Next departure: 19.09.2026
Meeting point: Bishkek
We spend most of our time together with our horses. With enough animals for luggage and ourselves we are able to ride long distances and spend multiple days in a row in nature. We discover open valleys and beautiful camp spots along the route, and cook for ourselves.
Traveling Kyrgyzstan in the most authentic way. Even the locals agree on this! If you know how to deal with horses, you will enjoy the freedom riding through wide landscapes with little to no baggage, and be impressed of the horses’ confidence in difficult terrain.
Not much more to do than caring for our horses and ourselves, and making some progress along the route. Sounds not much. Yet in the end always enough to be tired in the evening.
From meandering rivers in open valleys to wild waters in narrow gorges. From rocky mountain peaks to mellow pasture lands.
Are you an adventurous horse loving soul. This trip is a true wilderness beauty. If you are not afraid of camping 6 nights, with around -5°C… This trip might be for you.
This trip is not for non-outdoorsy people, with no camping experience or horse riding skills. Also not suitable for those expecting luxery glamping campsites or jeep support during the trail. We’ll be on our own, without reception.
This trip takes place for the first time! Expedition style trekking: Flexibility is necessary of the participants.
Our day by day program:
Day 1: Flying to Bishkek.
Day 2: Arriving at the airport and transfer to the city, Karakol. We’ll spend our 1st night already in cosy 2 people yurts.
Day 3: Preparing for our trekking ( buying food, visiting the city,…) in the afternoon we travel to the mountain village, Jergalan, sleeping in yurts.
Day 4 : Very scenic drive from Jergalan village to Enilchek ( former Sovjet mining town) – Sleeping in guesthouse.
Day 5- 11: 7 Days of horse trekking at it’s best, we spend 5 to 8 hours in the saddle, we cross over high mountain passes. This 7 days include 1 bad weather day. We’ll finish the trip with a visit to the nearby natural hotsprings, by horse!! We’ll sleep all nights in our tents.
( In case we finish our trekking very smooth and in 1 day less then planned, we’ll have a day ride without luggage with some lovely gallop stretches for those who want)
Day 12: Transport back to Karakol ( 6 hour drive), sleeping in Yurts.
Day 13: Transfer along the south side of the big Issyk Kul lake, 3.5hrs. The driveway to our yurt camp for this eve, is the famous Ak say canyon. Possible to hike around with us to visit the canyon or just relax at the beach.
Day 14: Last stretch of driving to the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek. We’ll have an afternoon time to visit the city center, buy some souvenirs or get a 5$ haircut. We’ll finish off the trip with a traditional dinner and some drinks for those who want. We’ll sleep in a comfortabel modern hotel ( twin rooms).
Day 15: Transfer to the airport.
We live 100% outside during the trekking. A wonderful experience but with bad weather it can be hard.
During the whole trekking we sleep in our tents. This area of Kyrgyzstan is very wild, cold nights or unexpected snowfall can always be the case.
Most of the time we are in the saddle, some steep or dangerous stretches we walk next to our horses. We will be most of the time between 2000 and 4000m a.b.s.l.
For intermediate to experienced horse riders. Although we move pretty slow the terrain is challenging. Not for people who scared off riding on narrow, steep tracks.
We’ll suggest you to be comfortable in all 3 gaits, and in mountain terrain. Most suitable for riders with camping experience or for un complicated riders that are in for something new.
As we’ll be riding on high altitude ( 3000 – 4000m), it is best to have a basic fitness level.
No need to prepare special technics for this trip.
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A pack list will be provided.
Bring outdoorsy riding clothes:
including good quality rain clothes, warm clothes for fresh evenings.
The following equipment can be rented from us.
Possible to rent sleeping mat and / or sleeping bag.
( the local mats are not great quality, we highly suggest to bring your own)
Bishkek
Manas international airport – Bishkek
tunduk operates a structured risk management concept that applies to every trip. Prevention is the priority – we mitigate risk with conservative route decisions, timing, and group management. When conditions change, plans change.
All participants are required to read the tunduk Emergency Concept. It covers prevention, decision-making in the field, and emergency procedures.
On all trips in remote areas without mobile coverage we carry a Garmin inReach satellite communicator for emergency communication.
general travel safety information on our destination pages →
Wearing a riding helmet is your own responsibility. While we highly recommend wearing one, it is not mandatory.
Insurance is the responsibility of each participant. Coverage must include health (illness and accident), rescue and evacuation in the destination country, and repatriation. We may ask for proof of insurance prior to departure.
Travel insurance is not mandatory but strongly recommended. It should cover trip cancellation, lost equipment, and any activity-specific risks relevant to the trip.
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14 days · 4-4 pers. · from CHF 2400.-
16 days · 4-6 pers. · from CHF 2550.-
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