Horseback riding to Son-Kul lake
Son-Kul Lake is one of the best places in Kyrgyzstan where you can test your riding skills and feel the nomadic lifestyle by sleeping in a yurt and dipping in the wild.Kyrgyzstan is a land of horses and I think no trip to the country would be quite complete without a horse trek to lake Song Kol. There is a beautiful peace that surrounds the water and the hills all around it. The landscape there is particularly special with the yurts scattered here and there.
march-novemver
Availaibility
3 Day
Duration
240$
Price starts
- Itinerary
Day 1: Kochkor-Kilemche
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 2: Kilemche — Tuz-Ashuu – Uzbek Ashuu
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.
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Day 3: Son kul — Kyzart village via «Uzbek»pass 3400m.
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.
- Price info
- 1pax – 360$
- 2pax – 265$
- 3pax – 240$
- Price includes
•Accommodation on double/twin base at above mentioned hotels and in common yurts
•Meal base: Full Board (3 meals per day)
•All activities as indicated in the program
•Entrance fees to monuments as indicated in the program;
•Horses & local horseman
•Organization of the trip
•Your contribution to our sustainable development projects
- Price excludes
- International flight tickets;
- International banking fees;
- Travel & repatriation insurance
- Alcohol & Sodas
- All personal expenses
- Tips (always optional, always appreciated)
- Map
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