Free Breakfast — Included in Every Stay

Wake up to a freshly prepared homemade breakfast served in our wooden dining room with a view of the garden and yurts. Made with love by Altynai, our breakfasts are consistently rated the best in Karakol by our guests.

What’s on the table:

🍞 Fresh bread, toast & butter
🍓 Homemade jams — apricot, raspberry, black currant
🍳 Eggs — fried or scrambled
🥣 Rice or oatmeal porridge
🥗 Fresh salad
🥪 Cheese & vegetable sandwiches
🥞 Bliny (Russian pancakes) or banana pancakes 🥧 Apple pie
🧀 Cheese & meat sausage
🍏 Seasonal fruits & vegetables
🍵 Tea & instant coffee with milk

Dietary needs? Just let us know in advance.

Our Team — Our Family

At Happy Nomads, our team is more than just a group of employees. We are a family, and we love welcoming guests into our home. When you stay with us, you’ll be treated not like a customer or tourist, but like an honored guest.

In addition to speaking Kyrgyz and Russian, we also speak English and German (Father). Let us introduce you to our team:

Temirbek — Father and German language teacher. In addition to his work at Happy Nomads, Temirbek worked on educational projects of USAID for many years.

Saltanat — Mother and English language teacher at a local school. She also works for a local NGO.

Tynch – Son, co-owner, and co-manager. Tynch is an experienced manager with a wide range of accomplishments in both nonprofit and for-profit settings. He’s committed to improving Kyrgyz society, particularly through expanding IT use and developing tourism. Tynch studied at Graceland University in Iowa, USA from 2007-2008 and had a 4 months practicum in Washington DC in 2022. He also runs an IT academy and has helped more than 200 students learn Front-End programming. Here is the link to his Linkedin

Altynai – Tynch\, co-owner, and manager. Altynai is an expert at cooking delicious Kyrgyz food and preparing breakfast for our guests. People absolutely love her meals! In her free time, Altynai enjoys reading books and listening to music.

Akbarchyn – Daughter of Tynch and Altynai. Born in 2013, Akbarchyn currently speaks Kyrgyz and Russian and is learning English, and Japanese. She loves to read books like Harry Potter, paint, and play games like Minecraft and Roblox on her laptop. Her name means “Baby White Eagle” in Kyrgyz.

Baitoro – Son of Tynch and Altynai. Born in 2016, Baitoro currently speaks Kyrgyz and Russian and learning English. He enjoys playing games like Minecraft and Roblox on his tablet. His name means “Rich Gentleman” or “Nobleman” in Kyrgyz.

Akdeniz – Daughter of Tynch and Altynai. Born in January 2022. Her name means “The White Sea,” which is what the Mediterranean Sea is called in Turkish.