🇰🇬 Mountains and horses
Kyrgyzstan
Ninety percent mountains. Kyrgyzstan is where TREKS travellers go to ride, trek and sleep in yurts under the Tian Shan.
- Typical length
- 7–16 days
- Difficulty
- Moderate to challenging
- Best time
- June–September
Highlights
- Tian Shan mountains
- Song-Kul lake and yurt camps
- Issyk-Kul
- Horse trekking
- Remote valleys and passes
- Alpine lakes
Practical information
- Getting there
- International flights to Bishkek and Osh.
- Entry requirements
- Entry rules vary by nationality — check official guidance before booking.
- Terrain
- High pasture, alpine passes, glacial valleys.
- Altitude
- Many routes between 2,000 m and 3,800 m.
Mountain passes are seasonal and can close with weather. Some border regions require permits arranged in advance.
What you can do here
Experiences in Kyrgyzstan
Example itinerary
One clear way to see Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan Mountain Escape
A short, high-value week in the Tian Shan: alpine lakes, a yurt camp on the jailoo and a day in the saddle.
- Length
- 7 days
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Best time
- June–September
- Day 1Arrive Bishkek — Airport transfer, route briefing and kit check with your guide.
- Day 2Into the mountains — Drive south through gorges and pasture to your first valley base.
- Day 3Alpine lake day walk — A full day walking to a glacial lake and back, building altitude.
- Day 4Horse trekking — A day riding with local herders across summer pasture.
- + 3 more days
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