Horseback riding tours in Central Asia

HRK01.On horse to Chatkal lost valleys

This trekking programme is designed for those fans of horse-back riding keen on visiting of picturesque, intact corners of the Nature. The trek takes place in the mountains of Western Tien Shan and covers a vast area including the "Sarychelek" Kyrgyz State Natural sanctuary. We start trekking from the orchard-drown Fergana valley. We head towards unique lengthy mountain valley of the Chatkal River. We will be crossing the Chatkal Range twice over simple passes. We will be riding along the vicinitythe Chatkal Peak (4503m), meeting with Kyrgyz people, learning about their simple semi-nomadic way of life and tasting their local bread and yogurt. We will be traveling along the mountain streams towards high-land passes through sheer-walled canyons. The best time for trekking is: June to September.

Visitors: 1894    

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HRT 01. On Akhalteke horses in Karakum Desert

This full of adventures and exotic tour on graceful Akhalteke horses is carrying out in Turkmenistan along the one of the greatest deserts of Asia – Karakum. Akhalteke horses are considered as ancestors of all modern breeds of horses by right. During the tour you will familiarize with rich flora and fauna of the desert, visit settlements lost in the sands, where people live their own life far from civilization blessings, enjoy picturesque landscapes and unusual nice dawns and sunsets. Also the sights of wonderful nice capital of Turkmenistan Ashgabat city are waited for you. In the end of the tour it will be very difficult for you to leave your horse – the most beautiful and cleverest animal, but you will remember this remarkable trip forever.

Visitors: 1238    

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UTR-03. On the horsebacks to the enigmatic Pulatkhan Plateau (Uzbekistan, 12 days).

Active part (trekking) is run in the most picturesque place of Uzbekistan – in Ugam-Chatkal national park in the mountains of Western Tien-Shan (it means “Celestial Mountains”) near the popular mountain skiing resorts Chimgan and Beldersay and Charvak high-mountain reservoir.

The thread of the itinerary (trekking): Tashkent – Yangiabad – Chilten River – Alatanga River – Kyrklysay River – Kyzylnura-2 Pass (3070ì,1À) – Aksakata River – Aktakhta Gorge – Aktakhta Pass (2310 ì) – going up along Karangur River to Aksakata Pass (2450 ì) – Palat Pass (2590ì) – radial outlet on Pulatkhan Plateau – traverse of the Passes Takhta (2620ì,1À), Kumbel (2550 ì) – sightseeing of petroglyphs of late Stone Age – Chetkumbel Pass (1880 ì) – Beldersay River – Urtakumbel Pass (1850 ì) – Marble River – Takhtajaylyau Pass (2190 ì) – Pesochny (Sand) Pass (1830 ì) – Gulkam Gorge – Yangikurgan settlement – Charvak Reservoir – Tashkent

The length is ~ 130 km.

Visitors: 27    

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