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11 tours out of Bishkek, 11 of them running this month. Every one is private — your group, one vehicle, one guide — and you are back in the city the same day.
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2 100 m
A spruce gorge 40 minutes from Bishkek. An easy riverside walk, or an hour of climbing to the Broken Heart viewpoint.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Drive
- 50 minutes
- Effort
- Easy or medium — you choose
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2 700 m
A turquoise lake above the tree line. Ten kilometres of forest trail each way, and complete quiet at the top.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Drive
- 2 h 50 min
- Effort
- Medium to hard — a full day on foot
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1 900 m
A wide green valley 40 minutes from the city. Five kilometres of river trail, wild strawberries and almost no one else.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Drive
- 40 minutes
- Effort
- Medium — 5 km each way
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1 800 m
Waterfall, suspension bridge, chairlift and zipline in one valley — the most varied day out near Bishkek.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Drive
- 1 hour
- Effort
- Easy — short walks only
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800 — 1 800 m
A fifteen-metre waterfall that runs all year, and the thousand-year-old minaret left over from a vanished Silk Road capital.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Drive
- 1 h 30 min
- Effort
- Easy — short walks, one steep staircase
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1 609 m
Red clay canyons, lunch by the water and an afternoon on the shore of a lake that never freezes.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Drive
- 3 hours
- Effort
- Easy — one medium canyon walk
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1 100 m
Class 2–4 water through the Boom Gorge, then an afternoon at the Hawaii resort to dry off.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Drive
- 2 h 20 min
- Effort
- Beginner friendly — class 2–4 rapids
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300 or 1 000 m of flight
A tandem flight over the Chui valley, twenty minutes from the city. Five minutes low, or forty from a thousand metres.
- Duration
- Half day
- Drive
- 40 minutes
- Effort
- No experience needed
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2 000 m
An hour and a half in the saddle through the meadows of Ala-Archa, with an instructor and a helmet.
- Duration
- Half day
- Drive
- 50 minutes
- Effort
- Easy — walking pace, no experience needed
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Five days through the best of Kyrgyzstan: a turquoise mountain lake, a night in a yurt by Son-Kul, the fairy-tale canyons of Issyk-Kul and the thermal springs of Karakol.
- Duration
- 5 days
- Drive
- Effort
- Moderate
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Seven days that take in Son-Kul, all three shores of Issyk-Kul, the canyon country of the south, Karakol and the alpine gorges of the north.
- Duration
- 7 days
- Drive
- Effort
- Moderate
All of it at a glance
Scroll sideways on a phone| Tour | Duration | Drive | Altitude | Effort | Season | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ala-Archa National Park | 1 day | 50 minutes | 2 100 m | Easy or medium — you choose | All year round | Price on request |
| Kol-Tor Lake | 1 day | 2 h 50 min | 2 700 m | Medium to hard — a full day on foot | Mid-June — early October | Price on request |
| Alamedin Gorge | 1 day | 40 minutes | 1 900 m | Medium — 5 km each way | May — October | Price on request |
| Chonkurchak Gorge | 1 day | 1 hour | 1 800 m | Easy — short walks only | All year round | Price on request |
| Kegety Waterfall & Burana Tower | 1 day | 1 h 30 min | 800 — 1 800 m | Easy — short walks, one steep staircase | All year round | Price on request |
| Issyk-Kul — Pearl of Central Asia | 1 day | 3 hours | 1 609 m | Easy — one medium canyon walk | All year round; swimming June — September | Price on request |
| Rafting on the Chu River | 1 day | 2 h 20 min | 1 100 m | Beginner friendly — class 2–4 rapids | May — September | Price on request |
| Paragliding | Half day | 40 minutes | 300 or 1 000 m of flight | No experience needed | April — October, weather permitting | Price on request |
| Horse Riding in Ala-Archa | Half day | 50 minutes | 2 000 m | Easy — walking pace, no experience needed | May — October | Price on request |
| Kyrgyzstan 5-Day Classic: Kol-Tor · Son-Kul · Issyk-Kul | 5 days | Moderate | June — September | from $1 800 | ||
| Kyrgyzstan 7-Day Grand Tour: Son-Kul · Issyk-Kul · Karakol | 7 days | Moderate | June — September | Price on request |
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