During the summer, as a part of our 25th-anniversary tour to Kyrgyzstan, Wild Frontiers funded a wilderness training weekend for a group of young Kyrgyz, offering them the opportunity to learn outdoor skills and experience mountain trekking.

The group of 12 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, joined our local partner and trekking experts on a four-day adventure travelling from their home city of Karakol into the nearby mountains of the Issyk-Kul province in northwestern Kyrgyzstan. 

Leaving the city behind, the group set out for the Jety-Oguz Gorge, before trekking up and over the mountain pass, descending into Kichi-Kyzyl-Suu Gorge and onto the village of Kyzyl-Suu - learning about mountain safety, trekking equipment, navigation and how to set up camp and cook along the way.

Our partner in Kyrgyzstan operates activity weekends to help develop skills, build confidence and inspire young people, who would not normally get the opportunity, to consider a future within tourism through their 'Travel. Discover. Help' programme.

Wild Frontiers is proud to support such a fantastic initiative that gives young local people not only the chance to gain new skills but also to experience the sheer beauty of their own country, just as so many of our travellers have done over the years.