Rafting tours

If you adore the white water rafting Kyrgyzstan is a perfect place for you to experience a that. Our country possesses big number mountains rivers that are famous among rafters. You will surely have a wonderful time being there and you will get dozens exciting impressions. Rafting in Kyrgyzstan is a very popular activity. Take your chance - come for rafting to Kyrgyzstan!

The big amount of mountainous rivers and sunny days makes our country just perfect for this type of extreme activity and attracts fans of white water to Kyrgyzstan since the second half of the last century. Due to the unique nature of the republic with a big diversity of landscapes, there are enough rivers to provide routes of all different categories of complexity appropriate for both experienced rafters and beginners.

You can think of nothing more exciting than a rafting tour along mountain rivers. In Kyrgyzstan, the best rivers for this type of travel are the Chu, Chon-Kemin, Kekemeren, Chatkal, and Naryn rivers. Everything that can make your holiday remarkable is here...rivers quietly flowing through the beautiful landscape, and rapids that will take your breath away and excite even the most extreme sports fans. The rafting season on these rivers varies from April to October. The level of complexity on the six-point scale mostly depending on the season, since the thaw of glaciers provides a high level of water in the rivers; and in hot summer months the waterline may fluctuate daily. Therefore, for some rivers, the most admired time for water tours is the end of August, and September.

Commercial rafting can be good at Chui River flows at the altitude of 1,500m above sea level. The climate and temperature of the water makes up (15°-18°C) from June till mid-September. This means rafting can be done even without diving suits. The complexity of obstacles will not exceed five points. The section of the river that passes through the Boom gorge is the national 'white water arena and a unique training site for the whole Central Asian region. It used to be one of the northern routes on the Great Silk Road in ancient times. Thanks its location near the capital of the republic and communications development over the years, the popularity of rafting in the Bohom gorge is stably growing both among the locals and foreign guests.

Rafting as an extreme type of sports in the republic started to develop a quarter of century ago. Its future fate depended on the enthusiasm of some junior rowing league coaches. In 1992 rafting has adopted a commercial direction having received the status of strategic objective for the development of tourism in Kyrgyzstan.

The Chatkal, Kekemeren, Naryn rivers were the most popular rivers during the Soviet Union times. The Chatkal river was considered to be one the five most popular rivers in the USSR. Most frequently, during August and September, 60-70 tourist groups used to raft here.  For the last few years, one-or two-day tours on the rivers Chu and Chon-Kemin have gained not less popularity.

In spite of the fact water rafting has been invented not long ago there are still many rivers about which many rafters and kayaking fans stay unawareOur country presents a big opportunity for pioneers to travel down the rivers, starting from their source. The most impressive rafting is the tour from Inylchek, the second biggest glacier in the world (59km), through almost impassable Sarydzhaz canyon, that is 30km long. The other exciting route can be started from the source of the Naryn river which is the upper course of the second longest river in Central Asia the Syr-Darya. The most approved among tourists, through their mild climatic conditions, are the rivers floating not higher than 1500m above sea level.