Nooruz is the most significant annual festival in Central Asia. The whole region welcomes springtime with song, dance, Kok Boru, and hearty food. In Kyrgyzstan, men and women have their special dish. Sumalak is a sprouted wheat dish for women, while Halim is a meaty porridge for men.

Independence Day in Kyrgyzstan is celebrated on August 31. It is a national holiday that honors the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991. Independence Day is the national day of the Kyrgyz Republic.

It is celebrated with official speeches, solemn ceremonies, military displays, outdoor performances, open-air concerts, sporting competitions, firework displays. The biggest celebration is held in the capital city of Bishkek.

The World Nomad Games is a new event that has brought the personality of the Kyrgyz people to the forefront of the world’s media. Nomadic sports, intelligence games, demonstrations of strength, and pure showmanship are all showcased in a festival that has been called the “Olympics for nomads.”

Celebrating nomadic traditions since 2014, the World Nomad Games has been held in Cholpon-Ata, a Kyrgyz town on the shores of the Issyk-Kul lake, every second year. 

Ramadan Hayit (Ruza Hayit, Eid al-Fitr) is a celebration of spiritual and moral purification. The holiday observes the completion of the Islamic month of fasting Ruza (Ramadan), which lasts 30 days and is deemed a spiritual and moral purification rite. In the month of Ramadan, while fasting from dawn until sunset, Muslims refrain from consuming food and drinking liquids; they should avoid evil thoughts, respectfully treat others, and do good. 

Kuturgan Fest is a heavy metal music festival in Bishkek that has hosted some big names. Offshoot Bloodystan goes in smaller venues throughout the year.

 Countless Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7 in Kyrgyzstan. Bishop of Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan praises believers from Bishkek Holy Resurrection Cathedral. Kyrgyzstan celebrates Christmas like other Orthodox Christian countries.

After attending the ceremony held in the churches, people continue to celebrate Christmas at home with their families and friends. The festive table is vibrant. Kutia, a ceremonial grain dish made of wheat, nuts, honey, dried fruits, and poppy seeds, is on the table.

The Sary-Chelek Biosphere Reserve has the most immeasurable environmental elements of Kyrgyzstan in one place, with a range of forests, meadows, and lakes. Central to this large biosphere reserve which is home to more than 1,000 species of plants and 160 species of bird, is the beautiful cobalt-blue lake of Sary-Chelek.

 Many of the fruits found in the forests here have a high socio-economic value. Alpine forests with walnut (Juglans regia), fir (Abies semenovii), spruce (Picea schrenkiana), and grape (Vitis silvestris). Meadows; tree-shrub communities of juniper (Juniperus sp.), spruce, fir, etc. Nut forest dominated by walnut with groups of apple (Malus spp.), pears (Pyrusspp.), and an understory of Prunus divaricata, abelia (Abelia curumbosa), exochords (Exochorda spp.) and juniper; steppe habitats; rocks and screes; water bodies.

Konorchek canyon is one of the stunning landscapes in Kyrgyzstan. Located 125 KM away from the capital city Bishkek, Konorchek resides in the boom gorge. Konorchek is full of red stones that you can see for miles. 

The Konorchek Canyons of Kyrgyzstan have been compared to America’s Grand Canyon, certainly not quite as massive, but the landscape and formations inside the Konorchek canyons carry distinct Kyrgyz characteristics.

One of the famous historical places located in the province of Naryn in the Kara Koyun Valley is Tash Rabat. It is an ancient Silk Road caravanserai composed of 31 domed rooms that formerly housed merchants and travelers along the Great Silk Road fighting to make their way from China to the West.

This Silk Road inn is made of limestone with walls that reach over 20 meters in height. Tash Rabat was laid out as a maze of 30 rooms surrounding a large central domed chamber.

Song Kol Lake is the second enormous lake after Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan. With freshwater, Song Kol Lake sits at the height of 3016m. Another high-altitude alpine lake in Kyrgyzstan, Song Kol, is surrounded by 3500m peaks and yurts which belong to herders from the nearby villages. 

The Burana Tower is a massive historic minaret that sits in the Chuy Valley in northern Kyrgyzstan. It is found about 80 km east of the country's capital Bishkek, near the town of Tokmok. The tower, along with grave markers, has the remnants of a castle and three mausoleums.

Surrounded by golden grain fields, with snow-capped peaks in the distance, the Burana Tower, alongside some grave markers and remnants of a castle, is left from the ancient city of Balasagun.