ECOLOGICAL – BOTANICAL GREEN TOUR

 (Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Asphodelacea, Papaveraceae, Ranunculaceae, Crassulaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Primulaceae and Lamiaceae)

Route № 1  (Chu Valley Area – Ferghana Valley Area) 10 days from March, 26 till April, 04

1 Day

Meeting in Bishkek town, placing in hotel, breakfast

11.00 After breakfast –  trip in foothills of Alexander Mt. Range (Serafimovka Gorge at an altitude from 1,000 up to 1,400 m, Besh-Kungei Hills at an altitude of 1,000 m)

You will see gorges, mountain slopes and river banks. Beautiful mountain landscapes with mountain peaks covered with snowfields and glaciers

15.00 Dinner in the mountains or at the cafe

Species of flowers:

  1. Gagea olgae – Besh-Kungei Hills  
  2. Gagea ova  – Boz-Peldek Hill        
  3. Gagea tenera  – Boz-Peldek Hill
  4. Gagea brevistolonifera  – Besh-Kungei Hills
  5. Tulipa binutans – Besh-Kungei Hills
  6. Crocus alatavicus  – Boz-Peldek Hill
  7. Juno kuschakewiczii  – Besh-Kungei Hills  
  8. Iridodictium kolpakovskianum  – Besh-Kungei Hills                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

20.00 Supper in hotel (Bishkek)

2 Day

7.00 Breakfast in hotel (Bishkek)

   

8.00  Trip from the Bishkek town to the Talas town through tonel of Teo-Ashuu at an altitude of 3,150 m and Otmyok Passes at an altitude of 3,340 m, Suusamyr Valley at an altitude from 2,200 up to 2,650 m and Besh-Tash Gorge at an altitude from 1,460 up to 1,560 m

You will see deep rocky gorges, high-altitude snow-covered valleys, fast-moving mountain rivers, powerful rock massifs and glaciers shining in the sun, and, of course, beautiful alpine flowers.

13.00 Dinner at the café

Species of flowers:

1. Colchicum kesselringii – Alexander Mt. Range  

2. Tulipa binutans – Alexander Mt. Range                                                                                                                            3. Juno subdecolorata –  Talas Valley                                                                                                                                                                                            

4. Gumbez Manas. The architectural monument of the Middle Asia.  This building is known among the people and in scientific literature as the " Mausoleum of Manas ". However, according to the inscription on the wall of the building, it is the tomb of the daughter of the rich Chagatai emir .                                                                                                                        

20.00 Supper and hotel accommodation (Talas)

3 Day

8.00 Breakfast in hotel (Talas)

9.00 After breakfast –  trip through the Besh-Tash Gorge at an altitude from 1,460 up to 1,560 m, Echkilyu-Too Mt. Range at an altitude of 1,160 m, Kirowskoe Water Reservoir at an altitude of 890 m, Aktash Mt. Range at an altitude of 1,240 m and Amanbaevo village

You will start the trip from the beautiful Besh-Tash Gorge, then you will admire the unusual loess canyons of the Echkelyu-Too Range, follow the coast of the Kirov Water Reservoir with turquoise water and climb to the top of the Aktash mountains, where the Chui valley will open before you from a bird's eye view

   

13.00 Dinner in the mountains

Species of flowers:

  1. Gagea rufidula – Talas Valley
  2. Korolkowia sewerzowii – Talas Valley
  3. Tulipa kolpakowskiana – Talas Valley
  4. Tulipa bifloriformis – Talas Valley
  5. Tulipa ostrowskiana – Talas Valley
  6. Juno subdecolorata – Talas Valley
  7. Tulipa orthopoda – Aktash Mt. Range
  8. Rhinopetalum stenantherum – Aktash Mt. Range

20.00 Supper in the hotel (Talas)

4 Day

8.00 Breakfast in hotel (Talas)

8.00 After breakfast –  trip from Talas town to Toktogul town through of Talas town to the Toktogul town through of Otmyok Pass at an altitude of 3,340 m, Alabel Pass at an altitude of 3,175 m and Chychkan Gorge at an altitude from 2,800 down to 890 m

You will see beautiful mountain gorges with fast rivers. On the steep slopes and along the banks of the river with crystal clear water in the Chichkan Gorge, birch, tienshan spruce and Semenov spruce grow. Various flowering plants bloom in the meadows

   

13.00 Dinner in café

Species of flowers:

  1. Colchicum kesselringii – Chychkan River gorge
  2. Gagea liotardii – Chychkan River gorge
  3. Colchicum luteum – Chychkan River gorge  
  4. Corydalis glaucescens – Chychkan River gorge
  5. Corydalis ledebouriana – Chychkan River gorge
  6. Tulipa dasystemon – Chychkan River gorge
  7. Tulipa turkestanica  – Uzun-Akhmat River valley

5 Day

8.00 Breakfast in hotel (Toktogul)

8.00 After breakfast –  trip from Toktogul town to Karakul town through of Southern coast of the Toktogul Water Reservoir at an altitude of 990 m, Torkent River valley at an altitude from 980 up to 1,080 m, Kok-Bel Pass at an altitude from 1,420 up to 2,190 m, and Karakul River gorge at an altitude from 960 up to 1,100 m

You will see a gigantic bowl of the Ketmen-Tube Depression, one of the largest water reservoirs in Central Asia on the Naryn River. You will drive along the steep loess slopes of the Kok-Bel pass, which translates as the blue pass. Indeed, rocky slopes, screes and rocks in this place are blue, pink and white-violet. You will also drive along the beautiful valley of the Karasu River. Everywhere, during the whole trip, you will see many types of flowering plants

   

13.00 Dinner in cafe

Species of flowers:

  1. Tulipa ferganica  – Southern coast of the Toktogul reservoir
  2. Tulipa toktogulica  – Southern coast of the Toktogul reservoir
  3. Iridodictium kolpakovskianum  – Southern coast of the Toktogul reservoir
  4. Tulipa turkestanica  – Southern coast of the Toktogul reservoir
  5. Juno graeberiana  – Ferghana Mt. Range

20.00  Supper and hotel accommodation (Karakul)                                                                                                                

6 Day

8.00 Breakfast at the cafe

8.00 After breakfast –  trip from Karakul town to Shamaldysai village through Naryn River canyon at an altitude from 767 down to 540 m

You will see a powerful rocky canyon, along the bottom of which the Naryn River of amazing turquoise color flows. In the side gorges you will find wonderful endemic flowering plants. In one of the gorges you will see petroglyphs on the rocks

   

13.00 Dinner in cafe

Species of flowers:

  1. Tulipa ferganica  – Naryn River canyon  
  2. Tulipa jacquesii – Naryn River canyon
  3. Tulipa sp. nov – Naryn River canyon
  4. Gagea circumplexa  – Naryn River canyon
  5. Juno rodionenkoi  – Naryn River canyon
  6. Juno graeberiana  – Naryn River canyon
  7. Juno austrotschatkalica  – Bozbu-Too Mt. Range                                                                                              

7.Petroglyphs  – Naryn River canyon (Ryazansai)

20.00  Supper at the cafe and hotel accommodation (Shamaldysai)  

7 Day

8.00 Breakfast in hotel or café

9.00 After breakfast –  trip return from the Shamaldysai village to the Karakul town through of Bozbu-Too at an altitude of 750 m and Kepeli Mt. Ranges at an altitude of 700 m and Naryn River canyon at an altitude from 540 m up to 930 m

You will see the bright red slopes and gray rock slabs of the Kepeli Range, the former shore of the ancient Tethys Sea. Fanciful and colorful carved loess rocks of the Bozbu-Too ridge, and then continue to admire the canyon of the Naryn River. And all day long you will admire unusual and beautiful flowering plants

13.00 Dinner in mountains

Species of flowers:

  1. Gagea circumplexa  – Bozbu-Too Mt. Range
  2. Tulipa jacquesii  – Bozbu-Too Mt. Range
  3. Rhinopetalum rugillosum – Kepeli Mt. Range.
  4. Colchicum luteum – Kepeli Mt. Range
  5. Tulipa ferganica – Kepeli Mt. Range 
  6. Gagea ferganica  – Kepeli Mt. Range
  7. Juno narynensis  – Kepeli Mt. Range
  8. Juno austrotschatkalica  – Bozbu-Too Mt. Range

20.00  Supper at the cafe and hotel accommodation (Karakul)

8 Day

8.00 breakfast at the cafe

9.00 After breakfast – trip from the Karakul town to Bishkek town through to the Suusamyt Valley

14.00 Dinner at the café

Species of flowers:

  1. Iridodictium kolpakovskianum –  Suusamyr Valley
  2. Colchicum kesselringii – Suusamyr Valley                                                                                                          

20.00 Supper and placing in hotel of Bishkek

9 Day

8.00 Breakfast in hotel (Bishkek)

10.00 After breakfast –  Bishkek city tour – Historical Museum , Oriental Bazaar  (Market), Tsum (souvenirs)

14.00  Dinner at the Ethnographic café “ Supara”

20.00  Supper at the cafe and hotel accommodation (Bishkek)

10 Day

8.00 Breakfast in hotel.

9.00 After breakfast –  trip in foothills  and gorges of Alexander Mt. Range (Besh-Kungei Hills, Alamedin River gorge, Serafimovka Gorge)

14.00 Dinner in the mountains

Species of flowers:

  1. Juno kuschakewiczii  – Besh-Kungei Hills, Serafimovka Gorge
  2. Tulipa kolpakowskiana  – Besh-Kungei Hills
  3. Tulipa ostrowskiana  – Besh-Kungei Hills
  4. Tulipa zenaidae – Besh-Kungei Hills
  5. Juno orchioides  – Alamedin River gorge                                                                                                                                

7.Burana Tower  - a minaret of the 9th-11th centuries of the Karakhanid state in the Chu Valley

20.00  Supper and placing in hotel of Bishkek town

11 Day

6.00 Breakfast in hotel in Bishkek town

Departure from airport of Bishkek town

Price for a group of 5 persons

Duration of round of 10 days

The price for one person 195 $ a day

The price for one person for all round - 1950 $

This amount includes the following services:

  1. three high passable jeeps with drivers.
  2. payment for accommodation in hotels.
  3. three meals a day, excluding alcoholic drinks.
  4. services of an interpreter and guide