Duration: 22 days
Season: June - September
Placement: hotel, guest house, yurta, tent
Complexity level: the moderate
Maxims. height: 4100 m
General distance: 2400 km
Great Silk Way is one of the biggest achievements in the history of a world civilization. The widespread network of caravan tracks crossed Europe and Asia from the Mediterranean coast to China and since ancient times served as an important means of business relations and cultural exchange between the East and the West. The longest part of the Silk way lies across the territory of Central Asia. You have an opportunity to pass in the wake of ancient caravanners.
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Day 1 |
Bishkek Meeting at the airport. Accommodation in a hotel. Rest. Tour around Bishkek or to Ala-Archa gorge |
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Day 2 |
Bishkek - Toktogul Transfer to the city of Toktogul. Valley Suusamyr, Chichkan, It –Agar gorge, lake), Toktogulsky reservoir. Accommodation in hotel or the guest house. |
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Day 3 |
Toktogul - Sary-Chelek Transfer to Sary-Chelek's lake. A walk. Accommodation in the guest house in Arkit. |
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Day 4 |
Sary-Chelek - Arslanbob Transfer to Arslanbob. Horseback riding to small and big falls. Accomodation in the guest house. |
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Day 5 |
Arslanbob- Osh Transfer to Osh. Visit to the Suleyman mountain. Mausoleums and mosques. East market. Accommodation in hotel or the guest house. |
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Day 6 |
Osh - Zhalalabat Transfer to Zhalalabat. In Uzgen visit to a minaret and mausoleums. Zhalalabat - healing and sacred sources. Accommodation in hotel or the guest house. |
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Day 7 |
Zhalalabat - Kazarman Transfer to Kazarman Accommodation in the guest house. |
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Day 8 |
Kazarman - Saymaluu-Tash Horseback riding to a plateau Saymaluu-Tash where there are over 100 thousand petroglyphs. Accommodation in a tent. |
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Day 9 |
Saymaluu-Tash - Kazarman Return to Kazarman |
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Day 10 |
Kazarman - Tash-Rabat Transfer to the Tashrabat gorge through Bayetovo. Visit to a caravanserai Tash-Rabat (the X-XIV centuries). Accommodation in a yurta. |
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Day 11 |
Tash-Rabat Horseback riding to the Tash-Rabat pass (4100 m), from where opens a view to the lake Chatyr-Kul |
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Day 12 |
Tash-Rabat - Bash-Kainda Transfer to Bash-Kainda's gorge. Walking and rest Accommodation in a yurta or tent. |
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Day 13 |
Bash-Kainda Hiking or horseback riding to Bash-Kainda's falls. Height is 220 m. In the evening return to camp. |
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Day 14 |
Bash-Kainda - Son-Kul Transfer to the lake Son-Kul. Kekzherty tract – petroglyphs and grave-mounds. Visit to the Son-Kul falls. Teskey-Torpok pass (3182 m) (also known as 33 parrots). Panorama of mountains. Stone circles of Tash-Tulga. Grave-mounds. Accommodation in a yurta. |
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Day 15 |
Son-Kul - Kochkor Transfer to Kochkor. Visit of a salt cave - Chong Ace - speleological sanatorium. Workshop on production of traditional felt carpets. Personal participation. Acquisition of souvenirs. Accommodation in the guest house. |
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Day 16 |
Kochkor - Tamga Transfer to Tamga. Canyons Choku-Bulak, Skazka. Swimming in the Lake Issyk Kul. Accommodation in the guest house. Bath house. |
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Day 17 |
Tamga - Karakol Transfer to Karakol. Arrival to Barskaun gorge and Zheti-Oguz. Exploration of falls. Accommodation in the guest house. |
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Day 18 |
Karakol Tour to the gorge Arashan. Bathing in a thermal source. Return to Karakol. |
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Day 19 |
Karakol Tour to the gorge Karakol. After a lunch visit to the Museum of local lore, orthodoxy church, mosques, Przhevalsky's museum. |
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Day 20 |
Karakol - Chong-Ak-Suu Transfer to the gorge of Chong-Ak-Suu through Ak-Suu. Mountain lakes. Accommodation on recreation camp. |
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Day 21 |
Chong-Ak-Suu – Tamchy Transfer to Tamchy. Cholpon-Ata – visit to the cultural center Rukh-Ordo, museum of local lore, petroglyphs. Ornok - petroglyphs. Accommodation in the guest house. |
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Day 22 |
Tamchy - Bishkek On the way visit to canyons Kok-Moynok. Burana tower (the XII-XIV centuries). Accommodation in a hotel. |
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Day 23 |
Drop off at the airport for departure. |
