Private Tour
Essential Day Trip to Ala Archa National Park
Overview
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If you love nature, you’ll really enjoy Ala-Archa National Park! We’ll tailor the hike to your fitness level and interests—whether it’s a relaxing walk along the river or a trek to snowy peaks and the Ak-Sai waterfall. You can feed squirrels and birds, and if we’re lucky, even spot wild animals. After the hike, we’ll enjoy a delicious lunch at a cozy national restaurant in Bishkek. It’s the perfect day trip to recharge and explore!
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
Trekking poles
English speaking guide
Air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch at a national restaurant
Bottled water and snacks for hiking
Meeting and Pickup
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What To Expect
Bishkek
In the morning our guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel and transfer to Ala-Archa National Park (40 km). In an hour you will find yourself in a picturesque gorge where the Ala-Archa mountain river rushes down like a rushing stream, the highest snowy peaks, juniper slopes, alpine meadows covered with a carpet of flowers will be revealed to your sight.
Ala-Archa Gorge
The trip lasts about five hours and during this time we will show you the most beautiful gorge near Bishkek, tell you why Ala-Archa is so popular among tourists and climbers and stroll in any direction of your choice – to a plateau with a wonderful view of the gorge, along the Ala-Archa river or to the Ak-Sai waterfall. On the way to the gorge your guide will tell you much interesting information about our country and people, as well as a couple of stories related to adventures in these mountains, also if we are lucky enough we can observe wild animals during the trip!
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Essential Day Trip to Ala Archa National Park
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Reviews
45 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
A brilliant day excursion...
Elizabeth J,
May 6, 2025
- Viator
4.00A brilliant day excursion from Bishkek. Gorgeous scenery and friendly informative guide. We enjoyed the day very much.
Amazing Trip!!
Roberto S,
Mar 31, 2025
- Viator
5.00I had a wonderful time exploring the area with my guide Faruk. He is very knowledgeable, kind and engaging. He made sure that everything myself and co-travellers need were attended to. We asked if we can do a short horse-riding lesson and he went out of his way to find one.
Stunning Hiking Park
Armando C,
Oct 31, 2024
- Viator
5.00Beautiful panoramic mountain view! Thanks to Talgat of Dakta travel for always being responsive to my messages and to our tour guide Anvar for being a very good tour guide 👌
Highly recommend this walking experience
garycsarahc,
Aug 17, 2024
- Viator
5.00Faruk was an excellent guide. He spoke excellent English and was very informative about his country. We loved the flexibility that we could choose the difficulty of the hike. I walked to the waterfall lookout point and my husband continued to the waterfall. We also walked the simple river path after that. The scenery was beautiful. Another highlight was lunching at a local restaurant. It was great to have all the food options explained to us. The road into th parked was sealed and good. It was a great walk in the outdoors and we loved it. Don't expect to see wildlife except for the odd cute red squirrel. We would highly recommend this nature walk.
Winter wonderland but no wildlife around at that time of year
Matthew B,
Jan 5, 2024
- Viator
3.00Although I had a good time visiting the National Park, I do find this tour title a little bit "misleading" because at the time of year I visited (Winter) there is very little wildlife around at that time to make it a wildlife hike. It's mostly a walk along a river until you can't really continue, It might be different if I'd visited in Summer. My guide was good and on time, he spoke good English and we got on well. However, he did not seem very interested or have much knowledge of the local wildlife so many elements I had to read from the park signs dotted about. In theory I could have done this myself and it was a bit disappointing that I kept having to try change the subject back to the tour at hand myself. Although my review is only 3* for this tour, the Faiza restaurant lunch was good and the snacks (walnuts, almonds etc) were also tasty.
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