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Small & Traditional

11 Days From £2,615pp

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS
Kok Archa National Park, Kyrgyzstan © Adrian Gray ■ Probably the remotest and most untouched
■ Travel the old Silk Road
■ Magnificent mountain scenery

Ffestiniog destination
■ Learn about the history of Central Asia
■ lmmerse yourself in its daily life and culture
■ Family run or locally owned accommodation

Kyrgyzstan – Mountains, ■ Friendly welcome guaranteed
SELECTED HOTELS
Bishkek Hotel Umai
Cholpon-Ata Light House Hotel
Lakes & Nomads Karakol My Hotel
Naryn Hotel Aska
Kemin Gorge Kok-Archa Guest House
Please note - hotels can be subject to change
Thursday 6 July to Sunday 16 July 2023 PRICE INCLUDES
■ Flights in Economy Class by scheduled airline
Kyrgyzstan is a remote mountainous country bordering China and forms part of the Old Silk ■ 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
■ All accommodation with en-suite facilities
their history and way of life whilst marvelling at the magnificent scenery in which they live. ■ All lunches and evening meals
■ All entrance fees as appropriate
Days 1 & 2 - Bishkek Day 7 - Golden Eagles & Mountains ■ Airport and other transfers
Flight from London via Istanbul to Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Travel along the remote south side of the lake for ■ Services of a tour leader from London and throughout
Bishkek. Transfer to our hotel where, after a morning’s more amazing sandstone scenery. We visit a local man the tour plus local professional Kyrgyz guide
rest, we have a light lunch followed by a guided city who teaches us how they still hunt with eagles before
tour. Evening meal at our hotel. continuing our journey further into the mountains to Price per person:
Naryn (6,500 ft high) for an overnight stay.
Day 3 - Ala-Archa Gorge Escorted holiday £2,615
We visit the Ala-Archa Alpine National Park south Day 8 - Tash-Rabat Single room supplement £190
of Bishkek with picnic lunch and short optional walk. Visit one of the finest examples of 15th Century Deposit for this holiday £200

Dinner once more at the hotel where we also enjoy stone caravanserai (roadside inns) on the Old Silk
an “Elechek Show” of traditional Kyrgyz women’s Road. We are now at 10,400ft and the rest of the
head dresses and costumes. habitation in this area consists of the familiar yurts
which the nomadic people take to their summer
Day 4 - By Train to Lake Issyk-Kul pastures. Return to Naryn for overnight.
By train from Bishkek to Balykchy, a five hour journey
through mountain and “canyon” scenery. Balykchy Day 9 - Son-Kul & the Kemin Valley
is at the western end of the large Lake Issyk-Kul, We visit the lake at Son-Kul (9700ft), have lunch in
the northern shore of which is a favourite summer a yurt and continue to the Kemin Gorge where we
resort area for Bishkek’s city dwellers. Cholpon-Ata stay in a remote guest house. Elechek Show, Hotel Umai, Kryrgyzstan (Ecotour)
is one such resort and we have an overnight here.
Day 10 - Return to Bishkek
Day 5 - Kyrchyn Gorge & Karakol A visit to the Burana Tower, the remains of an Old
Karakol is the main town at the eastern end of the Silk Road Fortress town, en route back to Bishkek
lake but we take a side trip en route to visit the where we are treated to a BBQ evening meal in the
remote Kyrchyn Gorge, the ancient meeting place of garden of our hotel.
the Kyrgyz tribes and now the home of the World
Nomad Games. In Karakol we see the Chinese Day 11 - Bishkek to London
influence in the pagoda shaped mosque and the Mid-morning flight from Bishkek arriving London late
magnificent wooden Russian Orthodox Cathedral. afternoon same day.
We are now just 93 miles from the Chinese border.
A blog of the research trip for this holiday is included on
Day 6 - Jeti Oguz our web site at www.ffestiniogtravel.com
A day trip to the Jeti Oguz (7 Bulls) sandstone rock
formations which guard the alpine valley south of
Karakol. Return to Karakol for overnight.
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