Road guide

What to know before travelling across Kyrgyzstan: the road itself, safety, choosing transport.

• How to Get from Bishkek to Osh: Taxi, Van or Plane

  How to get from Bishkek to Osh by shared taxi, marshrutka or plane: real travel times, where departures happen and what winter does to the mountain road.

• How to Get to Issyk-Kul from Bishkek: Routes and Times

  How to get to Issyk Kul from Bishkek: the Boom Gorge road, north shore vs south shore, distances and times to Cholpon-Ata and Karakol, and winter travel.