🗓️ Time of year: 🌸 May to October
🏇 Tour category: Horse Riding | ⭐ Most Popular
📅 Duration: 5 days
💰 PRICE
💵 The price is influenced by various factors such as group size 👥 and season 🌤️. The accessibility of some places may change during the year 🏔️, therefore it is difficult to provide a fixed price.
🗺️ Itinerary
- 🏙️ Bishkek
- 🐎 Song-Kol Lake
- 🌊 Ysyk-Kol Lake
- 🏙️ Bishkek
🏡 Accommodation
- 🛖 3 nights at yurt
- 🏠 1 night at guesthouse
🎒 Useful info
- 🌧️ Waterproof and warm clothes
- 🧢 Hat
- 🕶️ Sunglasses and ☀️ sunscreen
❤️ Why you will love this tour
- 🛖 Experience nomadic life in a traditional Kyrgyz dwelling boz-ui (yurt)
- 🏔️ Enjoy breathtaking views of alpine lakes, endless fields, and majestic mountains
- 🐎 Discover authentic nomadic Kyrgyzstan on horseback
- 🌊 Visit Song-Kol and Ysyk-Kol Lakes on horseback
🥾 Day 1. Bishkek – Kyzart – Kilemche
🚐 Let’s explore the country! This morning you will drive to Kyzart Village. The journey takes around 5 hours, arriving by lunchtime. 🍽️ Before mounting your horse, enjoy lunch at a local guesthouse.
🐎 After a short horse-riding demonstration by your guide, begin your ride towards Kilemche Pasture. Leaving the village behind, follow the trail climbing along the west bank of the Chaar-Archa River before turning toward the beautiful Kilemche Valley, the summer pasture of local nomads.
☕ Upon arrival, enjoy tea while admiring sweeping mountain views. 🌄 Keep your camera ready for a spectacular sunset over the mountains. 📸 After releasing the horses for the night with your guide, enjoy dinner inside a traditional boz-ui (yurt). 🛖
🛖 Notes: Overnight in a yurt.
🥾 Day 2. Kilemche – Song-Kol Lake
🌅 After breakfast, continue horseback riding towards Jalgyz-Karagai Pass (3,400 m). 🏔️ The pass offers magnificent panoramic views of both Song-Kol Lake 💙 and Kilemche Valley.
🐑 Continue riding through rolling green hills dotted with sheep, goats, horses, and cattle. During summer, you'll see nomadic families busy with their daily life, including milking cows and mares. 🐄🐎
🍽️ Arrive at the lakeside yurt camp for lunch before continuing your ride along the lake for another two hours to Tuz-Ashuu Pasture.
🥛 Here, a local shepherd's family will welcome you with a bowl of Kymyz, the traditional fermented mare's milk of Kyrgyzstan.
🌿 Spend the rest of the day experiencing authentic nomadic life or enjoy a relaxing hike in the surrounding hills.
🛖 Notes: Overnight in a yurt.
🥾 Day 3. Song-Kol – Kyzart – Ysyk-Kol Lake
🌄 Enjoy a peaceful morning at Song-Kol Lake, where the early sunlight creates unforgettable scenery.
🐎 Ride along the upper trail toward Kara-Kiya Pass, enjoying even more spectacular views of the lake before descending toward Kyzart Village.
🍽️ After lunch at a guesthouse, continue east by vehicle 🚐 to Bokonbayevo Village, passing alongside the magnificent Ysyk-Kol Lake 🌊 with stunning views of the Terskey Ala-Too Mountains. 🏔️
🏠 After checking into your guesthouse, relax until dinner. If time permits, visit the magical Fairy-Tale Canyon (Skazka Canyon). 🏜️✨
🏠 Notes: Overnight at guesthouse.
🥾 Day 4. Bokonbaev – Boz Salkyn Pasture
🍳 After breakfast, enjoy another unforgettable horseback adventure along the southern shore of Ysyk-Kol Lake. 🌊
🐎 Ride peacefully through valleys where dozens of horse herds graze freely across endless alpine meadows. 🌿
🥪 Stop for a picnic beside the Uch-Korgon River before climbing to Karaly-Archa Pass (3,200 m). 🏔️
🐑 Continue for another hour until reaching a shepherd's yurt, where you'll spend the evening enjoying traditional hospitality beneath a star-filled sky. ✨🌌
🛖 Notes: Overnight in a yurt.
🥾 Day 5. Boz-Salkyn – Bokonbaev – Bishkek
🌅 Saddle up for your final horseback ride in Kyrgyzstan. 🐎 Enjoy a relaxing 3-hour ride surrounded by breathtaking views of the Terskey Ala-Too Mountains. 🏔️
🍽️ After lunch at the guesthouse, meet a traditional Golden Eagle Hunter. 🦅 Learn about the ancient art of eagle hunting before watching a live hunting demonstration.
🚐 Continue driving back to Bishkek, stopping at the famous Burana Tower, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 🏛️ Built in the 11th century, it was once the minaret of the ancient city of Balasagun, capital of the Kara-Khanid Khanate.
🏛️ Explore the museum, archaeological ruins, and climb the tower for panoramic views of the Chui Valley. 🌄
🍽️ Finish your unforgettable Kyrgyz adventure with a farewell dinner alongside your guide team before arriving in Bishkek. ❤️
ℹ️ Good to know
- ✅ Horse riding experience is not required.
- 🐎 We also offer 8–10 day tour options following this itinerary.
- 📩 If you would like information regarding the price of this tour, please send us a request.
