Kyrgyzstan
and BeyondWe drive. You look out of the window. Four seats, never shared, from Bishkek to the far side of the mountains.
Irbis is a small team from Bishkek. Day trips leave from your hotel at 8 am; the multi-day loops follow the roads the tour buses skip. Every route can be changed around you.
The
Journeys
Seven routes, from one-day escapes near Bishkek to a five-day loop around Issyk-Kul. Book direct and save 10%.
Kol-Tor Lake
A turquoise lake at the head of the Kegeti gorge.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Season
- Year-round
- From
- $144 pp
Ala-Archa
Cable car to 2,494 m and the Ak-Sai waterfall.
- Duration
- 1 day
- Season
- Year-round
- From
- $77 pp
Issyk-Kul Grand Loop
Five days around the lake: canyons, eagles, hot springs.
- Duration
- 5 days / 4 nights
- Season
- On request
- From
- $990 pp
Every road starts in Bishkek
Day trips into the nearest gorges, or days of driving east around Issyk-Kul and south to the high lakes.
- Ala-Archa1 day
- Kol-Tor1 day
- Chon-KeminOn request
- Issyk-Kul Loop5 days
- Song-Kul · Kel-Suu4–5 days
Schematic, not to scale
A day to Kol-Tor
- 08:00
Pick-up in Bishkek
Your driver meets you at your hotel in a Toyota Land Cruiser 200.
- 10:00
Kegeti gorge
About two hours east to the trailhead. Your driver shows you the trail before you set off.
- 10:15
Hike to Kol-Tor
Roughly six hours there and back, through forest and along the river, up to the lake.
- 19:00
Back in Bishkek
The drive back takes about two hours, to your hotel door.
Small on purpose. Local by birth.
Our first guests are on the road this season. Their words will appear here, unedited.
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