By summer's end, more than 600 miles will be added to the Kyrgyz Nomad Trail, granting hikers access to lesser-known parts of the country.

Visitors can stay in traditional yurts at Song-Kul, a lake at an elevation of 11,000 feet in Kyrgyzstan’s northern Naryn region. Anton Petrus/Getty Images Backpackers relax in a yurt in the Tian ...

In Tash Rabat, this is a yurt camp located near Song-Köl, a lake at an altitude of 11,482 feet (3,500 meters) in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan. Photograph by Thomas Grabka, laif/Redux ...

July and August, the best time to travel to Kyrgyzstan, are ideal months to explore yurt camps and participate in nomadic cultural festivals. September and October offer autumn landscapes ...

Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country sandwiched ... scale pine-laden mountains in search of lakes, and stay in a yurt camp at 3,000 metres above sea level. We will learn about the diversity of the ...

The Central Asian nation’s flag, adopted in 1992 after it gained independence from the Soviet Union, depicts a yellow sun - which doubles as the pinnacle of a traditional Kyrgyz yurt tent - with ...

But the yurt school helps him to continue learning. During the Soviet era, the number of nomads in Kyrgyzstan fell sharply. Today, however, many Kyrgyz have returned to this old tradition ...

Through promotional films and festivals, Kyrgyzstan is encouraging tourists to experience the traditional nomadic Kyrgyz lifestyle by sleeping in a yurt in a lush mountain pasture close to the ...