In June 2017 Silk Road Explore became a resident of the High Tech Park of the Kyrgyz Republic. We are very pleased with this event, which is really important not only for our company, but also for the potential of Kyrgyzstan in general.
High Tech Park (HTP) was established in Ky ...
You might ask yourself, why travelling through the Silk Road and what’s so special about it, well, now it’s the right time for answering you!
Silk Road is an ancient route which existed for hundreds of years and its name is derived from the lucrative trade in Chinese silk carrie ...
Early September was a truly great event for Kyrgyzstan because of the Second World Nomad Games. The country played as a host for the participants and guests from around the world, including movie stars and singers. Second World Nomad Games started in Issyk-Kul on September 3 and ...
We have great news. Sand Sculpture Festival will be held in the framework of the World Nomad Games on the shores of Issyk Kul Lake! Festival "Magic Sand of Issyk Kul 2016" will be opened in Cholpon Ata on August 25, and will be the first such event in Kyrgyzstan.
The festival w ...
Let me share the recent great news, proving the Kyrgyzstan to become more popular and valuable tourist destination. Tourism in Kyrgyzstan has once again become a priority for Russian travelers. That was announced on 18 of November, 2015 at the ceremony of awarding the winners of ...
In Central Asia, particularly in the country of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, there is one beverage that is considered so beneficial that there are resorts where you can spend weeks at a time cleansing your body by drinking it. The drink is called kumis and in Central Asia, might a ...
Unfortunately, classrooms trained us young that learning was not always fun. This is not surprising when you are sitting in a small room stuffed with 30 other kids and a monotonous teacher that would obviously rather be out golfing. However, learning how to do exciting things and ...
The East is famous for their hospitality and treatment of guests, but what does this look like from country to country? In Kyrgyzstan, people that excel at hospitality are the nomads that live scattered about in the Tien Shan and Pamir-Alai Mountains that blanket the country. Tra ...
There is a lot that tourism in Kyrgyzstan can offer: outdoor activities like trekking, horseback riding, paragliding, culture, history, beautiful destinations and relaxation to name a few. One of the most popular sites that contains almost all of these in one place is the largest ...
Mongolia is famous for being the country that really put the spotlight on nomads in Asia’s tourism industry. A lot of people do not realize it, but nomadic culture in Mongolia and Kyrgyzstan is quite similar. If you are trying to find information about travel to Kyrgyzstan relate ...
Since the tourism industry in Kyrgyzstan is in its youth, there are not souvenir shops everywhere you look. This is both bad and good. A booming tourism industry in Kyrgyzstan would be great in that it would mean travelers could find all kinds of souvenir and gift shops wherever ...
Aright, let’s say you have already decided to go on vacation in Kyrgyzstan. You have your passport in order, you booked a tour (or car), you visited your doctor to find out if you need to update any vaccinations, and you even researched nomadic culture to prepare for your trip. G ...
When you first started reading up on Kyrgyzstan, what did you find? I’ll bet that as you read different travel forums about Kyrgyzstan or Kyrgyzstan travel blogs you were swamped with information about its beautiful mountain scenery or ancient nomadic culture. Those are both hug ...
What sets Kyrgyzstan apart from other countries is its incredible, jaw-dropping beauty combined with its modern nomadic culture. Nowhere else in the world will you be able to experience the same pristine, celestial mountain landscapes combined with an old nomadic way of life tha ...
“If you have only 1 day of life of this earth, spend half of it in a saddle.” – Kyrgyz proverbWhat does it mean to be a Kyrgyz nomad? Of course formal definitions will talk about the seasonal movements, living off the land, and sleeping in yurts, and yes, those are all integral ...
Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian country (roughly 200,000 km²) packed with natural beauty and abundant in natural resources. Located west of China and south of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan holds exquisite mountain ranges and hundreds and hundreds of rivers and alpine lakes. Pictur ...
When winter finally comes to a close in Kyrgyzstan and spring starts breathing life back into the land, the whole tone of the country changes. People start coming out of the woodwork, shedding their coats and making their way into the mountains to enjoy the blooming flowers and ...
As you look at the mountain pastures in Kyrgyzstan, you’ll notice lots of sheep, goats, cows, horses, and even some yaks. Since much of the country is engaged in breeding livestock, meat is a substantive part of traditional and modern Kyrgyz cuisine. Mutton, horse meat, and bee ...
Imagine you just landed at Manas Airport in Kyrgyzstan. You get off the plane, collect your baggage, make it through customs, use one of your bags as a shield to fight your way through the swarms of taxi drivers offering overpriced rides into Bishkek, make it outside victorious, ...
There’s something about nomadic life that’s always intrigued me. I think it’s the fact that nomads could get along just fine even if civilization collapsed. There’s something that demands respect from being able to live off the land, moving with the flow of the seasons and havi ...
I remember the first time I set foot in a yurt to share a meal with nomads. One of their baby goats was trying to “innocently” weasel their way in the door, was promptly shooed out, and everyone took a seat. As my eyes swept over the low-set table surrounded by colorful mats, a ...
Summertime in Kyrgyzstan comes with a lot of perks. Some of the things on the top of my list are the fresh melons, the juicy, red tomatoes, and all the syrupy jams available on the side of the road! There’s more to summertime in Kyrgyzstan than great food though. Kyrgyzstan ...
Every nation in the world has its own myths, ghost stories, and abnormal places. Often, these are just inventive stories that “stretch the truth” and are told over a campfire in the dark of night. In Kyrgyzstan, some of these stories include legends of the Zhez-Kempire, the anci ...
Osh is the second largest city in Kyrgyzstan and one of the oldest cities in Central Asia. Kyrgyz people have taken to calling it “the southern capital of Kyrgyzstan” because the country is split in the middle by a large mountain range and Osh dominates the south as the largest ...
Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian country with a huge personality. It sits quietly next to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, but holds the world’s second largest alpine lake, thousands of wandering nomads, the endangered snow leopard, and is nicknamed “the Alps of ...
For travelers that are students of the past, Kyrgyzstan is a spectacular destination to delve into Central Asian history. There are numerous opportunities to take an educational holiday along the ancient Silk Road. You can visit the sites of ancient petroglyphs, walk where cara ...
Traditional Kyrgyzstan cuisine is based on the country’s ancient nomadic traditions. Kyrgyz people roamed the steppes and mountains of Central Asia for centuries and nowadays are settled mainly in the mountains of the Tien Shan. Due to the grueling amount of work it takes to he ...
Ever come across something awesome that no one else seems to have discovered yet? A great sale? A fantastic business opportunity? Well in the world of tourism, that’s exactly what the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan is: an undiscovered treasure-trove of opportunity for tra ...
Kyrgyzstan is a small Central Asian country with a huge personality. It sits quietly next to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, but holds the world’s second largest alpine lake, thousands of wandering nomads, the endangered snow leopard, and is nicknamed “the Alps of C ...
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