Snowshoeing Adventure Around Issyk Kul Lake

Today you will enjoy the pittoresque road linking the high plateau of Chunkurchak where you can enjoy an half-day hiking with snowshoes or ski-touring. In the end of the afternoon, you will drive to the National Parc of Chong Kemin. Overnight and dinner in a local family house.

Today you will be able to feel like a Kyrgyz Nomad because you will have a horse that you can ride to higher grounds. You will be able to ski different slopes and get many runs in today. But you can also choose to snowshoe on forest road. Lunch will be had in the mountains with the horseman and your guide. After a full day of horseback riding and touring you will head back to your guesthouse and share dinner with the shepherds family that you are being hosted by.

In the early morning, we will start our trip to Karakol. On the way, we will visit the Konorchek canyons which are very beautiful in winter. After that, we have lunch in Tamchy village in CBT. After lunch, we have a good possibility to see petroglyphs in Ornok. Dinner in Karakol. We will try Hogo in Dungan cuisine.

Early in the morning we leave Karakol and go to the Kashka-Suu gorge to start our walk to the hot springs. At the end of the day, after the hot springs, we will go to Chon-Kyzyl Suu to our warm and cozy yurt camp Ak-Tash, where we will spend the night.

In the morning, we walk from lower part of forest till the geo-physical and meteorological station of Chong Kyzyl Suu. We follow a forestry dirty road, in a narrow gorge. Then, the gorge widens and we cross some meadows before arriving at the station built in 1948. After a picnic, we go back down the valley by the same path as in the morning, to the hot springs located halfway. After our bath, our vehicle is waiting for us to return to the bottom of the valley.

We are going on a trip along the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul. We will visit the golden eagle show, the yurt show, and also take a walk along the shore of our beautiful lake.

After a nice breakfast, you will pack your bags and make your way to Bishkek. The first stop along the way will be the artificial lake Orto Tokoi and then Issyk Kul lake. The road will follow through the Boom canyon and in no time you will be in Bishkek. If you wish you have the option to have a 3-hour hike though the Kyzyl Terek Canyon, visit Burana Tower, white water rafting in the Chuy river, or visiting the hot springs in Issyk-Ata. Once you arrive in Bishkek you will be able to have a walk through the city and see some of the many highlights of Bishkek. Overnight in a guesthouse in Bishkek.