PRICE in Euro

NOTES

CONCERT OF NATIONAL FOLKLORE MUSIC , including performance of Manaschi

• 150 euro per concert regardless of audience size + transport of artists to a venue of your choosing

- Suggested venues/artists’ transport cost…

Turkestan Yurt Camp/ FREE

• 45-50 min

• up to 10 musicians and singers

• Optional concert CD for 5 euro

• Any venue possible. Please ask for a transport quote.

• Audience transport possible. Please ask for a quote.

HORSEBACK GAMES

• 300 euro per event regardless of audience number

• Please give us 7 days advance notice to organize

• It is sometimes possible for extra individuals to watch when an event is already being staged. 5 euro per person (does not include transport. Please see section “Transport” for transport costs)

• Traditional Kyrgyz horseback games, including wrestling, kyz kumay, and goat polo

• Duration: 1.5 hours

KARAKOL CITY TOUR

• 65 euro per car (up to 3 clients with guide)

• 80 euro per minibus (up to 7 clients with guide)

• Prices include transport, entrance fees and services of English speaking local guide

• 4 hours

• Karakol Regional Museum Chinese Mosque Russian Orthodox Church Central bazaar Pristan Prezhewalsk Memorial and Museum

• Sundays and Thursdays only – livestock bazaar also included (best on Sundays)

• Optional lunch in Yurt Camp (6 euro p/p).

• We are able to hire professional English-speaking sightseeing guides from Bishkek at extra cost. Most clients are satisfied with the services provided by our English speakers in Karakol.

Fly around by helicopter

From Karkara helipad. Season: Jul-Aug.

• 4200 euro per group up to 18 persons. Duration of the program is to 2-hours with a stop on the glacier for 15-30 min.

• Up to 18 passengers

• MI-8 and MI-8MTV

• 195 e p/p if there is a free place in the ordered transport

Transfer Karakol-Karkara, 120 km off road

• car 3 seats 100 euro 2-2.5 hours

• minibus 7-15 seats 199 euro 2-3 hours

• zil 20+2 seats 160 euro 3-3.5 hours

From Maydaadyr helipad. Season: Jul-Aug

From Bishkek. Season: All the year round.

The place of helicopter start is to be discussed additionally.

Transfer Karakol-Maydaadyr, 182 km

• zil 20+2 seats 210 euro 4-6 hours

VISIT THE EAGLE MAN

• ‘Meet the Eagle man’ with display of hunting techniques –

• 180 euro irrespective of group size.

Transport price - please ask.

Tintii Jamanakov, a 60-year-old eagle trainer, lives 22km from Karakol in Djele Debe. His eagles weigh up to 18kg. As chicks, eagles are taught to recognize Tintii as their parent, then trained to hunt in the mountains and on the steppes – a traditional Kyrgyz practice still in use today.

Eagle-show includes:

• Talk with eagle trainer (how eagles and falcons are caught, trained, cared for etc)

• Services of interpreter

• Handling of Natashka, Tintii’s 9-year-old golden eagle.

• Length of visit (up to 2 hours, at Tintii’s home) client’s decision

Display of hunting techniques includes:

• 1 hour in Djety-Oguz valley or in surroundings with rabbit

Services of interpreter

KARAKOL NATIONAL PARK FULL DAY

• 2 p – 85 euro, 4 p – 60 euro, 6p – 36 euro, 8 p – 29 euro,

10 p – 23 euro, 12 p – 20 euro, 14p -18 euro

• Prices given per group including transport,

1 English-speaking guide per group and picnic lunch.

• Extra guide 35euro/day (only necessary if groups decide to split and take different routes).

• Duration: 8 hours

• Collection from Yurt camp Turkestan (Karakol)

• Choose from one of our two suggested itineraries:

1. Karakol Canyon – guided strolls through the gorge, visit a shepherd’s yurt.

2. Kashaka-Suu – guided walks, fewer people in summer than at Karakol Canyon

- Optional horse riding (please ask)

ALTYN ARASHAN AND THE HOT SPRINGS FULL DAY

2p – 164 euro, 4p – 123 euro, 6p – 103 euro, 8p – 98 euro,

10p – 95 euro, 12p – 93 euro, 14p – 92 euro.

Prices given per person including return transport to Altyn Arashan by 6WD Zil, services of English speaking guide and picnic lunch.

A picture postcard perfect alpine valley, set 17km up the verdant Arashan gorge. Altyn Arashan’s natural hot springs and peaceful beauty make it one of the most popular and spectacular excursions from Karakol.

• Duration: 8 hours

Hot springs bathes optional. Bath-price is not included.

ALTYN ARASHAN AND THE HOT SPRINGS

FULL DAY + 2 NTS

• 2p – 204 euro, 4p – 143 euro, 6 p – 123 euro, 8p – 118 euro, 10 p – 115 euro, 12p – 113 euro, 14p- 112 euro.

• Prices given per person including two nights at the Turkestan Yurt Camp in central Karakol (see above), 2 breakfasts, 2 dinners, 1 picnic lunch, return transport to Altyn Arashan by 6WD Zil, services of English speaking guide

A picture postcard perfect alpine valley, set 17km up the verdant Arashan gorge. Altyn Arashan’s natural hot springs and peaceful beauty make it one of the most popular and spectacular excursions from Karakol.

• Accomodation at Altyn Arashan also available (see

below)

Hot springs bathes optional, bath-price is not included.

AK SUU VALLEY AND HOT SPRINGS FULL DAY

• 2 p – 58euro, 4p – 41euro, 6 p.- 25euro,

8 p – 18euro, 10 p - 11euro, 12p - 10euro, 14 p.- 9euro

• Prices given per person including return transport to Ak- Suu valley, services of English speaking guide and picnic lunch. Entrance to a public bathhouse of your choice and services of English speaking guide.

For those with too little time to visit Altyn Arashan this is a good opportunity to walk around spectacular valley and to bathe in natural hot springs. The sanatorium at Ak Suu, 19 km from Karakol, is set in a pretty gorge and has numerous relaxing bathhouses.

• Hot springs bathes optional, bath-price is not included.

DJETY OGUZ - THE LEGENDARY BLOOD-RED CLIFFS

FULL DAY

• 2p – 89 euro, 4p – 52euro, 6p – 39euro, 8p-30 euro,

10p – 24 euro, 12 p – 21 euro, 14p – 19euro.

• Prices given per person including return transport to Djety Oguz, picnic lunch, services of English speaking guide, guided walks (including the Valley of Dragons) and assistance with booking at the sanatorium, if required.

• bathing and mud baths not included.

Djety Oguz, the extraordinary ‘Valley of Seven Bulls’, is famous for its unusually bright, red sandstone rock formations. Besides numerous walks and photo opportunities the Valley’s small sanatorium offers another chance to rest your travel-weary limbs in natural hot springs or mud baths.

- Duration: 8 hours

- Optional horse riding (please ask)

DJETY OGUZ – THE LEGENDARY BLOOD-RED CLIFFS

HALF DAY

• 2p – 83 euro, 4p – 49 euro, 6p – 33 euro, 8p - 24euro,

10p – 20 euro, 12p – 15 euro, 14p – 13 euro.

• Prices given per person including return transport to Djety Oguz, services of English speaking guide and short guided walks.

- 4 hours

• Optional horse riding (please ask)

• Optional picnic lunch 4 euro per person

RELAX AT LAKE ISSYK KUL FULL DAY

• 2p – 96 euro, 4p – 60 euro, 6p – 43 euro, 8p- 35 euro,

10p – 29 euro, 12p – 26 euro, 14p – 20 euro.

• Prices given per person including return transport, services of English speaking guide, guided walks if required and picnic lunch.

A day of relaxation, swimming and walking on the wild southern shores of lake Issyk-Kul, 60 km from Karakol.

• Duration: 8 hours.

• Optional kayak hire 5 euro per kayak (includes 3 lifejackets). Please prebook.

RELAX AT LAKE ISSYK KUL HALF DAY

• 2p – 90euro, 4p – 54 euro, 6p – 37euro, 8p – 29 euro,

10p – 23 euro, 12p – 20 euro, 14p – 14 euro.

• Prices given per person including return transport, services of English speaking guide and guided walks, if required.

Relax on Issyk-Kul’s southern shores, 60km from Karakol.

• 4 hours

• Optional picnic lunch 6 euro per person

• Optional kayak hire 5 euro per kayak (includes 3 lifejackets). Please prebook.

KALMYK CULTURE AND HORSEBACK SCENERY
Option I (Half-Day)
Horseback Adventure

• 2p - 58euro, 4p – 41 euro, 6p - 25euro

• Prices given per person including return transport to Boru-Bash village, services of English speaking guide and guided horse riding, if required, hot dinner (not special prepared), horses.

Your cultural excursion begins with a transfer from Karakol to the home of Beyshbay and Koshulkhan. Here you will spend about half an hour being introduced to the Kalmyk way of life. After tea, you will be taken by horseback to the top of Boru-Bash hill at 1811m. From here you can see the spectacular views of the Terskey and Kungey Ala-Too ranges and of Tyup and Mikhailovsky bays on Lake Issyk-Kul. It is an easy descent down the hill to an area of clay and sandy canyons (resembling Kandagar in Afghanistan). After riding through these canyons you will come to a traditional sheep farm where you can meet local shepherds and learn about their customs and lifestyle. After a hearty hot dinner of national Kalmyk dishes you will be driven back to Karakol.
Duration of excursion approx 5 hours. From April to October.

MATTHEW THE APOSTLE, ARMENIAN MONASTERY RUINS AND SCYTHIAN BURIAL MOUNDS

• 2p – 89 euro, 4p – 52 euro, 6p – 39 euro, 8p – 30 euro,

10p –24 euro, 12p- 21 euro, 14p – 19 euro.

• Prices given per person and include return transport to

Svetly Mys, services of English speaking guide,

sightseeing and lunch as described (right).

The rural hamlet of Svetly Mys, 48km from Karakol is heavy with history. As the reputed burial place of the apostle Matthew, a series of eight monasteries were founded here over two millennia. Little visited by foreigners, this is discovery travelling at its best.

5 hours. Sightseeing includes:

• Walking tour of surviving 19^th century Russian Orthodox monastery buildings and cave-cell remains of an earlier Armenian Monastery. Visit to the Scythian burial mounds at Belovodsk

• Lunch at ‘Spring Grace’ an ex-monastery building, now the cheerful home of Gulnara and Ruslan and their 60 adopted children (5euro pp donation included)

SKIBAZA AND KASHKA-SUU VALLEY FULL DAY

• 2p – 88 euro, 4p – 67 euro, 6p – 58 euro, 8p- 49 euro,

10p – 47 euro, 12p – 46 euro, 14p – 45 euro.

• Prices given per person and include ski hire, fee for use of lift from 9 AM till 4 PM, lunch, English speaking

guide, entrance to park, return transport to ski base

and guided walks in Karakol canyon.

Karakol’s ski run is 12km from the town, in beautiful Kashka-Suu Valley. With 2 draglifts (1200m, 650m) the run itself drops 2.3 km from 3,040 to 2,380m. now have seat lift from 2380m till 2900m.

A lunch and guided excursions around Karakol Canyon are the perfect complement to a morning of powder and adrenalin.

• 2 -3 days notice required for ski hire. Please tell us your boot size and your height when booking.

• Possible daily November-March

SKIING AT SKIBAZA with accommodation in Yurt Camp Turkestan

(from Friday-evening- till Sunday afternoon)

• 2p – 297 euro, 4p – 253 euro, 6p – 239 euro, 8p – 180 euro,

• 10p – 147 euro, 11p – 135 euro.

Prices given per person and include ski hire, fee for use of lift from 9 AM till 4 PM, breakfast – 2 times, lunch

- 2 times, dinner – 2 times, English speaking

guide, 2 entrances to park, 2 return transport to skibaza

and guided walks in Karakol canyon, accommodation in Guest rooms (2 nights)

-the price does not include transfer Bishkek-Karakol and back. Please ask additionally.

Karakol’s ski run is 12km from the town, in beautiful Kashka-Suu Valley. With seat lift. The length of runs from 400 m till 3,5 km. The highest point is 3,040m. Height drop is 800 m. now have seat lift from 2380m till 2900m.

2-3 days notice required for ski hire. Please tell us your boot size when booking.

Possible daily November-March exclude from 28^th December till 19^th January (ask price for these dates)

CLIMBING WALL

• 1 euro pp/climbing session (as long as you like). Includes ropes, harness and two anchor people

• 1 euro pp/instructor/hour

11m climbing wall in the Turkestan yurt camp, central Karakol. Instructor recommended for those with no previous experience of climbing.

HORSE RIDING

Karakol Canyon:

2p – 193 euro, 4p – 181 euro, 6p – 93 euro

Price given per person including return transport, guide with a little bit English, rent of horses, entrance fees to national park Karakol.

• May-September.

• 3 days advance notice needed for horse hire. Subject to availability. Please ask for details.

• Optional lunch 6 euro per person.