3 days

Kyzart to Song-Kol Lake

Over the Tuz-Ashuu Pass to the lake at 3,016 m, two nights in yurt camps, back down to Kyzart.

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Length: 3 days
Price: From 18,000 som per person
Riding level: Easy. You do not need to have ridden before.
Season: Year-round

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What one person pays

20,000som

2 riders sharing the ride

Cash in Kyrgyz som, paid in Kyzart village itself. No cards.

What a day looks like

Breakfast at the camp, four to six hours riding with a long break for lunch, then the next camp by late afternoon. Evenings are quiet and the food is cooked where you sleep.

Day by day

Day 1 — Kyzart to Kilemche Valley
Meet in Kyzart village between 12 and 1, and have lunch at a local house with your guide. A short riding demo, then about four hours to Kilemche Valley with a break on the way. Tea when you arrive, the sunset if you want it, and your first night in a yurt at 2,500 m.
Day 2 — Kilemche Valley to Song-Kol Lake
Breakfast around half nine, then up over the Tuz-Ashuu Pass at 3,400 m — about two hours, with a stop at the top for the view across the range. Another two hours down to the yurt camp on the northern shore of Song-Kol, at 3,016 m. Lunch at the camp, and the afternoon is yours: walk the shore, or do nothing at all.
Day 3 — Song-Kol Lake back to Kyzart
Breakfast around nine, then back to Kyzart over the Kara-Kiya Pass at 3,340 m, with a break halfway. Lunch at a local house when you arrive.