Tour program code: EAT-KGZ-5
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DESTINATION |
ITINERARY
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Day 01
(Thursday):
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Airport – Almaty
(flight from Osaka to Tashkent with connection to Almaty) |
Meeting at the airport in Almaty at 10:55 and transfer to hotel “Otrar” (4*) for having lunch there. Sightseeing tour of Almaty for visiting: Panfilov’s Park, Museum of Kazakh musical instruments, Russian Orthodox Church by Zenkov, National Museum of History, Republic Square. Dinner at Kazakh national restaurant “Kazaul” near Medeo. Overnight at hotel “Otrar”. |
Day 02
(Friday):
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Almaty – Bishkek (250 km) – Lake Issyk-Kul (280 km) | Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Bishkek (250 km) – a capital of Kyrgyzstan. Lunch in Bishkek. Proceed to Lake Issyk-Kul with brief stop for sightseeing of ruins of ancient town Suyab (it is in Ak-Beshim Village and visit Burana Tower. Late dinner and overnight at hotel “Issyk-Kul Aurora”. |
Day 03
(Saturday):
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Excursion to Chon Ak-Suu Gorge (40 km one way) | Breakfast at hotel. Excursion to Chon Ak-Suu Gorge where you will have a chance to see the “demonstration of traditional hunting with Golden Eagles for rabbits” and enjoy the beautiful nature. Back to hotel “Issyk-Kul Aurora” for having lunch. Then you will enjoy with a cruise by a motorboat on Lake Issyk-Kul and visit a museum under the open sky: petroglyphs (paintings on rocks) in Cholpon-Ata. Dinner and overnight at hotel “Issyk-Kul Aurora”. |
Day 04
(Sunday):
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Lake Issyk-Kul – Bishkek (280 km) | Breakfast at hotel. Transfer back to Bishkek. Lunch in Bishkek. Sightseeing tour in Bishkek: visit of national museum, Ala-Too central square, flag pole, Lenin statue, Manas Statue. Dinner at local restaurant. Overnight at hotel “Ak-Keme” (4*, former “Pinara-Bishkek”) in Bishkek. |
Day 05
(Monday):
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Bishkek – Taraz (300 km) | Early breakfast at hotel and transfer to Taraz (Kazakhstan). Accommodation at hotel “Zhambyl”. Lunch at hotel. Sightseeing of mausoleums in Taraz: Aisha-Bibi (XI-XII C.), Babadja-Hatun (XI-XII C.), Karakhan (XI C.) and Davudbek (XIII C.)
Dinner and overnight at hotel “Zhambyl”. |
Day 06
(Tuesday):
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Taraz – Chernyaevka (Kazakh-Uzbek border, 20 km from Tashkent) – 280 km | Breakfast at hotel. Transfer to Chernyaevka border. On the way short city tour in Shymkent with visit of museum. Lunch in Shymkent. Then proceed to the border. |