Category: Horseback riding
Duration: 3 days, 2 nights
Best Season: May — October
Difficulty: Moderate; passes at 3200 m
Requirements: Trekking boots, waterproof clothes, hat, sunscreen and sunglasses.
Distance: About 33 km trek
Overnight Stay: B&B, dinner in yurt camp
DESCRIPTION: Camp with Kyrgyz families who spend their summers tending and protecting their herds of sheep. Follow ancient trails as you move from jailoo to jailoo. Your surefooted horses will find their way along wild river gorges and up winding paths through the rocky landscape. As you approach the summit of Kumbell Pass, the air becomes cold and fresh. At the top, you are rewarded with a breathtaking view of the sweeping expanse of the Alay valley.
ITINERARY: Osh city – Kum Bell Pass 3150 m – Saryoi summer camp – Airybell Pass 3000 m – Tepshi summer camp — Osh city
Day 1. Osh city –Chyyrchyck Pass 2400 m – Kumbell Pass 3150 m — Saryoi summer camp
Departure from Osh city. One hour drive on Pamir Highway takes you to the Chyyrchyck Pass. Meet the horses and receive a short instruction on riding. Ride three hours to get to the Kum Bell pass. See shepherds busy with making bread and milking mares. Lunch at the top of the pass. Enjoy the stunning beauty of great Alay valley. Descend the pass amongst dense junipers. Arrive at locals’ camp and be accommodated in your yurt. Participate in shepherds’ life. Overnight and dinner are in a shepherd’s yurt.
Day 2. Airybll Pass 3000 m — down to Tepshi summer camp
Breakfast. Head up to the breathtaking pass Ayirybell through ancient trails . Lunch at the top. Descend toward summer camp Tepshi. Participate in shepherds’ life. Overnight and dinner are in a shepherd’s yurt.
Day 3. Karabulak village — down to Osh city.
Breakfast. Ride down from the pass to reach the main road (3 hours). Enjoy riding down through the yurts of nomads and experience the Kyrgyz life in these gorgeous mountains of Karabulak village. Meet your driver to return to Osh city.
Experience and enjoy Kyrgyzstan with us!