T-10
Unique canyons of Konorchek
Duration: 11 days
Best season: June-August
Accommodation: hotels, tents, yurts
Tour grade: Gentle
Price: ˆ 750-825 per person (from 2-15 pax)

The Canyons of Konorchek challenge a traveler’s imagination. Tourists find themselves in a fairy-tale world with gigantic, fantastic figures of red stony clay of the tertiary period - towers, locks, arcs etc. A ‘lunar’ landscape and an unusually deep silence... Undoubtedly, there is not another place like this in the world.

Itinerary
Day 1
Arrival in Bishkek. Check into the hotel. Transfer from Bishkek to the Alamedin gorge, 37 km, 1900 m – acclimatization - walking and bathing in a termomineral water pool. Stay overnight in a hotel in Bishkek.

Day 2
Trip to the Ala-Archa Kyrgyz National Nature Park (40 km, 2100 m). Trekking to the Ak-Sai waterfall. Take a short sightseeing tour around Bishkek and visit an Oriental Bazaar. Stay overnight in the hotel.

Day 3
Transfer from Bishkek to the Tokmok - Kyzyl-Suu gorge, 100 km, 2800m. - Surambai Natural boundary. Stay overnight in tents.

Day 4
The ascent to Dostuk peak , 4520m to see the view of the canyons and the Kyrgyz Ala-Too range. Descend to the base camp. Stay overnight in tents.

Day 5
Descend through the Kok-Jar-Suu gorge to the "Hiroshima" canyon and the confluence of the Kok-Jar and Suluu-Terek rivers, 8-10 km (6 hours). Stay overnight in tents near the confluence.

Day 6
Trekking in the Skyscrapers, Bobsleigh and Fairy-Tale canyons, 6-8 km (6 hours). Stay overnight in tents

Day 7
Trekking in the "Grand Canyon" and Castles canyons, 6-8 km, 6 hours. Stay overnight in tents at the foot of the Suluu-Terek pass.

Day 8
Trekking over the Suluu-Terek pass, 2800 m. to the Dry Canyon at Kurchak-Terek, 5-6 km., 5 hours. Stay overnight in tents.

Day 9
Sightseeing tour around the Dry Canyon , 5 hours. Trekking through the stone Labyrinth to the Boom gorge (2-2,5 km, 1 hour). Transfer from the Boom gorge to Cholpon-Ata by road. Visit the stone inscriptions en route. Stay overnight in a hotel.

Day 10
Rest day on the Issyk-Kul lake shore. a.m. Transfer from Cholpon-Ata to Bishkek by road, visiting the Burana tower en route. Stay overnight in a hotel in Bishkek.

Day 11
Check out of the hotel and depart from Bishkek.


Level of difficulty.
This tour can be recommended for the people who are able to make long walks and passes for 5-7 hours a day..
Conditions:
You must take warm clothes , hiking boots, raincoat, sunprotective cream, a hat from the sun, sleeping suck.

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