Walking, Food & Cultural Tours

BEST OF OSH

Things to do, information & tips

Experiential

Be practically involved and personally interact with people, traditions and daily activities

Intellectual

tours are not only fun, but educational. Less data - only the most interesting facts and stories

Entertaining

not stand-up comedy, but there will be some jokes, acting and impressions (at least attempted).

Best Price

As a conventional Central Asian, I have to convince you that you are getting a lot for what you pay!

Exceptional Experiences in the Most Authentic City of Kyrgyzstan

Experience the culture and cuisine like a local

City Walking Tour

This monument is explored during the Osh city walking tour
  • Introduction to Osh 101
  • Sampling national drinks and honey
  • Stories, culture and architecture
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Bread-Baking Tour

  • Visit Osh's Baker Street
  • Shape and bake your flat bread
  • Enjoy traditional breakfast like a local
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Plov Cooking 101

  • Cook your pLOVE from scratch
  • Meet the local family, neighborhood
  • Enjoy plov in a traditional atmosphere
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Sulaiman-Too Tour

Babur's House on top of Sulaiman-Too Mountain is a must-do sightseeing in Osh
  • Exploring the major sight of Osh city
  • History, legends and rituals
  • Panoramic sceneries & cave museum
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Food Tour

  • Food odyssey of a culinary capital
  • Varieties of manty, kebab and samosa
  • National drinks and local fruits
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Customized Tours

Osh baking tour is accompanied by tandyr making process
  • Offer your topic of interest
  • Get my response
  • Discover Osh from unique perspective
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Tours from Osh City

Reliable service for the best price

Pamir Highway Tour

  • Odyssey through the Roof of the World
  • Prestine nature and authentic cultures
  • Epic sceneries

Hike Around the Lenin Peak

  • Best of Alai Mountains in three days
  • Breath-taking sceneries
  • Time with real nomads

Uzgen: History, Architecture and Rice

A day trip from Osh to the Medieval Archeological and Historical Complex of Uzgen town in the south of Kyrgyzstan
  • Medieval architecture of the XI-XII century
  • Wandering the old bazaar
  • Uzgen rice mill and plov

Sary-Chelek: Nature at its Best

  • Mesmerazing alpine lake
  • Preserved flora and fauna
  • Hike the prestine nature

Arslanbob: The Legends of the Forest

  • Visit the biggest walnut forest in the world
  • Panomramic views, waterfalls and caves
  • Unique village with unique culture

Best of Issykul: A Pearl of Kyrgyzstan

  • 5-day tour around the pearl of Kyrgyzstan
  • Nature, culture and food
  • Sampling national drinks and honey

Treks from Osh City: Trekking Utopia of Central Asia

Hike Around the Lenin Peak (3 days)

  • Best of Alai Mountains in three days
  • Breath-taking sceneries
  • Time with real nomads

Heights of Alay (4 days)

  • The bestselling trekking experience
  • Epic sceneries of the titanic Alay mountains
  • Pristine nature and nomadic culture

Heights of Alay (7 days)

  • Majestic nature of the South
  • Rivers, pastures and lakes
  • Rural and nomadic life

Reviews from Tripadvisor

Atabek, the founder of Best of Osh, gave us a tour through some districts of Osh - off the tracks, with a lot of fascinating insights and great knowledge. He answered all questions in perfect English. He's both an Osh native and a person who is well informed about the international discourse in the history of this fascinating region shaped by old traditions, Soviet Union and independent Kyrgyzstan
Michael
Germany
Osh is a city with a lot of history. If you want to know more about this, then a tour with Atabak is a great experience. Atabek speaks English very well, knows a lot about the city of Osh, is enthusiastic, friendly and a very good storyteller. You really get what you pay for. I recommend him.
Margarit
Netherlands
Atabek is a great young entrepreneur bringing life to the tourism scene in Osh. We had a fantastic day with him shopping ingredients, learning about the local history during a district walk, and cooling yummy Plov with his very welcoming family in the outskirts of the city. It was clearly the best experience in Osh we had, and by far the most delicious Plov we had in all central asia. Highly recommended
Schdero
Switzerland

Why You Should Visit Osh?

Travelers’ hub since bronze age

Osh is an incredibly interesting city with its ancient history, diverse culture, delectable cuisine and geographic location. Therefore, thousands of foreigners visit Osh each year. 

Mostly, the travelers are attracted to Osh’s ancientness and the legacy of the Great Silk Road. It also serves as the best transit point to Pamir Highway and China’s Kashgar. Osh borders with Uzbekistan what makes it a great spot to continue the journey to the historical cities of Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. 

And finally, Osh is the most important administrative center of the south of Kyrgyzstan what makes it the place of expats’ deployment and business trips.

So which group do you belong to?

Well, it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you can make your time more memorable in Osh by exploring it as a unique travel destination. Dive into a blend of diverse cultures, taste one of the best cuisines of Central Asia and participate in the local lifestyle. All of this can be experienced on your own. There is an abundance of information in travel guides and the city is full of hospitable people who are willing to help you.

However, if you are willing to take your journey to another level and deepen your experience, I offer my tours to suit your interests and create long-lasting memories.

About Best of Osh

Hey! My name is Atabek. I'm an Osh native and am so obsessed with my hometown that I decided to start "Best of Osh" as a way to show people its most incredible features. My background is in political science (and if it's important, you should know that I'm a neo-classical realist, constructivist, and liberal all in one), but I left the dark realm of politics behind to work in tourism several years ago. As I see it, tourism is one of the most effective forms of soft power -- it generates more benefits of friendship, dialogue, and prosperity than most government-sponsored programs. Building up Kyrgyzstan's soft power has served as the primary motivation for my tours and this company. My goal is to introduce my country, people, culture and daily life to you in the most entertaining, experiential and delicious ways (and it's also a great excuse to eat my favorite foods and visit my favorite spots). Please get in touch! You can reach me through the contact form and social media embedded below!

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