We meet you, drive you, and host you like family on the lake.
The Games happen on the northern shore of Issyk-Kul — where our family runs a hotel in Cholpon-Ata. From your landing at Manas to your seat at the kok-boru field, one family handles the whole journey.
A family hotel in Cholpon-Ata · Airport pickup at Manas · English-speaking driver-guide
One family, from the airport to the field.
The opening is in Bishkek on 31 August; the competitions run at Cholpon-Ata and Kyrchyn Gorge on the northern shore through 6 September. Getting between them is the hard part — that's ours to solve.
We meet you at Manas Airport
You walk out of Bishkek's Manas International and we're there with your name on a sign. No taxi haggling in a language you don't speak, at an hour you didn't choose.
The drive to the lake — made easy
It's a 3–4 hour road from Bishkek to Issyk-Kul. We drive it in a comfortable vehicle, stop where the views are worth it, and tell you what you're looking at along the way.
You stay in our family hotel in Cholpon-Ata
Rooms on the northern shore sell out months ahead for the Games. Ours are held by our own family — right where the competitions happen, so you're never far from the action.
We take you to the Games each day
Kok-boru, eagle hunting, horseback archery, wrestling at Kyrchyn Gorge — we handle the daily runs to the venues and help you find your way around the grounds.
Between events, we show you the real lake
Both shores, hot springs, canyons, and quiet spots the tour buses miss. On your free afternoons we turn the trip into more than a sports event.
A bed on the northern shore — the thing everyone else runs out of.
During the Games, accommodation in Cholpon-Ata is the scarcest thing on Issyk-Kul. Our hotel is run by our own relatives, in the town where the competitions are held. That means we can host you where others can only put you on a waiting list.
- Family-run, not a booking deskYou're a guest of the family, welcomed the way we'd welcome our own.
- Right where the Games areIn Cholpon-Ata, the town where the competitions are held.
- Room + transfer as one packageYour stay and your rides are arranged together, by the same people.
Your companion on Issyk-Kul — Games week and beyond.
Coming another time of year? Everything below works outside the Games too.
Airport transfers
Manas ⇄ Issyk-Kul in comfort, on your schedule. Meet-and-greet included.
Hotel in Cholpon-Ata
A room in our family hotel on the northern shore — the hard-to-get one.
Guided days out
An English-speaking driver-guide who knows the lake, not just the map.
Nomad Games logistics
Daily runs to the venues and help finding your way around the grounds.
Beautiful places
Canyons, hot springs, gorges and viewpoints the crowds don't reach.
Full trip planning
Tell us your dates and we shape the whole week around them.
The northern and southern shores of Issyk-Kul.
Where the Games live
Cholpon-Ata and Kyrchyn Gorge — resorts, the hippodrome, petroglyphs, and the heart of the World Nomad Games. Lively, easy to reach, and home to our hotel.
Where the wild is
Skazka's red canyons, Jeti-Ögüz's rock formations, hot springs and the road toward Karakol. Quieter, dramatic, and worth a day of your trip.
We're not an agency. We're a family from the lake.
Issyk-Kul is home. We know which road is smooth, which viewpoint is worth the stop, and which cup of tea to offer after a long flight. When guests arrive for the Games from all over the world, our job is to make sure your week feels less like logistics and more like being looked after by people who live here.
The Games are 31 Aug – 6 Sep. Rooms go early.
Send one message with your arrival date and how many of you are coming. We'll reply with a plan and hold your room.
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