Silk Alps
Song-Kul, a high mountain lake surrounded by summer pastures

Local tour operator · Kyrgyzstan

Travel Kyrgyzstan with the people who live here

90%

of the country is mountains

3,016 m

Song-Kul, the summer pasture lake

32

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Routes worth the altitude

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Horses grazing by Song-Kul lake

3 days

Song-Kul yurts, 3 days

Two nights in a yurt camp on Song-Kul lake at 3,016 m, a day on horseback across the summer pastures and a felt-making demonstration in Kochkor on the way.

from $470 / person

The shore of Issyk-Kul with the Tian Shan behind

5 days

Around Issyk-Kul, 5 days

Petroglyphs at Cholpon-Ata, Karakol and its Dungan kitchen, a night by the Altyn-Arashan hot springs, the Barskoon waterfalls, Skazka canyon and an eagle hunter on the south shore.

from $660 / person

Yurt camp on the shore of Song-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan

7 days

Classic Kyrgyzstan, 7 days

Karakol, Ala-Kul, Altyn-Arashan, the southern shore of Issyk-Kul and yurts at Song-Kul.

from $1,170 / person

The Alay valley beneath Lenin Peak

7 days

Southern Kyrgyzstan: Osh, Alay and Arslanbob, 7 days

Osh and Sulaiman-Too, the Alay valley under Lenin Peak with nights at Sary-Mogol, Tulpar-Kul and the Achik-Tash base camp, then the walnut forests and waterfalls of Arslanbob.

from $1,090 / person

The stone caravanserai of Tash-Rabat

10 days

Nomad heartland, 10 days

Burana tower, two nights in yurts on Song-Kul, Naryn and the Silk Road caravanserai of Tash-Rabat, felt makers in Kochkor, an eagle hunter and Skazka canyon on Issyk-Kul, and Karakol.

from $1,610 / person

A mountain valley in the Kyrgyz Tian Shan

14 days

Grand tour of northern Kyrgyzstan, 14 days

Ala-Archa, Burana and Chon-Kemin, the full Issyk-Kul circuit with Altyn-Arashan, two nights at Song-Kul, Naryn and Tash-Rabat: the whole north in two weeks.

from $2,200 / person

Song-Kul, a high mountain lake surrounded by summer pastures

3–4 days · made to measure

Horses and yurts at Song-Kul

Ride across summer pastures and sleep in a family yurt camp at 3,016 m.

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Ala-Kul, a turquoise lake above Karakol

3 days · made to measure

Trek to Ala-Kul lake

A turquoise glacial lake above Karakol, with hot springs on the way down.

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The eroded red formations of Skazka canyon

2–3 days · made to measure

Issyk-Kul's south shore

Red sandstone canyons, an eagle hunter and a night in a yurt by the lake.

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Tash-Rabat, a stone caravanserai on the old Silk Road

3 days · made to measure

Silk Road to Tash-Rabat

A stone caravanserai on the old Silk Road, hidden in a high valley.

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Altyn-Arashan valley with its hot springs

2 days · made to measure

Hot springs of Altyn-Arashan

A 4x4 ride up a pine valley to natural hot springs at 2,450 m.

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The red sandstone walls of Jeti-Oguz gorge

1–2 days · made to measure

Red rocks of Jeti-Oguz

Seven red cliffs, the Broken Heart rock and quiet alpine meadows.

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The red sandstone walls of Jeti-Oguz gorge

Why travel with us

No call centre abroad. No middlemen.

We work directly with the families who keep the yurt camps, the drivers who know the mountain passes and the guides who grew up in these valleys. No call centre abroad, no middlemen.

A local team
We live here, we check every camp and every driver ourselves.
Checked suppliers
Every yurt camp, guesthouse and guide has a reliability score we update after each trip.
An answer in minutes
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Destinations

Where we go

Ala-Kul, a turquoise lake above Karakol

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