Day 1: Early Arrival in Bishkek
You will meet your driver at the Manas International Airport and will drive to Bishkek. Check into a hotel for some rest until the breakfast time. After nice breakfast, we depart towards the Karakol city, which is 400 km away to the east of the country.
On the way we will stop to visit a Burana tower - an ancient town called Balasagun with a beautiful minaret from 15th century.
As we continue the drive to Karakol, lunch will be on the way. We drive along the most beautiful Issyk-Kul lake, known as a pearl of Central Asia and the second-largest mountain lake in the world. At an altitude of 1,600 meters, it is warm enough in summer for swimming and is a popular beach destination for the Kyrgyz and Kazakh people.
In Karakol, we will check into a hotel. Dinner in one of the restaurants of the city.
🏠 Hotel
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Day 2: Day at Karakol ski base. One of the most popular among CIS countries.
After the delicious breakfast, we will hit the road to the Ski base. The road will take around 30 minutes. The cable car opens at 9 am. There are three cable cars on the Ski base and the third one will go till the top of the mountain where you can see an amazing view to the Issyk-Kul lake and the mountains.
Free skiing time until the lunch. Lunch will be around 1 pm.
At 4 pm the cable car will stop and we will depart to Jyrgalan valley. Jyrgalan is a beautiful valley surrounded by the mountains.
Will check in to the guest house. Dinner will be served at the guest house.
🏠 Hotel
🍽 Breakfast/Lunch box/Dinner
Days 3 and 4: Freeride in Jyrgalan valley.
The day will start at 8 am, after the nice breakfast we will drive to the place where we start a freeriding day. There are a few ways to go on the top of the mountain: a snowmobile, a Catski and on a horse.
It depends on the group and on how many times we will go to the top of the mountain. Usually it is from 6 to 8 times. Since we will be on the top of the mountain we will take our lunch boxes from the guest house. The lunch stop with a spectacular view. We finish riding before it gets too dark.
We return to the guest house for a nice shower and tasty dinner. It will possible to go out for some drinks at the local restaurant.
🏠 Hotel
🍽 Breakfast/Lunch box/Dinner
Day 5: Freeride day in Jyrgalan.
Wake up early for the breakfast. We usually start at 8 am, in case you wake up earlier it's possible to go for a walk in the village, enjoying the views and seeing a local life. Jyrgalan is an ex coal mine village and since vert recently it has became a touristic destination. The village has its own soul, very cozy and unique atmosphere.
After breakfast and short transfer to the meeting point we go skiing all day - with a break for lunch as usually.
The dinner will be served after some time for hot shower and some resting.
🏠 Hotel
🍽 Breakfast/Lunch box/Dinner
Day 6: Freeride day in Jyrgalan valley.
The last day of the Freeride will begin with the similar schedule. Breakfast meeting point and enjoy skiing. Lunch boxes with a view on the top of the mountain. Return to the guest house for shower, packing up and farewell dinner at the guest house or we can have dinner at the local restaurant.
🏠 Hotel
🍽 Breakfast/Lunch box/Dinner
Day 7: Jyrgalan – Bishkek
After an early breakfast at the guest house we we will depart to from Jyrgalan to Bishkek. The lunch will be on the way to Bishkek at local cafes. Check into the hotel. Some free time for city tour and shopping.
Farewell dinner with a group and overnight in the hotel.
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