If you want to wash it down with beer or order a cocktail, you won’t pay much to party either—unless you pay a guy to drive to the next town and back because you’re in a dry village.

If you want to discover the best ski...  Here’s a list of the most beautiful and best places to visit in Kyrgyzstan,...Hi, have a distant thought of travel in Kyrgyzstan. They’ve been the homes of nomadic shepherds for thousands of years when they moved around the mountains and valleys. If you want to rent a car in Bishkek, we highly recommend renting from A marshrutka is a minibus that looks like a van and it’s the cheapest and most popular means of transport for the locals to travel in Kyrgyzstan. Never fear, we actually stayed there, and would never recommend a place we wouldn’t stay ourselves.Here’s exactly how much it costs to backpack in KyrgyzstanPeril in the Pamir: confronting mortality in Murghab (Part II)Legit tasty vegetarian and vegan restaurants in Leuven

This means that any private car can potentially become a taxi.We came up with the formula of paying 5 som per km when hitchhiking in Kyrgyzstan.

Wondered what was your budget for a whole year?Hi Martin, it’s difficult to give you an exact budget for a whole year as it depends on the trips you take and whether or not you’re renting something as a base. The nature is beautiful and the people nice. The article is really helpful.

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Thanks for all the information! You might need an invitation letter as well, which raises the price with another 50$. I also want to do treks.

However, if you plan on doing a lot of trekking and camping, we do encourage you to bring your own equipment from home. More info at visas for Kyrgyzstan. Or should we only bring dollars for Uzbekistan?You can just withdraw money from banks in Kyrgyzstan, no need to bring dollars for that unless you specifically prefer exchanging currency.A brilliant post – thank you! (Although religion isn’t a majo… People from high GDP countries go visa-free, but others should budget around 50$ for a visa, and 30$ more if you let an agent handle the process for you. We did 3 days horse riding, it was amazing.

As long as you’re not a vegetarian, you can eat really well in this country for not much money.

In case you didn’t bring your camping gear but you still love to camp for a few days in the mountains, you can always rent camping equipment such as a tent, a sleeping bag, a mattress or a stove in Bishkek via the The prices for renting gear depends on whether you become You can find a list of all the mountain and trekking equipment they rent The equipment that you can rent from the Trekking Union is quite good.
[…] How much does it cost to travel in Kyrgyzstan […]We are Cynthia (Belgium) and Niko (Canada) and we've been traveling full-time for more than 8 years!© 2020 Journal of Nomads. From Kazakhstan, the road from Almaty to Bishkek is the busiest.

Whenever you go on a trek through the mountains, you’ll come across many of these yurt camps. We are visited Song Kul lake last year. These taxis are shared with other people and you split the costs so you pay per seat.

It connects Shared taxis in Kyrgyzstan are more expensive (about twice or triple the price of a marshrutka) but a faster way to get around.

You can also find people in these groups who are searching for a roommate.We chose Bishkek as our base as it was easier for our 2-monthly visa runs into Kazakhstan.
For the list of all the equipment and gear we recommend for camping in Kyrgyzstan, have a look at our Yurts are the most important symbol of the Kyrgyz culture. Depends on your nationality. Nowadays the Kyrgyz shepherds still live in yurts but only during the summer when the valleys are lush and the pastures full of fresh grass for their cattle. I would like to do homestays in Kyrgyzstan, do you know if I would need an agency to arrenge that?

The minibus leaves when it’s full.There aren’t many buses between cities due to the fact that Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country and for safety reasons, the buses are not allowed on the mountain passes connecting the cities.The only places where you can take a city bus in Kyrgyzstan are There is only one (night) bus that you can take in Kyrgyzstan. This seemed to work well, most of the time.If you want to hitchhike but you don’t want to pay for the rides, you’ll have to tell the driver before getting in the car. Thank you Alex!is it Safe for black people to go on the treks in Kyrgyzstan as well as find easy accommodation or is it as dangerous as the neighbouring countries?Your post looks amazing.

Plan your trip to Kyrgyzstan: The top 28 things to do in Kyrgyzstan – culture, nature, and sights; The 15 best and most beautiful places to visit in Kyrgyzstan I travel around the world in pursuit of beautiful inspiring landscapes and fascinating cultures. One thing that you have to keep in mind though is that people will usually pay the drivers that pick them up for the ride. If you are flying in and out of the country, expect to pay around (this is a very rough estimate) 500$/€ for a return flight from Europe or Asia. Prices range from around $40 for an economy car to well over $200 for a luxury SUV.

I'm a vagabond and a lover of wild untouched nature.

To save the world of a few unnecessary headaches, we tracked our expenses over Backpacking in Kyrgyzstan is relatively affordable.

How much does it cost to get into Kyrgyzstan?

We are combining Kyrgysztan with Uzbekistan.