Bishkek Extended Tour with Meals

For groups arriving from Almaty: meeting at the Kordai border, lunch, hotel, city tour and dinner.

Duration: 1 full daySeason: All yearDistance by road: ≈ 35 kmfrom $90 per person

What you will feel

A carefree first day: we meet you at the border and take care of everything until dinner.

An extended one-day programme for groups: meeting at the Kordai border, lunch at the Faiza national cuisine restaurant, hotel check-in and a full sightseeing tour of Bishkek with a professional guide. The programme covers the main sights of the capital and introduces the history and traditions of the Kyrgyz people. The day ends with dinner at a restaurant with national cuisine.

Route on the map

Distances and time by road without stops, calculated on OpenStreetMap data.

1→ Lunch at Faiza restaurant · 23.6 km · ≈ 30 min by car

2→ Osh Bazaar · 5.8 km · ≈ 10 min by car

3→ Philharmonic and Manas Park · 2.1 km · ≈ 5 min by car

4→ National History Museum and Ala-Too Square · 1.9 km · ≈ 5 min by car

5→ Victory Square · 1.3 km · ≈ 5 min by car

Programme step by step

Route

Kordai border crossing

Your group is met right at the Kordai checkpoint on the Kazakhstan–Kyrgyzstan border, only about 25 km from Bishkek. The guide helps with the first steps in the country, and a comfortable bus takes you to the city.

2↓ 23.6 km · ≈ 30 min by car

Lunch at Faiza restaurant

A popular restaurant of national cuisine. Try hand-pulled lagman noodles, plov, manty dumplings and samsa from the tandoor.

Check-in at the hotel

Check-in at the Urmat Ordo hotel or a similar 3-star hotel in Bishkek. Short rest before the city tour.

4↓ 5.8 km · ≈ 10 min by car

Osh Bazaar

The most colourful market of Bishkek: mountains of dried apricots, raisins and walnuts, spices, fresh round lepyoshka bread, kurut (dried yoghurt balls), honey and handmade souvenirs. A great place to taste local food and feel the everyday life of the city. Bargaining is welcome.

5↓ 2.1 km · ≈ 5 min by car

Philharmonic and Manas Park

The Kyrgyz National Philharmonic named after Toktogul Satylganov is one of the landmarks of the capital. In front of it stands the monument to Manas, the legendary hero of the Kyrgyz epic, one of the longest epic poems in the world. Around it is the park of the Manas storytellers (manaschi) with sculptures of the epic's heroes.

6↓ 1.9 km · ≈ 5 min by car

National History Museum and Ala-Too Square

National History Museum and Ala-Too Square

The main square of the country with the national flag, the monument to Manas and the guard of honour. The National History Museum keeps unique artefacts of nomadic culture: jewellery, saddles, felt carpets, a real yurt and exhibits from the times of the Great Silk Road.

7↓ 1.3 km · ≈ 5 min by car

Victory Square

A memorial opened in 1985 in honour of the Victory in the Second World War. Three red granite arches form the shape of a yurt roof (tunduk) above the eternal flame, with the figure of a mother waiting for her son. Wedding couples traditionally come here to lay flowers.

Dinner with national cuisine

The day ends with dinner at a restaurant serving Kyrgyz dishes: beshbarmak, kuurdak, fresh bread and tea.

Some photos are illustrative.

Price

Travellers	Price for the group	Per person
1	$185	$185
2	$330	$165
3	$435	$145
4	$520	$130
5	$600	$120
Group of 6 or more	—	from $90

Prices are per person. Children under 5 — free.

Included

Meeting the group at the Kordai border
Transfers by comfortable bus
Lunch at Faiza restaurant (national cuisine)
Hotel: Urmat Ordo or similar 3★
Dinner at a restaurant
Guide-interpreter (English / Russian)
Entrance tickets to the History Museum

Not included

Personal expenses and souvenirs
Additional drinks

What to bring

Comfortable shoes
Camera
Passport and personal documents