Tour Program

Day
1
Day 1: Airport – Bishkek
Itinerary
Arrival at Manas airport where you will be met by your guide/interpreter and transfer to Umai hotel. After lunch preparation of bicycles followed by some sightseeing around Bishkek. Accommodation in the hotel
Meals
_ L D
Accommodation
Hotel

Day
2
Day 2: Bishkek - Kyzyl-Oi village
Itinerary
We leave Bishkek after breakfast and drive through the Tor Ashuu Tunnel (3100m). After the tunnel we start cycling down to Kyzyl-Oi, a nice village by the Kökomeren river. Stay in B&B. Total75 km cycling.
Meals
B L D
Accommodation
B&B
Day
3
Day 3: Chaek - Son-Kul
Itinerary
Following the river we cycle to Chaek, the district capital of this area. We then turn into the mountains and start climbing until the mining village of Kara Keche. Here we get into the minibus and drive to Lake Son-Kul at 3100m. Stay in yurt. Total 88km cycling, the rest by minibus.
Meals
B L D
Accommodation
Yurt
Day
4
Day 4: Cycling around Son-Kul
Itinerary
Cycle from the south side of Lake Son-Kul to the north-east side, a flat and sometime off-road track. Total50 km. Stay in yurt.
Meals
B L D
Accommodation
Yurt
Day
5
Day 5: Kalmak Ashuu Pass - Tolok
Itinerary
Cycle up the Kalmak Ashuu Pass (3317m) and descend into the Tolok Valley. Stay with a local family in the village of Tolok. Total 50km. Homestay.
Meals
B L D
Accommodation
Home stay
Day
6
Day 6: Kochkor
Itinerary
First to the mainroad (12k) and then over a good asphalt road to Kochkor, the centre of felt making. Time to visit the bazaar and Altyn-Kol, a cooperative shop for felt products. Stay in B&B.
Meals
B L D
Accommodation
B&B
Day
7
Day 7: Orto-Tokoi - boom- Bishkek
Itinerary
After breakfast we cycle first along the Orto Tokoy water reserve and then over the Kubaky Pass (2160 m), with a short, rather steep, descent to the Boom Valley. From here back to Bishkek by minibus. Stay in hotel.
Meals
B L D
Accommodation
Hotel
Day
8
Day 8: Bishkek - airport Manas
Itinerary
Departure home.
Meals
B - -
Accommodation
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