Discover the Song Kol Lake, one of the most stunning mountain lakes in the world. Our Song Kol Horse Trek Adventure (5-days) combines the best horse trek in Kyrgyzstan with stunning mountain landscapes, views of glacier fed alpine lake, Kyrgyz nomadic culture, and much more.

Our expert guides will take you on an unforgettable journey through this beautiful mountain range in Kyrgyzstan.

Highlights from the Song Kol Horse Trek Adventure include:

• Beautiful mountain vistas crossing high passes filled with grazing animals, endless peaks
• Stunning views of Song Kol Lake riding from northern to southern shore
• Diverse landscapes, from high attitude alpine lakes and vast valleys to lush green forests
• Sleeping in a traditional yurt where you’ll have an opportunity to meet Kyrgyz shepherds, learn about traditional nomadic culture, and enjoy hearty home-cooked meals
• A commitment to community tourism so that your tour will benefit local communities and families in the region
• Small Group Travel join other fellow travelers to share the price and make it more adventures

Combine this with other horse treks in Kyrgyzstan: If you are interested in continuing on more riding, you can easily combine this with other horse treks.

Distance: 1-hr driving/5-hrs horse riding     Meals: L, D               Accommodation: yurt camp

After breakfast at Kochkor homestay, your guide does a short briefing about the horsetrek. Then drive towards the west on the Kochkor — Jumgal road. Arrive at the Kyzart Pass, where your guide team welcomes you with horses waiting for you. 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 the 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.

Riding distance: 5-hours      Meals: B,L, D                Accommodation: yurt camp

After breakfast at Kilemche, spend the morning climbing to Jalgyz Karagai 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. Follow the lakeshore west to the yurt camp at Tuz-Ashuu summer camp for lunch. After lunch, we ride about 2-hours along the lake shore with many shepherds busy with daily activities. Upon arrival, meet your host family of Kyrgyz shepherds. Meals and overnight are in a yurt of shepherds. 

Riding distance: 5-hours      Meals: B, L, D                Accommodation: yurt camp

After breakfast, we mount on our horses and ride along the lakeshore towards Sook Kolot summer camp located on the southwestern shore of Song Kol Lake. It is indeed a scenic ride with many grazing livestock scattered in the valley. The waving sound of the lake takes away all your stresses while riding. Picnic lunch on the way. After a few hours of riding, we reach our yurt camp Mirlan.  Your welcomes you with hot tea before dinner. 

Riding distance: 5-hours      Meals: B, L,D                Accommodation: tent

We say goodbye to our host and ride slowly up to the pass Oiurma at….. As we ascend towards the pass, we leave Song Kol behind. Enjoy the mountains views surrounding Song Kol Lake on top of the pass. The view of this vast valley gives you a sense of awe appreciating the nature’s beauty. Our ride easily goes down to our campsite along the small stream in the gorge. Arrival at our campsite located right before a small pass beatified by evergreen trees.

Distance: 5-hrs riding/5-6 hrs driving    Meals: B, L

After breakfast, we ride over a small pass “Karagayiluu Moinok” into Kindick Valley filled with evergreen trees. The valley is a kind of forest withan overflowing river making the landscape totally different from our last days. Enjoy the contrast of nature. We stop at shepherd’s yurt camp for a lunch and play with the kids of a family while your lunch is being prepared.  After lunch, we ride about 2 hours in this scenic forest hidden in the mountains until we reach our transport. Meet your driver and head on to Kochkor City via Naryn City. Our drive shortly passes by the largest river of the country “Naryn”. Arrival in Kochkor city at 18:00 pm.