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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 or season. The accessability of some places can change during the year. Therefore, it is difficult to provide a fixed price.
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Why you will love this tour
Day 1. Bishkek – Kyzart – Kilemche
Let’s explore the country! This morning you will drive to Kyzart village. The drive time is five hours, so you will arrive in the village by the lunchtime. Before you will get on your horse, you have a lunch in local guesthouse. After a brief demonstration of horse riding from your guide, you will set off on journey on horse towards to Kilemche pasture. As you will leave the village behind, follow the trail as it gradually climbs up the west bank of the stream of Chaar-Archa river. Then you will break off to the right towards the valley of Kilemche - a summer pasture of the local nomads. After your arrival and cup of tea, get ready to enjoy the smooth atmosphere of the valley with a sweeping views. Keep your camera handy to catch beautiful sunset over the mountains. Release the horses for overnight with your guide and go for the dinner at boz-ui - a traditional dwelling of the nomad Kyrgyz people. Notes: at yurt
Day 2. Kilemche –Song-Kol Lake
After breakfast in Kilemche, you will continue the journey on horse towards to Jalgyz-Karagai pass (3400 m) on the way to Song-Kol Lake. The pass provides a great panoramic view to both – Song-Kol lake and Kilemche valley on other side. After a while enjoying the view and giving a break for the horses, the ride continues across grassy hills, home to grazing herds of sheep, goat, horse, and cattle. In the warm summer months, nomad families will be busy with daily chores including milking cows and horses. You will arrive in yurt camp by the lake for lunch and fuel up with a hearty lunch before hitting the road again. You will have about two hours more of horse riding on the trail by the lake until you reach the Tuz-Ashuu pasture, where the local shepherd’s family will cordially welcome you with a bowl of kymyz – a national Kyrgyz drink made from horse milk. The remainder of the day you will spend with the family watching their daily life. For hiking lovers, the valley is a great place to stroll over the mountains around. Notes: at yurt
Day 3. Song-Kol – Kyzart – Ysyk-Kol Lake
Take some extra time to enjoy the scenery of Song-Kol lake before you start the journey. With mountains in the background, the lake looks even more beautiful in the morning sunlight. Once you get on your horse again, choose the upper trail for better views of the lake and make your way towards Kara-Kiya pass. From here, the ride is fairly moderately strenuous as you will descend towards the village, then spend the last hours of smooth riding until you will reach the village. On arrival, you will have a lunch at guesthouse and continue your journey east driving to Bokonbayevo village, taking in stunning views of Ysyk-Kol Lake and enormous mountains of Terskey-Ala-Too. After you will check-in at the guesthouse, you can rest until dinner. If you still have a spare time in the evening, you will go for a short trip to Fairy-Tale canyons. Notes: at guesthouse
Day 4. Bokonbaev – Boz Salkyn pasture
Wake up at guesthouse with breakfast this morning. Today you will enjoy a peaceful horse riding on the southern part of Ysyk-Kol Lake. Your smooth horse riding allows for better enjoyment of the observation of the peaceful animal's life, including dozens herds of horses - a forever partners of nomads. Your today’s destination for horse riding is Jazy-Kechuu valley. You will stop by the river of Uch-Korgon on the middle of the way for picnic before you’ll climb up to Karaly-Archa pass (3200 m). You will have one more hour of horse riding from the pass until you reach the shepherd’s yurt. Enjoy a supper at yurt under a starry night sky in this beautifully wild landscape. Notes: at yurt
Day 5. Boz-Salkyn – Bokonbaev - Bishkek
Saddle up your horse this morning for your last day horse riding in Kyrgyzstan. Today you will ride back to the village. Enjoy the ride with a 3-hours ride against a backdrop of stunning scenery and sweeping views of the gorgeous mountains of Terskey Ala-Too ridge. After lunch at guesthouse in the village, get ready to meet the hunters with eagle. After some explanations about golden eagles and hunting with them, he will demonstrate hunting process. Finish up your Kyrgyzstan experience with a driving day back to the capital of Kyrgyzstan - Bishkek city. The last stop on your travel map is an archaeological and architectural complex "Burana Tower", registered on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites. Founded in the 11th century, the Burana tower was the minaret of a mosque in the city of Balasagun, the capital of the once largest empire – Khara-Khanid Khanate of local Turkic-speaking tribes in Central Asia. While except of the tower none of the original city stands above ground today, there is a museum onsite that explains the history of this important site and showcases some of the archaeological discoveries. Take a tour of the ruins in the surrounding hills and then visit the top of the tower with a view of Chui Valley. After arriving in the capital top off the day at restaurant with the farewell dinner with your guide team.
Good to know
Horse riding experience not required
We have from 8 to 10 days tour options following this itinerary
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