Horseback Riding To Son-Kul Lake
About this tour
Entertaitmant: horseback riding, trekking. Sleep in a yurts.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1: Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Arrival in Bishkek Manas Airport Meeting at the airport. Moving to Bishkek. Hotel accommodation. City tour, visit, Ala-Too Square, Victory Square, Oak Park, Osh Bazaar, Russian Orthodox Church.
Day 2: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan
Early in the morning head towards west on the Kochkor — Jumgal road. Arrive at the Kyzart Pass, where start your horseback tour with crossing the Kyzyl-Kiya jailoo, an enormous, relatively flat sea of grass. Continue over the Chaar-Archa Pass (3 061 m) into the Chaar-Archa Valley and eat a tasty lunch by the racing river, with views of holy 4400 m Baba-Ata Mountain. Sated, ford the river and follow the trail over verdant hills to Kilemche Jailoo. The name means “like a carpet,” and this swathe of grass covers whole mountain ranges, with shadings as subtle as any shyrdak (shyrdak is a Kyrgyz felt carpet). Dine and sleep in a yurt, naturally by the Tuz-Ashuu pass. Horse time: 5-6 hours. Trek time: 5-6 hours.
Day 3: Kyzart, Kyrgyzstan to Song-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast at Kilemche, spend the morning climbing to Tuz-Ashuu pass (3400 m), over the Song-Kol Mountains and into the lake’s basin. The morning climb affords wonderful views of Kilemche jailoo, and the pass itself is rocky and exciting. From the pass, Song-Kol is still distant, but as you traipse down the slopes, it gets larger and larger; the mountains on the other side get higher and higher, until finally the lake fills most of your field of view and the southern mountains tower above it. picnic at the lake on the hill with amazing view, after lunch follow the lakeshore west to the yurt at Uzbek-Ashuu. Upon arrival meet your host family of Kyrgyz shepherds. Meals and overnight are in a yurt of shepherds. Horse time: 5 hours. Trek time: 5-6 hours.
Day 4: Kyzart, Kyrgyzstan to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
After breakfast from yurt camp leave SongKul to Kyzart village via Uzbek Pass. The pass opens you spectacular panoramic view to all SongKol valley. Say “Goodbye SongKol” and ride down to the village where your lunch will be waiting for you in family home stay. After lunch transfer to Kochkor. Accommodation and dinner in the home stay. Horse time is 5 hours. Trek time: 6 hours.
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What to know
This tour can be customiThis is a draft program. It can be changed due to changes of flight-schedules, safety reason, weather conditions and others imponderable or unforeseen conditions. Price are calculated and are subject to change of wide fluctuations in prices or exchange rates.zed. Please get in touch with me.
Route & locations
Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan