I began emailing Timur about possible hiking routes several months before our trip.He responded to every mail I sent courteously, with the information I needed, and without any pressure to sell me something. On arrival in Karakol we went directly to the Visit Karakol office...More

We booked a three day, two night hiking trip. Organisation and communication were very smooth, even though it was on very short notice (the day before). We had a guide, cook and porter. Gear (tent, sleeping bags) was good quality and food was plentyful and...More

After researching other trekking companies, we selected Visit karakol. Timur was very responsive to our questions and made sure that we had proper equipment. Since we had limited time, we opted for the 2-day hike. The driver had excellent driving skills on some rough terrain....More

We contacted visit Karakol to have our Border Permits sorted for a trek in Central Tien Shan and Naryn region. Not only was the communication smooth and the permits arranged swiftly, when we picked up the permits Ibraim gave a lot of useful information on...More

VisitKarakol and especially Ibraim are very professional and helpful. They organized everything like the permits for the border area and the ride to Enilchek. On my hiking trip i accidentally injured my foot. Ibraim cared really much about me and helped us to find a...More

Visit Karakol and in particular Ibraim helped us with some aspects of our self-organized multi day hike in the Alatoo. They organized border permits in advance and provided us with a sat beacon for rent. They were also a good source for current conditions in...More

We booked a five day trek from The valley of Jety Oguz trough the Karakol valley and lake Ala Kul to end up in the Altyn Arashan valley. The price/quality was good. Instead of Timur guiding us through the mountains we were accompanied by Kyr,...More