horseback rides

KYRGYZSTAN HORSERIDE

The best way to explore the “Land of the stars” and native culture is in the way of locals have for centuries! Highlights of this trip is definitely based on Alpine landscape, shepherds lifestyle, rugged endurance and traditional Yurt living. Kyrgyz Tours horse ride venture includes unspoilt guided horse riding tour in the Tien Shan and Pamir mountains. Unique experience of nomad culture, outback landscape, nature, beautiful horses and good company are rolled into one. In 2019 we offer one very big and advanced Horse riding tour which is collected from three smaller adventures through the stunniest areas of the Country where our local partners are located in.

TO THE LAND OF THE STARS

"To the land of the stars" horseback tour works as our first chain of the "Where the nomads are" tour and featuring five full horse riding days with local english speaking guide and starts from the shepherds farm at the foot of the Tien Shan mountains. Many livestock trails will take you along the rivers up the SonKul range where you finally get a spectacular view of the beautiful lake SonKul surrounded by thousands of Yurts.

Location

Central SonKul Range

Naryn province

North Kyrgyzstan

Duratioin

7 days

Elevation

2400-3450m

Season

June-September

Starting from

580 $

You don’t have to worry about complicated accesses. All the guests and their luggages will be transferred right to the front door of the lodges by vehicles. On the morning of the lodge to lodge touring day you just pack your stuff and it will wait for you at the next destination.

Day 1

Location: Meeting in Manas Airport/Bishkek – Transfer to the Kyzart village.

Altitude: 900m to 2400m

Tame taken: 5-6 hours, 270km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: House/Yurt

You’ll be picked up at the airport and we’ll get you checked into the hotel to freshen up and rest after a long flight. You’ll have to time if you get in early to see a bit of a Bishkek before beginning our way to small Kyzart village. Make a turn to Burana tower where the starts historical excursion. According the timing do another break in Boom valley or in Kochkor village for a big lunch. Finally arriving to the village at the evening time when we get all together behind the family style dinner our guides will provide guests with a briefing about the upcoming trip, safety and everything what we should cover.

Day 2

Location: MeKilemche pasture.

Altitude: 2400m to 3240m

Tame taken: 3-4 hours, 15km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Carry sufficient water from Kyzart. Guest will find clean water from the springs or side valleys along the trail to refill water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

The second day starts right from the front door of the house and ends in the Kilemche jailoo (Carpet pasture) where you will have a rest in a host Yurt till next day. The day starts with equipping the horses/horse riding brief and follows with exploring morning life of the village while you will crossing it. The rest of the day will roll on the summer shepherds pasture with gentle flowing uphill in the valley.

Day 3

Location: North shore of the SonKul lake

Altitude: 3240m to 3016m via 3450m

Tame taken: 4-5 hours, 18km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

Todays trekking provides with crossing one small pass of Jalgyz Karagay 3240m and features panoramic view of the lake in distant but as you ride down the slopes, it gets larger, the mountains on the opozit side gets higher until finally the lake fills most of your fieldview and the southern mountains tower above it. . Bigger part of the day will spended for uphill riding than slowly easy descent to the lake side for another starry night.

Day 4

Location: South shore of the lake.

Altitude: 3016m

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 25km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

This is a flat but long day just crossing lots of villages of the host and shepherds Yurts, riding along the lake with radial hikes for amazing views to the down bellow from the side passes.

Day 5

Location: Batai aral Yurt village

Altitude: 3016m

Tame taken: 8-9 hours, 35km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

Still riding along the Lake for finish the circle. If you’ve been a first time on horseback at the beginning of the week today you believe you will galloping

Day 6

Location: Tuz Ashuu pass 3400m

Altitude: 3016 m to 2500m via 3400m

Tame taken: 6-7 hours

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: lodge

Riding down the pasture via crossing the Tuz Ashu pass 3400m and drop to another side valley from the lake. Continuing trip with a 4x4 vehicle by crossing Kokomeren river to the other famous pasture Suusamyr valley.

Day 7

Location: Bishkek

Altitude: 2500m to 900m via 3600m

Tame taken: 4 hours, 260km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Hotel

Last day of the trip proposes early breakfast and roadtrip to the capital trough the famous Too Ashuu pass 3600m with in 3km tunnel. As soon as the group arrives to the capital our guides will take you down to the colorful Osh Bazar and the souvenir shops. The day will ends with a small city tour.

Incuded

  • Kyrgyz Tours Guides (lead guide + tail guide)

  • Airport transfers

  • Roundtrip transfer between Bishkek-Karakol

  • Hotel in Bishkek/lodging and meals in Karakol

  • lodges, Yurts, Tents with all meals and drinks at the riding time

  • Animal support/porters (if needed)

  • One satellite phone for the crew

Excluded

  • Visa support (Kyrgyzstan offers a visa free policy for most countries

  • International flights to and from Bishkek

  • Medical/evacuation insurance

Experience

For joining our trek you should have fit and adventurous nature. This trek doesn’t require advanced horse riding skills but you have to be confident spending up to 4 to 5 hours a day on the saddle, not get too mad on a rough weather condition. On the trail we have no 5 star hotels but yurts with wood/coal burning stoves.

Group size

6 person min – 12 person max. For all groups our services are works privately. We don’t like mess in our bases and we never mix 2 different groups in one. If the number of the guests are less than 6 either more than 12, shoot us an email for discussing for how we roll in that case

Insurance

Every one who joining us for skiing/trekking/horse riding in KG should have a personal MED-EVAC insurance which can be easily paired with Kyrgyz mountain rescue service.

Gear

Whole structure of the trekking and personal gear. Kyrgyz people never use helmet, riding breeches, gaiters or any other special equipments so bring everything what can make you more safe and happy on top of the horse.

Camping

Bring everything what you would bring if you are going for a multi days trekking, except tents and kitchen needs.

Horses & Riding

All the horses used for the tour are owned by the Kyrgyz tribes or shepherds and carefully selected by our horseman. They are usually local breeds such as Donskaya or Kyrgyz or crosses of the two, they vary in height from 14.1-15.3hh and are very surefooted, super fit and adapted to the altitude and mountainous terrain. The saddles are very simple, traditional Kyrgyz or Russian saddles. covered with a large and deep sheep skin cloth and pretty comfortable for all day rides. Saddle bags are available on request. The horses are usually all male, either stallions or geldings. The mares are used for breeding.

Group of 6-12

580 $/person/tour

Breakfasts

Are starts with a coffee which ends with omelettes, french toasts, pancakes, burritos, porages and lots of sweets

Lunches

Packed lunchboxes for the field

Apres ski

You are welcome to our dining yurt anytime especially after ski days to hang there for some tea with bred and cheese/meet slice, where we pull out the maps and discuss the routes for further days.

Dinners

Lagman (Meat and vegetables with spicy sauce on top of a hand-stretched noodles). Plov (Rice with mutton and vegetables). Kuurdak (Fried beef/lam or chicken with potatoes). Shorpo (Soup with chunks of vegetables and lam). Oromo (vegetables and mints rolled in the pasta cooked on steam) Besh barmak (Lam, noodles, onions with a soup of a mutton). Dymdama (Vegetables with beef covered by cabbage and steamed in Kazan). Almost all the meals are have ability to be cooked as a vegetarian one.

Drinks

Unlimited Tea, French press coffee, Home made fruit juice

HORSEBACK EXPEDITION [SHADOW RANGE]

"Horseback Expedition" horseback tour works as our mid chain of the "Where the nomads are" tour and featuring five full horse riding days with local english speaking guide and starts from the shepherds farm at the foot of the Teskey Ala Too (Shaded mountain) range. The main shepherds trail will take you along the rivers deep into the north face circes of the main valley till where the rivers are begins.

Location

Teskey Ala Too Range

Yssyk Kul province

North Kyrgyzstan

Duratioin

7 days

Elevation

1900-3850m

Season

June-September

Starting from

580 $

You don’t have to worry about complicated accesses. All the guests and their luggages will be transferred right to the front door of the lodges by vehicles. On the morning of the lodge to lodge touring day you just pack your stuff and it will wait for you at the next destination.

Day 1

Location: Meeting in Manas Airport/Bishkek – Transfer to Karakol town

Altitude: 900m to 1700m

Tame taken: 6-7 hours, 400km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: HGuesthouse/Yurt

You’ll be picked up at the airport and we’ll get you checked into the hotel to freshen up and rest after a long flight. You’ll have to time if you get in early to see a bit of a Bishkek before beginning another seven hours jorney to Karakol. On the way you make a turn to Burana tower where the starts historical excursion. According the timing do another break in Boom valley for a big lunch. Finally arriving to the small town at the evening time when we get all together behind the family style dinner our guides will provide guests with a briefing about the upcoming trip, safety and gear wise.

Day 2

Location: Bozuchuk heights.

Altitude: 1700m to 3200m

Tame taken: 3-4 hours, 15km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Carry sufficient water from Kyzart. Guest will find clean water from the springs or side valleys along the trail to refill water bottles.

Accomodation: Tent

This is the first day of the expedition. After breakfast drive to the Bozuchuk valley and our staging area where you’ll meet the herders with whom we work. After some preliminary instructions, gear changes and adjustments, we saddle up and begin our journey. We set out from the end of the Enchylesh village and travel up through forest, crossing the side rivers up to our first lake at the Bozuchuk heights.

Day 3

Location: Jergez twin lakes

Altitude: 3200m to 3432m via 3516m

Tame taken: 4-5 hours, 13km

Trek gradient: Medium

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Tents

TWe traverse Bozuchuk heights through open meadows, crossing the river and streams, travel up two small mountain passes for our second night’s camp in high pastures next to the twin lakes

Day 4

Location: Altyn Arashan hot springs

Altitude: 3432m to 2600 via 3671m and 3600m passes

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 21km

Trek gradient: Hard

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

All the trails which goes up must go down, go up again and finally should descent!? Another day of two passes but this time the vertical drop will build almost a thousand meters. The Ailanysh pass will be done quick and easy but can’t say the same about the Anyrty pass. The end of the day you will find yourselves chilling in the hot springs of Arashan valley.

Day 5

Location: Ala Kul pass

Altitude: 2600m to 2600m via 3860m

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 25km

Trek gradient: Easy riding day+400m vertical bootpack

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

On this day we bootpack a high and steep pass after couple hours of crossing open, wide pasture below. Here you get five star panorama view to the Lake and the main five thousanders of the Terskey Ala too range in a good weather. After a lunch right at the top of the world it waits for you descending down on the same way back to Altyn Arashan where you will get another evening hot spring session.

Day 6

Location: Tuz Kok Tuz meadow

Altitude: 2600m to 1700 via 2780m

Tame taken: 6-7 hours, 22km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Guesthouse

Very gentle descent down the valley for few hours than take a turn for another small panoramic pass with a view to Karakol town so we can ridden down right to the city.

Day 7

Location: Bishkek

Altitude: 1700m to 900m

Tame taken: 7 hours, 400km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Hotel

Last day of the trip proposes early breakfast and roadtrip to the capital trough the south shore of the lake. As soon as the group arrives to the capital our guides will take you down to the colorful Osh Bazar and the souvenir shops. The day will ends with a small city tour.

Incuded

  • Kyrgyz Tours Guides (lead guide + tail guide)

  • Airport transfers

  • Roundtrip transfer between Bishkek-Karakol

  • Hotel in Bishkek/lodging and meals in Karakol

  • lodges, Yurts, Tents with all meals and drinks at the riding time

  • Animal support/porters (if needed)

  • One satellite phone for the crew

Excluded

  • Visa support (Kyrgyzstan offers a visa free policy for most countries

  • International flights to and from Bishkek

  • Medical/evacuation insurance

Experience

For joining our trek you should have fit and adventurous nature. This trek doesn’t require advanced horse riding skills but you have to be confident spending up to 4 to 5 hours a day on the saddle, not get too mad on a rough weather condition. On the trail we have no 5 star hotels but yurts with wood/coal burning stoves.

Group size

6 person min – 12 person max. For all groups our services are works privately. We don’t like mess in our bases and we never mix 2 different groups in one. If the number of the guests are less than 6 either more than 12, shoot us an email for discussing for how we roll in that case

Insurance

Every one who joining us for skiing/trekking/horse riding in KG should have a personal MED-EVAC insurance which can be easily paired with Kyrgyz mountain rescue service.

Gear

Whole structure of the trekking and personal gear. Kyrgyz people never use helmet, riding breeches, gaiters or any other special equipments so bring everything what can make you more safe and happy on top of the horse.

Camping

Bring everything what you would bring if you are going for a multi days trekking, except tents and kitchen needs.

Horses & Riding

All the horses used for the tour are owned by the Kyrgyz tribes or shepherds and carefully selected by our horseman. They are usually local breeds such as Donskaya or Kyrgyz or crosses of the two, they vary in height from 14.1-15.3hh and are very surefooted, super fit and adapted to the altitude and mountainous terrain. The saddles are very simple, traditional Kyrgyz or Russian saddles. covered with a large and deep sheep skin cloth and pretty comfortable for all day rides. Saddle bags are available on request. The horses are usually all male, either stallions or geldings. The mares are used for breeding.

Group of 6-12

580 $/person/tour

Breakfasts

Are starts with a coffee which ends with omelettes, french toasts, pancakes, burritos, porages and lots of sweets

Lunches

Packed lunchboxes for the field

Apres ski

You are welcome to our dining yurt anytime especially after ski days to hang there for some tea with bred and cheese/meet slice, where we pull out the maps and discuss the routes for further days.

Dinners

Lagman (Meat and vegetables with spicy sauce on top of a hand-stretched noodles). Plov (Rice with mutton and vegetables). Kuurdak (Fried beef/lam or chicken with potatoes). Shorpo (Soup with chunks of vegetables and lam). Oromo (vegetables and mints rolled in the pasta cooked on steam) Besh barmak (Lam, noodles, onions with a soup of a mutton). Dymdama (Vegetables with beef covered by cabbage and steamed in Kazan). Almost all the meals are have ability to be cooked as a vegetarian one.

Drinks

Unlimited Tea, French press coffee, Home made fruit juice

PAMIR.LENIN PEAK BASE CAMP

"PAMIR.LENIN PEAK BASE CAMP" horseback tour works as our final chain of the "Where the nomads are" tour and featuring five full horse riding days across the Alay valley from the Sary Tash village including one day very advanced to expert level of horseback riding to the Camp 1 (ABC, 4400 m) of Lenin Peak.

Location

Trans - Alay Range

Osh province

South Kyrgyzstan

Duratioin

7 days

Elevation

3150-3600m

Season

June-September

Starting from

690 $

You don’t have to worry about complicated accesses. All the guests and their luggages will be transferred right to the front door of the lodges by vehicles. On the morning of the lodge to lodge touring day you just pack your stuff and it will wait for you at the next destination.

Day 1

Location: Meeting in Osh Airport/Osh - Transfer to the Sary Tash village.

Altitude: 900m to 3150m via 3615

Tame taken: 3 hours, 200km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Guesthouse

You’ll be picked up at the airport and we’ll get you into the city for getting some coffee and any needs. You’ll have to see a bit of a Osh before beginning our way to Sary Tash village. Evening arrive to the Host than get all together behind the family style dinner where our guides will provide guests with a briefing about the upcoming trip and safety

Day 2

Location: Tulpar Kul lake.

Altitude: 3150m to 3500m

Tame taken: 8-9 hours, 35km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Carry sufficient water from Kyzart. Guest will find clean water from the springs or side valleys along the trail to refill water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

The second day starts from the side of the Pamir highway and ends in the Yurt village next to the Tulpar Kul lake outback pasture where you and your horse will take a rest for the future expedition. Its going to be pretty big day with smoothly crossing Alay valley where everything looks close but the scale of the landscape is simply huge! Evening host in the Yurts.

Day 3

Location: Feast in the Tulpar Kul lake

Altitude: 33500m

Tame taken: Non

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurts

Our this day provides with a culture exploring of the local life. Possibly visit our shepherds friends get horse milks, inviting people for the evening feast which is going to be a sheep cut in Kyrgyz way, making bred cocking national dishes and join a national games

Day 4

Location: ABC Camp 1 (4400m) of the Lenin Peak (7134)

Altitude: 3500m to 3500 via 4400m

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 29km

Trek gradient: Hard/Glacier travel

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

This is a pretty lonf day in a rough terrain over the passes, rivers and the glacier to the first advanced camp of the highest point of the district. We wll follow the local Horseman Sherpa’s trail all the way up to our destination. Very inspiring day with spectacular views.

Day 5

Location: Return

Altitude: 3500m to 3150m

Tame taken: 8-9 hours, 35km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Guesthouse

Smooth riding back to the village.

Day 6

Location: Sary Tash Village

Altitude: 3150m

Tame taken: 5-6 hours

Trek gradient: Medium

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Hotel

Riding down the pasture around the village to the beauties near by. At the evening time continue the trip with a vehicle by crossing Taldyk pass to the second capital of the country.

Day 7

Location: Bishkek

Altitude: 900m to 900m

Tame taken: 2 hours, 700km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Hotel

Early morning take a flight to Bishkek. As soon as the group arrives to the capital our guides will take you down to the colorful Osh Bazar and the souvenir shops. The day will ends with a small shopping and city tour.

Incuded

  • Kyrgyz Tours Guides (lead guide + tail guide)

  • Airport transfers

  • Roundtrip transfer between Bishkek-Karakol

  • Hotel in Bishkek/lodging and meals in Karakol

  • lodges, Yurts, Tents with all meals and drinks at the riding time

  • Animal support/porters (if needed)

  • One satellite phone for the crew

Excluded

  • Visa support (Kyrgyzstan offers a visa free policy for most countries

  • International flights to and from Bishkek

  • Medical/evacuation insurance

Experience

For joining our trek you should have fit and adventurous nature. This trek doesn’t require advanced horse riding skills but you have to be confident spending up to 4 to 5 hours a day on the saddle, not get too mad on a rough weather condition. On the trail we have no 5 star hotels but yurts with wood/coal burning stoves.

Group size

6 person min – 12 person max. For all groups our services are works privately. We don’t like mess in our bases and we never mix 2 different groups in one. If the number of the guests are less than 6 either more than 12, shoot us an email for discussing for how we roll in that case

Insurance

Every one who joining us for skiing/trekking/horse riding in KG should have a personal MED-EVAC insurance which can be easily paired with Kyrgyz mountain rescue service.

Gear

Whole structure of the trekking and personal gear. Kyrgyz people never use helmet, riding breeches, gaiters or any other special equipments so bring everything what can make you more safe and happy on top of the horse.

Camping

Bring everything what you would bring if you are going for a multi days trekking, except tents and kitchen needs.

Horses & Riding

All the horses used for the tour are owned by the Kyrgyz tribes or shepherds and carefully selected by our horseman. They are usually local breeds such as Donskaya or Kyrgyz or crosses of the two, they vary in height from 14.1-15.3hh and are very surefooted, super fit and adapted to the altitude and mountainous terrain. The saddles are very simple, traditional Kyrgyz or Russian saddles. covered with a large and deep sheep skin cloth and pretty comfortable for all day rides. Saddle bags are available on request. The horses are usually all male, either stallions or geldings. The mares are used for breeding.

Group of 6-12

690 $/person/tour

Breakfasts

Are starts with a coffee which ends with omelettes, french toasts, pancakes, burritos, porages and lots of sweets

Lunches

Packed lunchboxes for the field

Apres ski

You are welcome to our dining yurt anytime especially after ski days to hang there for some tea with bred and cheese/meet slice, where we pull out the maps and discuss the routes for further days.

Dinners

Lagman (Meat and vegetables with spicy sauce on top of a hand-stretched noodles). Plov (Rice with mutton and vegetables). Kuurdak (Fried beef/lam or chicken with potatoes). Shorpo (Soup with chunks of vegetables and lam). Oromo (vegetables and mints rolled in the pasta cooked on steam) Besh barmak (Lam, noodles, onions with a soup of a mutton). Dymdama (Vegetables with beef covered by cabbage and steamed in Kazan). Almost all the meals are have ability to be cooked as a vegetarian one.

Drinks

Unlimited Tea, French press coffee, Home made fruit juice

WHERE THE NOMADS ARE

"Where the nomads are" expedition featuring 15 full guided horse riding days with local horsemans in each destination and 4 days transferring between the districts and 1 day flight Between the two biggest cities of Kyrgyzstan. In total you need to have 20 days in Kyrgyz land.

Location

Teskey Ala Too range

Issyk Kul province

North Kyrgyzstan

Duratioin

20 days

Elevation

3150-4400m

Season

June-September

Starting from

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You don’t have to worry about complicated accesses. All the guests and their luggages will be transferred right to the front door of the lodges by vehicles. On the morning of the lodge to lodge touring day you just pack your stuff and it will wait for you at the next destination.

Day 1

Location: Meeting in Manas Airport/Bishkek – Transfer to Karakol town

Altitude: 900m to 1700m

Tame taken: 6-7 hours, 400km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: HGuesthouse/Yurt

You’ll be picked up at the airport and we’ll get you checked into the hotel to freshen up and rest after a long flight. You’ll have to time if you get in early to see a bit of a Bishkek before beginning another seven hours jorney to Karakol. On the way you make a turn to Burana tower where the starts historical excursion. According the timing do another break in Boom valley for a big lunch. Finally arriving to the small town at the evening time when we get all together behind the family style dinner our guides will provide guests with a briefing about the upcoming trip, safety and gear wise.

Day 2

Location: Bozuchuk heights.

Altitude: 1700m to 3200m

Tame taken: 3-4 hours, 15km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Carry sufficient water from Kyzart. Guest will find clean water from the springs or side valleys along the trail to refill water bottles.

Accomodation: Tent

This is the first day of the expedition. After breakfast drive to the Bozuchuk valley and our staging area where you’ll meet the herders with whom we work. After some preliminary instructions, gear changes and adjustments, we saddle up and begin our journey. We set out from the end of the Enchylesh village and travel up through forest, crossing the side rivers up to our first lake at the Bozuchuk heights.

Day 3

Location: Jergez twin lakes

Altitude: 3200m to 3432m via 3516m

Tame taken: 4-5 hours, 13km

Trek gradient: Medium

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Tents

TWe traverse Bozuchuk heights through open meadows, crossing the river and streams, travel up two small mountain passes for our second night’s camp in high pastures next to the twin lakes

Day 4

Location: Altyn Arashan hot springs

Altitude: 3432m to 2600 via 3671m and 3600m passes

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 21km

Trek gradient: Hard

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

All the trails which goes up must go down, go up again and finally should descent!? Another day of two passes but this time the vertical drop will build almost a thousand meters. The Ailanysh pass will be done quick and easy but can’t say the same about the Anyrty pass. The end of the day you will find yourselves chilling in the hot springs of Arashan valley.

Day 5

Location: Ala Kul pass

Altitude: 2600m to 2600m via 3860m

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 25km

Trek gradient: Easy riding day+400m vertical bootpack

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

On this day we bootpack a high and steep pass after couple hours of crossing open, wide pasture below. Here you get five star panorama view to the Lake and the main five thousanders of the Terskey Ala too range in a good weather. After a lunch right at the top of the world it waits for you descending down on the same way back to Altyn Arashan where you will get another evening hot spring session.

Day 6

Location: Tuz Kok Tuz meadow

Altitude: 2600m to 1700 via 2780m

Tame taken: 6-7 hours, 22km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Guesthouse

Very gentle descent down the valley for few hours than take a turn for another small panoramic pass with a view to Karakol town so we can ridden down right to the city.

Day 7

Location: Transfer Karakol – Kochkor village.

Altitude: 1700m to 2000m

Tame taken: 5-6 hours, 300km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: House/Yurt

Here our first part of the expedition is done now you will have a long but beautiful journey to the Kochkor village trough the south shore of the Issyk Kyl lake. Possibly visit the Jeti Oguz, Skazka canyons. See the Eagle hunters and their eagle training in Bokombaevo.

Day 8

Location: Kilemche pasture.

Altitude: 2000m to 3240m

Tame taken: 5-6 hours, 15km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

Another small travel to Kyzart village from Kochkor. Here we start another five days of adventure to the Sonkul lake from the front door of the partners house which ends in the Kilemche jailoo (Carpet pasture) where you will have a rest in a host Yurt till next day. The day starts with equipping the horses with exploring morning life of the village while you will crossing it. The rest of the day will roll on the summer shepherds pasture with gentle flowing uphill in the valley.

Day 9

Location: North shore of the SonKul lake

Altitude: 3240m to 3016m via 3450m

Tame taken: 4-5 hours, 18km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurts

Todays trekking provides with crossing one small pass of Jalgyz Karagay 3240m and features panoramic view of the lake in distant but as you ride down the slopes, it gets larger, the mountains on the opozit side gets higher until finally the lake fills most of your fieldview and the southern mountains tower above it. . Bigger part of the day will spended for uphill riding than slowly easy descent to the lake side for another starry night.

Day 10

Location: South shore of the lake.

Altitude: 3016m

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 25km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurts

This is a flat but long day just crossing lots of villages of the host and shepherds Yurts, riding along the lake with radial hikes for amazing views to the down bellow from the side passes.

Day 11

Location: Batai aral Yurt village

Altitude: 3016m

Tame taken: 8-9 hours, 35km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurts

Still riding along the Lake for finish the circle. If you’ve been a first time on horseback at the beginning of the week today you believe you will galloping.

Day 12

Location: Tuz Ashuu pass 3400m

Altitude: 3016 m to 2500m via 3400m

Tame taken: 6-7 hours,

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: lodge

Riding down the pasture via crossing the Tuz Ashu pass 3400m and drop to another side valley from the lake. Continuing trip with a 4x4 vehicle by crossing Kokomeren river to the other famous pasture Suusamyr valley.

Day 13

Location: Transfer from Suusamyr to Osh.

Altitude: 2500m to 900m

Tame taken: 9 hours, 450km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Hotel

Last day of the trip proposes early breakfast and roadtrip to the southern capital trough the famous waves of mountain passes on main road between Bishkek and Osh city. After long travel you will have a good rest night and whole morning of the next day.

Day 14

Location: Osh - Sary Tash village.

Altitude: 900m to 3150m via 3615

Tame taken: 3 hours, 200km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Guesthouse

You’ll have time to get nice break after long trip this morning get coffee and see a bit of a Osh before beginning our not rushed way to Sary Tash village

Day 15

Location: Tulpar Kul lake.

Altitude: 3150m to 3500m

Tame taken: 8-9 hours, 35km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurt

The second day starts from the side of the Pamir highway and ends in the Yurt village next to the Tulpar Kul lake outback pasture where you and your horse will take a rest for the future expedition. Its going to be pretty big day with smoothly crossing Alay valley where everything looks close but the scale of the landscape is simply huge! Evening host in the Yurts.

Day 16

Location: Feast in the Tulpar Kul lake

Altitude: 3500m

Tame taken: Non

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurts

Our this day provides with a culture exploring of the local life. Possibly visit our shepherds friends get horse milks, inviting people for the evening feast which is going to be a sheep cut in Kyrgyz way, making bred cocking national dishes and join a national games.

Day 17

Location: TABC Camp 1 (4400m) of the Lenin Peak (7134)

Altitude: 3500m to 3500 via 4400m

Tame taken: 7-8 hours, 29km/p>

Trek gradient: Hard/Glacier travel

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Yurts

This is a pretty lonf day in a rough terrain over the passes, rivers and the glacier to the first advanced camp of the highest point of the district. We wll follow the local Horseman Sherpa’s trail all the way up to our destination. Very inspiring day with spectacular views.

Day 18

Location: Return

Altitude: 3500m to 3150m

Tame taken: 8-9 hours, 35km

Trek gradient: Easy

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Guesthouse

Smooth riding back to the village.

Day 19

Location: Sary Tash Village

Altitude: 3150m

Tame taken: 5-6 hours

Trek gradient: Medium

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Hotel

Riding down the pasture around the village to the beauties near by. At the evening time continue the trip with a vehicle by crossing Taldyk pass to the second capital of the country.

Day 20

Location: Bishkek

Altitude: 900m to 900m

Tame taken: 2 hours, 700km

Trek gradient: Non

Water sources: Water bottles.

Accomodation: Hotel

Early morning take a flight to Bishkek. As soon as the group arrives to the capital our guides will take you down to the colorful Osh Bazar and the souvenir shops. The day will ends with a small shopping and city tour.

Incuded

  • Kyrgyz Tours Guides (lead guide + tail guide)

  • Airport transfers

  • All the transfers between the districts

  • Flight between the Osh – Bishkek on the last day

  • Hotel in Bishkek (last night)

  • Hotel in Osh

  • Roundtrip transfer between Bishkek-Karakol

  • Hotel in Bishkek/lodging and meals in Karakol

  • lodges, Yurts, Tents with all meals and drinks at the riding time

  • Animal support/porters (if needed)

  • One satellite phone for the crew

Excluded

  • Visa support (Kyrgyzstan offers a visa free policy for most countries

  • International flights to and from Bishkek

  • Medical/evacuation insurance

Experience

For joining our trek you should have fit and adventurous nature. This trek doesn’t require advanced horse riding skills but you have to be confident spending up to 7 to 8 hours a day on the saddle.

Group size

6 person min – 12 person max. For all groups our services are works privately. We don’t like mess in our bases and we never mix 2 different groups in one. If the number of the guests are less than 6 either more than 12, shoot us an email for discussing for how we roll in that case

Insurance

Every one who joining us for skiing/trekking/horse riding in KG should have a personal MED-EVAC insurance which can be easily paired with Kyrgyz mountain rescue service.

Gear

Whole structure of the trekking and personal gear. Kyrgyz people never use helmet, riding breeches, gaiters or any other special equipments so bring everything what can make you more safe and happy on top of the horse.

Camping

Bring everything what you would bring if you are going for a multi days trekking, except tents and kitchen needs.

Horses & Riding

All the horses used for the tour are owned by the Kyrgyz tribes or shepherds and carefully selected by our horseman. They are usually local breeds such as Donskaya or Kyrgyz or crosses of the two, they vary in height from 14.1-15.3hh and are very surefooted, super fit and adapted to the altitude and mountainous terrain. The saddles are very simple, traditional Kyrgyz or Russian saddles. covered with a large and deep sheep skin cloth and pretty comfortable for all day rides. Saddle bags are available on request. The horses are usually all male, either stallions or geldings. The mares are used for breeding.

Group of 6-12

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Breakfasts

Are starts with a coffee which ends with omelettes, french toasts, pancakes, burritos, porages and lots of sweets

Lunches

Packed lunchboxes for the field

Apres ski

You are welcome to our dining yurt anytime especially after ski days to hang there for some tea with bred and cheese/meet slice, where we pull out the maps and discuss the routes for further days.

Dinners

As we following the shepherds trail we won’t know what waits us for dinner in each camp but here is the list of a local regular dinners up in the mountains:

Lagman (Meat and vegetables with spicy sauce on top of a hand-stretched noodles). Plov (Rice with mutton and vegetables). Kuurdak (Fried beef/lam or chicken with potatoes). Shorpo (Soup with chunks of vegetables and lam). Oromo (vegetables and mints rolled in the pasta cooked on steam) Besh barmak (Lam, noodles, onions with a soup of a mutton). Dymdama (Vegetables with beef covered by cabbage and steamed in Kazan). Almost all the meals are have ability to be cooked as a vegetarian one.

Drinks

Unlimited Tea, French press coffee, Home made fruit juice

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