Traditional cowboys

Endless savanna

Incredible wildlife!

My trip

7 days on a ranch

-Los Llanos, Colombia

Embark on a horse trek through the mountanous wilderness of Kyrgyzstan — a place where nature still rules. Over six unforgettable days, we will ride far from concrete, paved roads, and electricity poles, exploring vast open steppes and high mountain valleys.

We gallop across wide open landscapes and set up camp under star-soaked skies, falling asleep to the sound of grazing horses and waking up with the sun. Along the way wee visit my Kyrgyz friends in their yurts and you get to experience the nomadic life.
If you’re longing for freedom, adventure, and a true escape into the outdoors, this journey on horseback is for you!

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overview

  • duration 7days / 7nights / 7 days of riding

  • cost 1150 euro per person

  • max riders 10

  • time in the saddle 3-5 hours a day

  • start and end in Yopal

  • guides ‘me’ (Belgian) and my good friend Kaya (a German girl who lives there)

  • riding level for both first-time riders to experts

dates 2027

  1. April 1-7

  2. April 9-15


trip highlights

  • wild camping with incredible stars at night

  • gallops through the steppe

  • traversing a 3400m high mountian pass on horsback

  • spot eagles, vultures, marmots and herds of yaks

  • swim in Song Kul, a giant lake at 3000m altitude

  • spend 3 dreamy nights in traditional yurts made from felt

  • befriend the kyrgyz people and experience their warm hospitality

⤷ Let´s ride

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 : ‘Welcome to the wild east’

After breakfast we leave the capital Bishkek and start our road trip adventure with a hike to an alpine lake. You will imidiatly experience how beautiful Kyrgyzstan is. The lake is stunningly turquoise blue surrounded by tall moutain tops. After the hike we will drive to the farm of a Kyrgyz granmother, or ‘babushka’. She will welcome us with open arms in to her house and cook dinner for us. She doesn’t do tourism (exept the people I bring to her house). It is a real authentic experience with her!

  • → Bishkek → Kegeti → Tokmok

  • -at a farm with a local grandmother

Day 2-6: ‘Into the heart of ranch country’

After you have probaly woken up from the rooster and we ate babushka’s breakfast, we will proceed to Konorcheck Canyon. We will hike up with our gear to this breathtaking red canyon and spend a magical wild camping night here.

  • → Tokmok → Konorcheck Canyon

  • -wildcamping

Day 7 : ‘Back to civilization’

We start the day by hiking back to the car and we drive to Issyk Kul, the second biggest mountain lake in the world. When you are standing at her shore, it feels more like a sea than a lake. We will spend noon here at a public beach surrounded by Kyrgyz families. After swimming we get back in the car and head to the mountains overlooking the lake. This is were we will wildcamp next to a beautiful river.

  • → Konorcheck Canyon → Cholponata

  • -wildcamping

1 What´s included

Your horse, guides, 3 meals a day, the guesthouse in Kyzart the night before the trek, all accommodation in the yurts, tents and camping equipment such as cooking gear, water filter…

What’s excluded

Your flights, your mandatory travel insurance, transport to and from Kyzart, a sleeping bag and mat

2 Horse riding

The horse trek is 7 days. We ride for about 28 hours in total, around 3-5 hours a day.
The duration depends on how long we take breaks. We are not in a hurry, we can take our time in the beautiful nature.

Previous experience is not necessary. I use well-behaved, friendly horses that are used to having beginners on their backs. And they are trained to follow the group. And throughout trek I will be teaching the beginners. I will give you a horse according to your experience. Experienced riders get an active horse.

We will do a long distance horse trek, not a horse race. So we do 1 or 2 gallops a day.
This is because our horses have to carry us and our luggage over long distances 7 days straight at high altitude with low oxygen levels with a lot of climbing.
The horses I use are absolute athletes and can handle this challenge fine.
But my responsibility is to keep my horses fit and healthy and I only allow the amount of gallops the horses can handle.

The rider’s weight limit is 105kg — and if you weigh more than 90kg, you should let me know in advance.

3 Comfort

wild camping
-the nature will be your toilet.
-we will camp next to streams and lakes. So every time you can refresh yourself

the yurts
-toilets are western sitting style.
-there are no showers. You have a water hose to refresh yourself.
-sleeping is in traditional beds on the ground

food
-you will eat good meals, travellers are usually pleasantly surprised about Kyrgyz food.
The ingredients will be familiar to you. You won’t have to eat anything special or crazy. Eating vegetarian is possible

electricity
-we won’t have electricity on the trek. Only your power bank

signal
-most of the time we will be disconnected from signal.
On some of the days there is one moment when we are on top of a mountain when you will briefly have signal to contact your family or friends.