Country Info
- Bishkek
- Capital
- Som (KGS)
- Currency
- 4,753,003
- Population
- KG
- Country Code
Kyrgyzstan Slideshow
Top Hotels in Kyrgyzstan
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Hyatt Regency Bishkek
54 reviews -
Best Eastern Issyk Kul Hotel Bishkek
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Hotel Dostuk Bishkek
20 reviews -
Best Eastern Pinara Bishkek
4 reviews -
Hotel Jannat Bishkek
9 reviews
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Golden Dragon Hotel Bishkek
16 reviews
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Hotel Amir Karakol
8 reviews
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Royal Beach Hotel Bishkek
2 reviews
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The Alton Bishkek
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The Silk Road Lodge Bishkek
27 reviews
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Hotel Asia Mountains Bishkek
9 reviews
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KyrgyzAltyn Hotel Bishkek
2 reviews
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Salima Bishkek
1 review
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Hotel Aurora Issyk-Kul Karakol
4 reviews
Kyrgyzstan
Travel Blogs from Kyrgyzstan
Gamburgers on Ice, Twister in the Marshrutkas
This is a top pick! Back in Bishkek, a Soviet-style modern capitol, I stayed in Nomad's Home Guesthouse, a bed and breakfast, for a week with Raisa and her family, along with a Carmen, Yuki, Yogi, and Motoko, fellow travelers. Every morning, we would gather for breakfast ...
Waiting for the Ketchup
This is a top pick! Until I met Valentyn, I was wondering about Kyrgyzstan. "Too cold, we don't go now." I heard all too often from guides and travel agencies. But this is your country! And now was the best time to go see wildlife and enjoy the winter ...
Cowboys, Wolves, and Satan
This is a top pick! ... Valley below a herd of Marco Polo Sheep, who escaped to the high rocky ridges. Vasilliy Nemchanko, the skiing champion of Kyrgyzstan and biologist, and I walked slowly behind them, watching the scene unfold. We were in the buffer zone of ...
Five Parts From Bishkek to Tashkent
This is a top pick! ... , beginning the Mughal Empire. Using the same logic as the Chinese (who claim anything they once set foot upon as theirs), Kyrgyzstan has plenty of reason to claim Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India as their own. Pilgrims and children were at the top, ...
Poachers and the Camera Trap
This is a top pick! Winter Survey of Sarychat-Ertash National Preserve: Poachers and the Camera Trap, part III of III Climbing high once again the next day, we found Snow Leopard tracks and scat, which Akeel called "Alexander's Vinaigrette." We collected the ...
The Experiment
This is a top pick! ... of here was the Marco Polo Sheep, occupying the Pamirs or high elevation pastures and rolling hills of Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan, the fringes of Karakoram National Park in Pakistan, the Wahkan Corridor in Afghanistan, and the Pamirs of China's ...
Wild Kyrgyzstan - Part 2
This is a top pick! ... that 'Russian only' will win over friends and businesses. And there is no guarantee that the future generations of Kyrgyz will continue to learn Russian and be bi-lingual. Only time will tell how the future of Kyrgyzstan and its people will turn ...
Wild Kyrgyzstan - Part 1
This is a top pick! In China, the number of yearly registered cars is an indicator of improved living standards - almost everbody wants to have a car, even if it means to be stuck in traffic for hours (especially in BJ and Shanghai). In Kyrgystan, I would argue that the ...
Back to Bishkek
... departing we asked him did he know where to get a patch for Dan and on returning, while it was not a patch, he gave Dan a Kyrgyzstan flag pin and some cream for my ankle. On returning to our flat I was greeted by a family who were staying there. A ...
Champions League Final
A few of us left the group a day early and got a taxi back to Bishkek, some because of the cold nights but I wanted to watch the Champions League final. Still pleased I did return even after the result and the kick off being 12:45am local time. Strangely ...
Trekking the Tian Shan
We left Cholpon-Ata in the wee hours and pulled up into Karakol. We stopped here briefly for our lunch and to don our water proofs . It was already pouring from the heavens. Not a good sign for our trek! I headed to the tourist information ...
Some local Kyrgyz music
A long drive along the southern shores of Lake Issyk-Kol where the views are more barren and roads winding than the north shore, we arrived at the nice little alpine town of Kochkor. There we were treated to some Kyrgyz folk music. A simple small three ...
Badass'stan
... ) was the Community Based Tourism (CBT) office. The organisation focuses on putting tourists in touch with a traditional Kyrgyzstan experience, and delivers an important additional income for local families; who offer homestays, horseriding and trekking ...
Not a nyet but not a da either
I'm off to the Russian consulate at the crack of dawn and get there at 08.15 for the 09.00 opening. There is already a very large queue waiting. Fortunately a young Russian woman tells me to put my name on the list otherwise I'd be still there wondering ...
Horses and Lakes
... is a dusty little town mostly used to organize trekking into the surrounding areas. Song-Kol Lake is one of the highlights of Kyrgyzstan. It's an alpine lake set in a plateau with mountains in the background. I spent two nights in a yurt and tried ...
Kyrgyzstan (1)
... site. If you do not wish to receive these messages, please unsubscribe yourself or send me an email. Sublime. I'm back in Kyrgyzstan, its election season, and the mountains are glimmering in the summer sun. Could I ask for more? Once I decided ...
Anyone keen on a game of headless Goat polo?
So into my final 'stan and after a quick nights stop over in Bishkek we drove out east to another Natural Reserve and the most amazing location for a camping spot I have ever been. Unfortunately it started to rain pretty hard as we arrived so a ...
Rural Kyrgyzstan
We left Osh fairly early. The bus station was near to where we were staying and we grabbed some breakfast en route. It didn't take us long to realise that we'd first need to take a bus to Jalalabad then switch for Bazaar Korgon. The second bus was a ...
Kyrgyz Hospitality
Naryn is not a nice town to be in. Half of the town doesn't even have paved roads. It's all just sand and pebbles. My first thought was "what am I doing here?". I don't mind villages with roads like that, but a city? That's why I immediately took another ...
Altyn-Arashan
Salam Aleikum, bin zurueck von meinem Campingtrip. Der Weg bergauf war recht anstrengend, nach 4 1/2h habe ich doch merklich abgebaut, aber da war ich auch schon am Tal angekommen (LP sagt 5-6h, bin also doch noch fit:-). Dort oben gibt es warme ...
another natural disaster?+ I loathe corrupt police
... road, taking out the concrete wall then flying off the 50 meter shear drop the other side. Knowing that most of the roads on Kyrgyzstan were prone to landslides I straight away assumed this was what is was, jumping out of the van and moving to safety. But ...
Leaving Bishkek
Salaam Aleikum, ich bin vom Issyk-Koel See zurueck nach Bishkek gefahren, diesmal im Shared Taxi, das ist mit 4h schneller als der Minibus (5h). Urspruenglich hatte ich ueberlegt via Naryn zu fahren, aber die Strassen durch die Berge sind erst ab Ende ...
First taste of "Chinese" food
... except two, are closed as well. In this town, I met a lady from Moscow who speaks English very well. She was originally from Kyrgyzstan so she came back here every summer. It turned out she's a tea connoiseur. We shared some very good Chinese tea at ...
To Osh
20th September - To Osh Today is the end of Ramadan. I leave the Zinaida family laden with bread, fruit and sweets. I could easily stay a month here. I rejoin the road to Osh at Bazar Korgon back on the plain and it is a series of short climbs through ...
Yummy Gingerbread houses
We drove along the north shore of Issyk-kol lake, translating as 'hot' lake due to the fact that it never freezes. This is due to, even though surround by mountains, it is over 650m deep with thermal activity and mild salinity. 170km long and 70km wide ...
Leaving Osh and Kyrgysztan
Salam Aleikum, morgen geht es Richtung Tajikistan ueber den Kyzyl-Art Pass in 4282m Hoehe, ich hoffe das Wetter ist gut und die 7000er sind gut zu sehen:-) (ich befuerchte aber fast, dass ich zumeist Gegenlicht haben werde). Hier in Osh ist das Wetter ...
Biskek at Last
Having landed in ______ for a few hours, we well and truly ready to arrive in Bishkek, not quite knowing what to ...
In to the Hills
We arrived in Kochkar with a beautiful back drop of the mountains. We were in a homestay, so we all got split up into 3 different houses and were welcomed by some of the friendliest people into their home. They are extremely house proud people, and made ...