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VISA INFORMATION (Cont.)

by budapest8

Some travel companies can provide assistance by supplying a letter of invitation (visa support) for you to obtain a Kyrgyz visa.But do this in good time. I lived in the USSR/Russia for 5 yearsand OVIR are not to be messed about with. Kyrgyz visas can be obtained: · At the Kyrgyz Embassy or Consulate in the visitor’s home country before departure for the Kyrgyz Republic. · At the Consulate Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the airport of Bishkek upon arrival. · Citizens of 45 countries (*) can apply for a single-entry tourist visa up to one month in any country where there is a Kyrgyz Embassy or upon arrival to Kyrgyz Republic at the airport of Bishkek. The invitation is not necessary. · If there is no Kyrgyz Embassy in your country, a Kyrgyz visa can be obtained from the Embassy of Kazakhstan. This establishment will provide a visa only after receiving a letter of...

VISA INFORMATION Kyrgyzstan

by budapest8

(*) List of countries whose citizens can get a Kyrgyz tourist visa up to one month at any Embassy or Consulate of Kyrgyzstan abroad without invitation (visa support) and are free from registration in OVIR upon arrival:1. Australia2. Austria3. Belgium4. Bolgaria5. Bosnia and Herzegovina6. Canada7. Croatia8. Czech Republic9. Denmark10. Estonia11. Finland12. France13. Germany14. Greece15. Hungary16. Iceland17. Ireland18. Israel19. Italy20. Latvia21. Lichtenstein22. Lithuania23. Luxembourg 24. Macedonia25. Malta26. Monaco27. Montenegro28. Netherlands29. New Zealand30. Norway31. Poland32. Portugal33. Republic of Cyprus34. Romania35. Serbia36. Singapore37. Slovakia38. Slovenia39. South Korea40. Spain41. Switzerland42. Sweden43. Turkey44. United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and Northern Ireland45. United States of America

Visa issues

by highmountaintrip

Regarding Kyrgyz visa:Nationals holding passports of the following countries may receive entrance/exit visa in the consular agency of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic at the airport Manas under personal request for one month:USA Australia Austria Belgium The Great Britain and Northern Ireland Germany Greece Denmark Israel Ireland Iceland Spain Italy Canada Cyprus Korea Lichtenstein Luxemburg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway New Zealand Portugal Finland France Switzerland Sweden You can contact Kazakg embassy using this link : http://www.kazakhembus.com/Uzbek embassy: http://www.uzbekistan.org/

Community Based Tourism

by babar_1

Community based tourism (CBT) was initiated in May 2000. The main objective of the CBT is to improve the living conditions of people in remote mountain regions, by developing rural tourism without harming the natural environment and culture of local people. website: http://www.cbtkyrgyzstan.kg The money you pay will help form and strengthen local institutions, build infrastructure, develop local income sources, conserve natural and cultural heritage.

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Lake Song Kul: into Kyrgyz nomadic way of life!

by Bonobo2005

While trekking around the Lake you can learn a lot about, and experience local Kyrgyz customs as you like -well, you have to...Life is, especially for the men, relatively relaxed. It’s their job to keep an eye on the grazing animals, and it’s most of the time delegated to their sons and dogs. It’s a beautiful sight to watch a 6 year old boy on a small horse running after a cow! In poorer families the men sometimes stay behind in town to try to make some additional money there.The women do most of the work. Milking the horses and cows, preparing food, producing large quantities of tea and kumus (fermented horsemilk), doing the dishes, taking care of the yurt, the children, the elders, the guests (e.g. neighbours and travellers) and all these things.mealsAll meals do basically consists of bread and different kinds of butter and are accompanied by some 5 cups of tea and 3 cups of kumus...

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Lake Song Kul: Shepherd's Life

by Bonobo2005

Based in the closest town –Kochkor- a Swiss organisation runs a program called Shepherd's Life, aims to bring together foreign visitors and shepherds in a responsible way. The families that wants to take part in the project gets half day’s training after which they can receive guests at fixed fees.One of the conditions is e.g. to have a fenced hole in the ground for toilet, even if they’re used to go themselves in the open field.The initiative is on small scale, an average participant receives some 30 guests a year. The visitor will stay in the yurt together with the family and should adapt as much as possible to the primitive circumstances and local customs. The fees are paid directly to the family. In the summer of 2001 I paid on an average about $8/day, including guide, private horse, 3 meals/day and place to sleep (on a blanket on the floor). During our trek we were also guest of...

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Lake Song Kul: first time on a horse

by Bonobo2005

In a yurt my occasional travelpartner Linda and I were warmly welcomed with tea and kumus (light alcoholic fermented horse milk). Our horses and guide (the father of the family) were ready. It was our plan to complete the circuit around the Lake –90 km.- in 3 days.I was pretty nervous. Never had been riding a horse before while Linda was experienced and our guide even a specialist!! How do you control a horse, it’s not a machine…My horse turned out to be really lazy, but I was told that it was my own fault. The problem was that the 3 horses differed of strength. The guide’s horse was always far in front, while mine could follow only with huge efforts and Linda’s horse, that was smaller, stayed behind. My horse refused following the guide but instead stayed around Linda’s horse. Once in a while she had the animal run fast fluently, which I couldn’t manage at all. But after a while I was...

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Lake Song Kul: party time!

by Bonobo2005

Halfway the 3rd day my body hurt so terribly much from riding that horse that I decided to walk. When we arrived at our guides’ family yurt, his wife made us a fantastic dinner and announced party tonight! Surprise!!It was the most unlikely disco night in my life. Many neighbours came over and in the freezing darkness they parked a small truck, turned the lights on and played a tape loudly on it’s recorder. Huge supplies of kumus and a lot of fun. We kept dancing until midnight. At midnight, when the full moon was bright we continued the party with playing a traditional Kyrgyz game. Two teams (called hammer and sickle) were separated and a sheep bone had been hidden.Goal was to find the bone, shout loudly the name of your team, and try to bring back the bone home!Not much later the 16 of us were rolling over each other on frozen horseshit fighting the bone. We (Sickle) lost just 2-1....

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Lake Song Kul: peaceful and pasture

by Bonobo2005

Lake Song Kul is a remote area of peace and tranquillity at an altitude of 3016m, and is visited by travellers, who want to experience rural Kyrgyz nomadic life and enjoy nature. Shepherds pitch their yurts around the Lake to stay there for the summer with family and animals.Most of the area is protected because of the presence of endangered species like snowleopard (rarely spotted) and a big variety of birds (all over).

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Lake Song Kul: a bird observatory

by Bonobo2005

Towards the evening we arrived at half a dozen of yurts, where we could stay for the night. It appeared to be the settlement for a bird observatory. A huge telescope was installed and they had to register the species and their numbers. Of course we could have a look as well, which was enchanting since we could observe not only birdlife but also a beautiful full moon at night!This time we were given a place in a guest yurt.

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