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Kyrgyzstan - How to travel to Chong Kemin Valley

The Chong Kemin Valley lies one hundred and fifty kilometers from Bishkek (the capital). You can reach the park by airplane and car: you can flight to Bishkek and then you have to take a bus or rent a car.

Chon Kemin Valley by Marshrutkas

Marshrutkas are small busses of the Kyrgyz public transport. They have no more than 15 places each, but usually 20 or more people travel on them. This is the best way (even maybe not the most comfortable!) to discover Kyrgyzstan: you will experience true Kyrgyz life style and get to know many people, for sure!

The trip lasts 2.30 hours.

To Chong Kemin: marshrutkas start from the east (vastotshny avtovaksal) bus station in , next to Ala Archa Market. You have to look for the bus with the signboard “Chong Kemin Express” (it will of course be in cyrillic: Чо Кемин экспресс).
To Bishkek: there are more or less two bus stops every village, but you can easily stand on the main way and call for the marshrutka when it is passing by.

Fare:

100 som Bishkek-Chong Kemin or Chong Kemin-Bishkek

5 som for moving within Chong Kemin Valley

Timetable:

the first bus leaves from Bishkek at 10 a.m. and the last one at 5 p.m.

the first bus leaves from Chong Kemin at 7 a.m. (Karol Doboo timetable) and the last one at 4-5 p.m

The timetable is actually not so alwaysh reliable: there can be many changes according to different situations. For more accurate information ask the guest houses managers or sales people in the magazins (little shop) on the way: they got the most update information!

For further information on the touristic offer of the Valley, on the tracks and on the stay please contact the Kyrgyz Community Based Tourism Association or directly the CBO/CBT:

Hospitality Kyrgyzstan Gorkiy St., 58 — 720031 Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)

Tel./Fax: +996 (0)312 443331—Tel: +996 (0)312 540069 Mobile: +996 (0)772 570257

reservation@cbtkyrgyzstan.kg

cbttours@mail.ru

www.cbtkyrgyzstan.kg

CBT Chong Kemin

Coordinator: Janybek Sariev

Address: Bapakov St., 9 – Karool Dobo village, Kemin Region, Chuy Oblast,

Kyrgyzstan

Phone numbers: +996.(0)772.832065 (mobile); +996.(0)312.540069; +996.(0)312.443331 (home)

CBO Köl Tör

Coordinator: Elmira Baigazieva Sabyrbekovna