, 1873m. Stay overnight
in a hut. |
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| Day 10 |
Rest at lake Sary-Chelek, trekking
in the mountains round the lake. Stay overnight in a hut. |
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| Day 11 |
Transfer from Sary-Chelek to
Osh (180 km.) stay overnight in a hotel (or in a private house).
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| Day 12 |
a.m. Sightseeing tour of Osh,
Suleiman mountain and the History Museum p.m. Visit Uzgen (60 km.), Uzgen Minaret and Tower (XI c AD). Stay overnight in a hotel in Osh (or in a private house). |
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| Day 13 |
Check out of the hotel and
depart for Kokand ( Samarkand , Bukhara - Uzbekistan ) |