| KARAKOL |
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| | PRICE | NOTES |
| CONCERT OF NATIONAL FOLKLORE MUSIC | - 50$ per concert regardless of audience size + transport of artists to a venue of your
choosing
- Suggested venues/artists' transport cost…
Turkestan Yurt Camp/ FREE
Djety-Oguz/ 35$
Any restaurant in Karakol/ 5$
Karakol Canyon/ 20$ | - 45-50 min
- 15 musicians and singers
- Optional concert audio tape for 2$
- Any venue possible. Please ask for a transport quote.
- Audience transport possible. Please ask for a quote. |
| MANASCHI - A DYING ART | - $30 per concert regardless off audience size
- Free transport of artist to any location in central Karakol Transport to any location outside Karakol as per our car transport costs (below) | Shava, a 70-year-old Kyrgyz
manaschi learned to sing the whole Manas epic as a child. A full performance can take up to 24 hours. Your chance to catch a glimpse of a dying Central Asian oral
tradition.
- Length of concert (up to one hour) client's decision
- Any venue possible. Please ask for a transport quotation
- Optional
concert audio tape for 2$
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HORSEBACK GAMES -
EAGLE DISPLAY -
FOLKLORE CONCERT | - 300$ per event regardless of audience number
- Please give us 7 days advance notice to organize
- It is sometimes possible for extra individuals to watch when an event is already being staged. $5 per person (does not include transport, picnic or audiotape. Please see below for transport costs) |
Traditional Kyrgyz horseback games, including wrestling, kyz kumay, and goat polo, followed by a display of eagle hunting, a concert of traditional folklore music and a picnic of national
dishes.
- 3 hours
- Optional concert
audio tape for 2$ |
| KARAKOL CITY TOUR | - $35 per car (up to 3 clients with
guide)
- $45 per minibus (up to 7 clients with guide)
- prices include transport, entrance fees and services of English speaking local person (there are no professional English speaking sightseeing guides in the Karakol region) | -
4 hours
- Karakol Regional Museum, Chinese Mosque, Russian Orthodox Church, Central bazaar, Pristan Prezhevalsk Memorial and Museum
- Sundays and Thursdays only - livestock bazaar also included (best on Sundays)
- Optional lunch in Yurt Camp ($2.5 p/p.).
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We are able to hire professional English-speaking
sightseeing guides from Bishkek at extra cost.
Most clients are satisfied with the services
provided by our English speakers in
Karakol. |
HORSE CARRIAGE
(2 SEATS) | - $5 per hour
- $15 variant I
- $20 variant II
- $25 variant III | - Coachman accompanied only
- Variant I, about 2 hours. Sundays and Thursdays only - To livestock bazaar.
- Variant II, about 3 hours. Chinese Mosque, Russian Orthodox Church, Central bazaar.
- Variant III, about 3-4 hours. To Pristan Prezhewalsk Memorial and Museum Complex. |
| VISIT THE EAGLE MAN | - 'Meet the Eagle man' - 40$ irrespective of group size.
- Return transfer 10$ per car (up to 3 people)
- Return transfer 35$ per bus/jeep (over 3 people)
- Display of hunting techniques - 20$ irrespective of group size
- Optional picnic lunch 5$ per person | Tintii Jamanakov, a 60-year-old eagle trainer, lives 22km from Karakol in Djele-Debe. His eagles weigh up to 12kg. As chicks, eagles are taught to recognize Tintii as their parent, then trained to hunt in the mountains and on the steppes - a traditional Kyrgyz practice still in use
today. 'Meet the Eagle man' includes:
- Talk with eagle trainer (how eagles and falcons are caught, trained, cared for
etc)
- Services of interpreter
- Handling of Natashka, Tintii's 8-year-old golden eagle.
- Length of visit (up to 2 hours, at Tintii's home) client's decision
Display of hunting techniques includes:
- 1 hour in fields outside Djele-Debe
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Services of interpreter |
KARAKOL NATIONAL PARK
(FULL DAY) | - 1p - 80$, 2 p - 100$, 3p - 110$, 4 p.-120$, 5 p - 120$, 6 p - 140$, 8p - 160$, 10 p.- 180$, 15 p .-
230$
- Prices given per group including transport, 1 English-speaking guide per group and picnic lunch.
- Extra guide 15$/ day (only necessary if groups decide to split and take different routes). | -
8 hours
- Collection and drop off at any point of your choosing in Karakol
- Choose from one of our two suggested itineraries:
1. Karakol Canyon - guided strolls through the gorge, visit a yurt camp (optional - lunch in yurt)
2. Kashka-Suu - guided walks, fewer people in summer than at Karakol Canyon
- Optional horse riding (see below)
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ALTYN ARASHAN AND THE HOT SPRINGS
(FULL DAY + 2 NTS) | - 1p - 140$, 2 p - 101$, 3p - 88$, 4 p.- 87$, 5p - 78$, 6 p - 74$, 8p - 72$, 10 p.-
70$
- Prices given per person including two nights at the Turkestan Yurt Camp in central Karakol (see
here), 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners, 1 picnic lunch, return transport to Altyn Arashan by 6WD
ZIL-131, 2 bathes in the hot springs, all permits and services of English speaking guide | A picture postcard perfect alpine valley, set 17km up the verdant Arashan gorge. Altyn Arashan's natural hot springs and peaceful beauty make it one of the most popular and spectacular excursions from Karakol.
- Optional upgrade to Jamilla's Guesthouse 2$/night/person
- Accomodation at Altyn Arashan also available (see below)
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ALTYN ARASHAN AND THE HOT SPRINGS
(FULL DAY) | - 1p - 100$, 2 p - 62$, 3p - 44$, 4 p.- 42$, 5 p - 39$, 6 p - 36$, 8p - 33$, 10 p.-
31$
- Prices given per person including return transport to Altyn Arashan by 6WD ZIL-131, 2 bathes in the hot springs, all permits, services of English speaking guide and picnic lunch (with 1 bottle of wine between 2 people) |
- 8 hours
- Accommodation at Altyn Arashan also available (see here)
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AK SUU HOT SPRINGS
(HALF DAY) | - 1p - 30$, 2 p - 16$, 3p - 12$, 4 p.- 9$, 5 p - 8$, 6 p - 7$, 8p - 7$, 10-15 p.- 6$
- Prices given per person including return transport to Ak Suu, entrance to a public bathhouse of your choice and services of English speaking guide. |
For those with too little time to visit Altyn Arashan this is an opportunity to bathe in natural hot springs. The sanatorium at Ak Suu, 7km from Karakol, is set in a pretty gorge and has numerous relaxing bathhouses.
- 4
hours
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DJETY-OGUZ-
THE LEGENDARY BLOOD-RED CLIFFS
(FULL DAY) | - 1p - 61$, 2 p - 42$, 3p - 35$, 4 p.-32$, 5-8p - 30$, 10 p.-
28$
- Prices given per person including return transport to Djety-Oguz, picnic lunch (with 1 bottle of wine between 2 people), services of English speaking guide, all permits, guided walks (including the Valley of Dragons) and assistance with booking at the sanatorium, if
required.
- Bathing and mud baths not included. | Djety-Oguz, the extraordinary 'Valley of Seven Bulls', is famous for its unusually bright, red sandstone rock formations. Besides numerous walks and photo opportunities the Valley's small sanatorium offers another chance to rest your travel-weary limbs in natural hot springs or mud baths.
- Optional horse riding (see below) |
DJETY-OGUZ -
THE LEGENDARY BLOOD-RED CLIFFS
(HALF DAY) | - 1p - 47$, 2 p - 31$, 3p - 25$, 4 p.- 23$, 5-8p - 21$, 10 p.- 20$
- Prices given per person including return transport to Djety-Oguz, all permits, services of English speaking guide and short guided walks. |
- 4 hours
- Optional horse riding (see below)
- Optional picnic lunch $5 per person
- This excursion
fits well with a visit en route to the eagle man
at Djele-Debe (see above)
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RELAX AT LAKE
ISSYK-KUL
(FULL DAY) | - 1p - 58$, 2 p - 31$, 3p - 22$, 4 p.- 19$, 5 p - 16$, 6 p - 14$, 8p - 13$, 10 p.-
11$
- Prices given per person including return transport, services of English speaking guide, guided walks if required and picnic lunch. |
A day of relaxation, swimming and walking on the wild southern shores of lake Issyk-Kul, 60km from Karakol.
- 8 hours.
- Optional kayak hire 3$ per
kayak (includes 3 lifejackets). Please
prebook. |
RELAX AT LAKE
ISSYK- KUL
(HALF DAY) | - 1p - 40$, 2 p - 22$, 3p - 15$, 4 p.- 11$, 5 p - 9$, 6 p - 7$, 8p - 7$, 10 p.-
6$
- Prices given per person including return transport, services of English speaking guide and guided walks, if required. |
Relax on Issyk-Kul's southern shores, 60km from Karakol.
- 4 hours
- Optional picnic lunch 5$ per person
- Optional kayak
hire 3$ per kayak (includes 3 lifejackets). Please
prebook.
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KALMYK CULTURE AND HORSEBACK SCENERY
Option I (Half-Day)
Horseback Adventure | - 1p - 77$, 2 p - 47$, 3p - 36$, 4p - 30$, 5p - 27$, 6-7p - 24$, 8-10p - 23$
- Prices given per person including return
transport to Boru-Bash village, services of English speaking guide and guided horse riding, if required, hot dinner, horses. |
Your cultural excursion begins with a transfer from Karakol to the home of Beyshbay and Koshulkhan. Here you will spend about half an hour being introduced to the
Kalmyk way of life.
After tea, you will be taken by horseback to the top of Boru-Bash hill at 1811m. From here you can drink in spectacular views of the Terskey and Kungey Ala-Too ranges and of Tyup and
Mikhailovsky bays on Lake Issyk-Kul. It is an easy descent down the hill to an area of clay and sandy canyons (resembling Kandagar in Afghanistan). After riding through these canyons you will
come to a traditional sheep farm where you can meet local shepherds and learn about their customs and lifestyle. After a hearty hot dinner of national Kalmyk dishes on meadows beside two
small lakes you will be driven back to Karakol.
Duration of excursion approx 5
hours. From March to October. |
Option II (Half-Day)
Local Culture and Relaxing Scenery | - 1p - 66$, 2 p - 40$, 3p - 29$, 4p - 24$, 5-7p - 21$, 8-10p - 18$
- Prices given per person including
transfer Karakol - Boru-Bash - Przhevalsky monument - Karakol, services of English speaking guide and guided walks, if required, hot dinner, horses. |
Similar to option one, this variant involves a car transfer to the top of Boru-Bash hill rather
than the longer horse ride. Horse riding is however possible on arrival at Beyshbay and Koshulkhan's house - half an hour of riding is included. After visiting Boru-Bash hill you will
be driven to the Przhevalsky Memorial and then back to Karakol. An outdoor meal, the sheep farm and time with Beyshbay's family is included as before.
Excursion duration approx 3
hours. From April to November.
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Option III (Half-Day)
Winter Wonderland | - 1p - 107$, 2 p - 57$, 3p - 41$, 4p - 33$, 5p -
28$, 6p - 24$, 7p - 22$, 8-10p - 20$
- Prices given per person including transfer from/to Karakol by ZIL-131, dinner, guide-interpreter, ski equipment. |
After arriving at the Kalmyk family home you will be fitted with skis. From here we will cross-country ski to the top of Boru-Bash hill then down to the canyons below. An outdoor meal,
the sheep farm and time with Beyshbay's family is included as before.
Excursion duration approx 4
hours. From December to March.
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| MATTHEW THE APOSTLE, ARMENIAN MONASTERY RUINS AND SCYTHIAN BURIAL MOUNDS | -
1p - 58$, 2 p - 33$, 3p - 27$, 4 p.- 22$, 5-8 p - 19$, 10 p.- 16$
- Prices given per person and include return transport to Svetly Mys, services of English speaking guide, sightseeing and lunch as described (right). |
The rural hamlet of Svetly Mys, 48km from Karakol is heavy with history. As the reputed burial place of the apostle Matthew, a series of eight monasteries were founded here over two millennia. Little visited by foreigners, this is discovery travelling at its best.6 hours. Sightseeing
includes:
- Walking tour of
surviving 19th century Russian Orthodox monastery
buildings and cave-cell remains of an earlier
Armenian Monastery. Interpreted talk with Lidia
Mikhailovna, a local woman who saw monks' graves
desecrated in the 50s. Visit to the Scythian
burial mounds at Belovodsk- Lunch at 'Spring
Grace' an ex-monastery building, now the cheerful
home of Gulnara and Ruslan and their 29 adopted
children (5$ pp donation included)
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| OUTDOOR SKATING | - 3$ per person skate hire and unlimited skating time
- 3$ per group English speaking guide |
Possible daily Dec-Feb on a frozen basketball court in central Karakol. One hour advance notice needed to find a slot that does not clash with school ice hockey
lessons.
- English
speaking guide finds a free slot, accompanies
skaters on foot to the rink and assists with skate
hire.
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SKIBAZA AND KASHKA-SUU VALLEY
(FULL DAY) | - 1p - 121$, 2 p - 77$, 3p - 62$, 4 p.- 55$, 5 p - 51$, 6 p - 48$, 8p - 44$, 10 p.-
42$
- Prices given per person and include ski hire, hire and unlimited use of lift, picnic lunch, English speaking guide, entrance to park, return transport to skibaza and guided walks in Karakol canyon. |
Karakol's ski run is 12km from the town, in beautiful Kashka-Suu Valley. With a 1km drag lift the run itself drops 2.4km from 3,040 to 2,380m. A picnic lunch and guided excursions around Karakol Canyon are the perfect complement to a morning of powder and adrenalin.
- 2 days notice required for ski hire. Please tell us your boot size when booking.
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Possible daily November-March.
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SKIING AT SKIBAZA
(HALF DAY) | - 1p - 47$, 2 p - 27$, 3p - 23$, 4 p.- 21$, 5 p - 30$, 6 p - 29$, 8p - 28$, 10 p.-
28$
- Prices given per person including ski hire, return transport to skibaza, entrance to park and English speaking
guide.
- Extra cost of 5 som pp per use of lift. Payable at the end of your morning's skiing.
- Optional picnic lunch 5$ per person. | - Ski lift works Nov-March, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday 9am-12pm.
- Other days/times possible at 10$/hour/group plus 5 som pp per use of lift.
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Please tell us your boot size when booking.
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CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
(FULL DAY) | - 1p - 80$, 2 p - 57$, 3p - 49$, 4 p.- 45$, 5 p - 42$, 6 p - 41$, 8p - 39$, 10 p.-
38$
- Prices given per person including return transport from Karakol, ski hire (2 days notice required), picnic lunch, services of English speaking guide, permits and entrance fees. |
- A full day of cross country skiing in Altyn Arashan Valley. Drop off point 7km from Karakol.
- Some experience of cross-country skiing required.
- Please tell us your boot
size when booking.
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CROSS COUNTRY SKIING
(HALF DAY) | - 1p - 30$, 2 p - 18$, 3p - 14$, 4 p.- 12$, 5 p - 10$, 6 p - 10$, 8p - 9$, 10 p.-
9$
- Prices given per person including ski hire and services of English speaking guide.
- Optional picnic lunch 5$ per person. |
- 4 hours skiing on flat fields just outside Karakol
- 2 days notice required for ski hire
- No experience of cross-country skiing required.
- Please tell us your boot size when booking. |
| CLIMBING WALL | 1$ pp/climbing session
1$ pp/instructor per hour | - 11m
climbing wall in the Turkestan yurt camp, central
Karakol. Instructor recommended for those with no
previous experience of climbing. Session lasts as
long as you like. Includes ropes, harness and two
anchor people.
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| RIDING | - 5$ per horse/hour + delivery
- Price/horse for delivery to…
Djety-Oguz:
1p - 54$, 2p - 34$, 3p - 28$, 4p - 24$, 6p - 22$, 7p - $20, 8/9p - $19, 10p - $18
Karakol Canyon:
1p - 29$, 2p - 22$, 3p - 19$, 4p - 18$, 5/6p - 17$,7p or over - 16$
Altyn Arashan:
1p - 36$, 2p - 28$, 3p - 25$, 4p - 24$, 5/6p - 23$, 7-10p - 22$
Karkara Valley:
5$/ horse irrespective of group size. |
- May-September.
- 3 days advance notice needed for horse hire. Subject to availability.
- Delivery to nearest starting point for rides to places mentioned (e.g. to Ak Suu for rides to Altyn
Arashan)
- Other delivery points possible. Please ask for details.
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| BISHKEK
AND CHOLPON-ATA |
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NOTES |
CHOLPON-ATA PETROGLYPHS, MUSEUM, HIPPODROME
(HALF DAY) | - 1p - 120$, 2 p - 60$, 3p - 46$, 4 p.- 35$, 5p - 28$, 6 p - 23$, 8p - 29$, 10 p.- 24$
- Prices given per person including transport, English speaking non-professional guide and entrance fees. | - 4 hours
- Collection from any point in the Cholpon-Ata area
- Hippodrome, Issyk-Kul Museum, Petroglyphs
- Optional lunch 5$ per person
- Optional 1 hour
boat trip on the lake 50$ up to 6 people, 75$ up
to 15 people, 100$ up to 150 people
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| BISHKEK CITY TOUR | - 1p - 50$, 2 p - 55$, 3p - 60$, 4p - 65$, 5p - 70$6 p - 75$, 8 p .- 85$, 10 p - 100$, 15 p. -
125$
- Prices given per group including transport, English speaking professional guide and entrance fees. | -
5 hours
- State Historical Museum, Frunze House Museum, State Art Gallery, Osh Bazaar, Artisan workshop and clay handicrafts
- Optional lunch in a local
restaurant costs $5 per person. Please allow one
hour extra.
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| FULL DAY TOUR TO ALA-ARCHA NATIONAL PARK |
- 1p - 120$, 2 p - 125$, 3p - 150$, 4 - 170$, 6p - 185$, 8 p - 200$, 10 p - 240$, 15 p. - 285$
- Prices given per group including transport, picnic lunch, park entrance fees and 'ecological taxes', services of English-speaking guide and guided walks. | 35km to the south of Bishkek, an excursion to Ala Archa is ideal for visitors who want to experience the Kyrgyz mountains, but have too little time to explore further
afield.
- 6-8 hours (depending on how long group members decide to spend walking)
- Collection from any point of your choosing in central Bishkek |
