Kyrgyzstan Horseback riding tour

Kyrgyzstan horse tour

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Kyrgyzstan Horseback riding tour
The Kyrgyz way of nomad horse riding

TOUR ITINERARY

We will pick you up at the airport / border point and bring you to the capital (check-in at 14:00).

After some rest, there will be a visit to the Bishkek city. We will visit sights such as the central square Ala Too with its monuments and the Oak park.

After lunch at the local restaurant, we visit a famous old market called the Osh bazar. Just as you step the into the market, you plunge into the real oriental atmosphere with an interminable stream of people and a huge variety of goods, smells and colors.

Dinner in the traditional restaurant where you can taste the national Kyrgyz cuisine.

Meals included: lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Hotel 3* (Rixon Hotel or similar)

Breakfast in the hotel. Our journey begins with a visit to the Burana Tower. The Burana Tower is an ancient minaret in the Chuy Valley in the north part of Kyrgyzstan. The tower with funerary monuments, earthworks, remains of the castle, and three mausoleums – that’s all that last out of the ancient town Balasagyn founded by Karakhanids at the end of the ninth century.

Lunch in Iskra village with a Doungan family, the Chinese Muslims who had to flee China. You taste their national cuisine. Then we head to the Tar Suu village located in Chon Kemin Valley, known for its beauty and the rich diversity of animals and plants. You go for a walk in the village to explore the lifestyle of the local people.

Dinner in the guesthouse.

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Guesthouse (Kemin Guesthouse or similar)

Option: horseback riding (13 USD /person horse rental + 25 USD local horse guide service). Possible to book and pay on site

After breakfast in the guest house you start 2-day horse trek to the northern shore of Lake Issykul.

We head towards the pastures of Akytay, around noon we will climb to the point where we will have a panoramic view of the entire valley. We have a picnic there. Horses can rest too.
After lunch we continue our trek. We go towards the Kalmak-Ashu pass.

We install the tents on the foot of the pass. Dinner around the fire and rest in the tents.

Horse riding: 6 hours

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Tent

Breakfast in the tents. Then we take our horses and we go down towards Issyk Kul Lake, the pearl of Kyrgyzstan. Issyk Kul is the second largest alpine lake in the world after Lake Titicaca. Its name means “hot lake” in Kyrgyz.

In the afternoon you will reach the point where your horse trek ends. Your driver picks you up. Your horse guide returns with his horses to Chon Kemin.

You go to the hotel in Cholpon Ata where you rest and take a shower. You can swim in the lake later and relax a bit on the beach.

Dinner at the restaurant.
Horse riding: 6 hours

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Hotel 4* (Kapriz Resort or similar)

After breakfast we go towards Kochkor village.

On the way we can stop in the small village Kyzyl Tuu. Here you will see how the Kyrgyz family makes the yurts and you try to set up with help of local people the real Kyrgyz yurt. This family is engaged in this unique art from generation to generation.

Lunch in Kochkor in the guesthouse or in the local restaurant. Free time before dinner. You can stroll through the village and visit the local market. 

Dinner and overnight in the guesthouse. 

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner 

Accommodation: Guesthouse (Mira Guesthouse or similar)

Breakfast in the guesthouse. Transfer by car from Kochkor to Isakeev village (15 minutes). From here you start the horse trek towards Ters Tor pastures, famous for their pure air and crystalline waters. Picnic on the way.

Arrival in the shepherds’ yurt in Kol Ukok. You can walk around and take nice photos of the lake and surrounding mountains. Dinner in the yurt.

Horse riding: 15 km, +1000m, 5h

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner

Accommodation: Yurt camp* *Note: yurt capacity 4-6 people. Toilets are outside. No shower in the camp.

After the breakfast in yurt we return on horseback by the same path to the starting point of our trek where the driver is waiting for us.

Lunch in Kochkor in the local restaurant or guesthouse. Transfer by car to Kyzart village (1 hour). On arrival you can rest and take a shower / sauna.

Dinner and overnight in the guesthouse.
Horse riding: 15km, – 1000m, 4h

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner Accommodation:
Guesthouse (Maksat Guesthouse or similar)

Breakfast at the guest house. Transfer to the starting point.

The 2-day horse trek to Son Kul Lake begins. We will ride down through the Kilemche valley. The valley’s name means in Kyrgyz language “like a carpet”, and this carpet is presented by the
variety of mountain herbs and alpine flowers covering all the nearby slopes.

Picnic on the way is planned.

We arrive at the shepherds’ yurt camp where we spend the night. Dinner in the yurt.

Horse riding: 17 km, + – 200m, 4h

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Yurt camp

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*Note: yurt capacity 4-6 people.
Toilets are outside. No shower in the camp

After breakfast we continue our trek.

Horseback ride provides a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the beauty of these places and feel a part of the nature. Today we cross Tuz Ashu pass (3 400m).

From the pass Son Kul Lake seems very small, but as we go down and approach the lake, it appears as a big and gorgeous lake.
When we arrive in the yurts camp, you get to know the hospitality of the nomads, their lifestyle and their customs.

Diner and overnight in the yurt camp.
Horse riding: 14 km, +800m, -400m, 5h

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Yurt camp

*Optionally: national horse games demonstration (100-200 USD per group). Possible to book
and pay on site


* Note: 4-6 people per yurt. Toilets and shower are outside. 

Breakfast in the yurt.

We suggest you go horseback riding on the large meadows with an unforgettable view of the lake and take pictures of this magical place.

You can learn a lot about the way of life of the Kyrgyz shepherds, the semi-nomads. We also advise you to taste the kymys, the famous national drink (mare’s milk). 

Meals included: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Accommodation: Yurt camp

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Optionally: national horse games demonstration (100-200 USD per group). Possible to book
and pay on site



* Note: 4-6 people per yurt. Toilets and shower are outside. 

Breakfast in the yurt camp. Transfer to Bishkek.

We will return to the civilization by descending from Kalmak Ashuu (3400m) and thought Boom gorge.

You can take picture of this beauty and breathtaking sceneries.

Lunch on the road.

Upon arrival we will have time to visit the local market and buy some presents.

In the evening, we will have a dinner in the traditional Kyrgyz restaurant.

Meals included: breakfast
Accommodation: 3 star My Hotel / Rixon or similar

Transfer to airport. Departure.

Meals included: breakfast

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Tour updated 10.1.2024

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