Trip Great Trek
18 days

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Trip Great Trek

                  UP TO SON KUL LAKE THROUGHOUT THE CELESTIAN MOUNTAINS

18 days trip (14 days riding)


2012 Calendar

You can also see the details of this ride on our partner's website in the UK, In The Saddle.

Trip 1 : from the 18 June to the 05 July
- Disponible -
Trip 2 (*): from the 30 June to the 17 July
- Disponible -
Trip 3 : from the 12 to the 29 July
- Disponible -
Trip 4 : from the 30 July to the 16 August
- Disponible -
Trip 5 (*): from the 11 to the 28 August
- Disponible -
Trip 6 : from the 21 August to the 07 September
- Disponible -
Price: 1595 euros (+150€/person for departure under 5 riders). (flight not included). More details on prices.
(*)All our rides are combined french-english, but the rides 2 and 5 are reserved to be mostly english speaking (translator(s) speak both languages).

In order to offer you better quality service, number of participants is limited to 9 persons (minimum 2).

More information: contact@asiarando.com


Explore Kyrghyz mountains with this 400 km ride througout the Tien Shan range. Snow capped high plateaus, grandioses expanses of high steppe (called jaïloo) with many nomads camps watching their herds (mainly horses), steep passes, deep valleys and arid canyons. Experiment rewarding contact with the inhabitants of this area who seldom meet foreigners. Discover their secular way of life, in complete harmony with the wonderful nature of their land. Wandering through silk road archeological remains suggest what was the ambiance at this amazing time. Daily stages are 5 to 6 hours. Many of our Kyrghyze horses can amble along, a very comfortable gait which enables you to stay in the saddle for hours without being tired.

Day 1 – Bichkek airport – Rot Front (Asiarando base).

From the airport, we take you to our base in the village of Rot Front, altitude 1100 m. The trip starts from this point. Rest the whole day, meet your guides and your horses.

Day 2 to day 16.

Through high passes, canyons, torrents, you reach Son Kul lake 3000m high, where you rest for one day. Then ride in the middle of the « jailoo » (summer high pasture). You pass Ala Too range and come back to starting point.

All along the trip (more or less 400 km), you meet nomadic people in their authentic yurta, share their meals and their everydays life. You can watch how they make their own bread, their yoghurt and traditional dishes. You’re also invited to see the famous central asian mounted game, Ulak Tartish, and, if you feel like it, you can even participate. Crossing villages, you also meet sedentary people and share the hard life of these families living in remote places, working in the fields, breeding cattle. No matter what life is for them, they are always smiling !

On the way you can pick up medicinal herbs such as St John’s wort, marjoram, wild thyme, etc...

Day 17 – Bishkek.

From Rot Front, we take you to the capital, Bishkek for a town trip, visit of museum, bazars, souvenirs and handicraft.

Day 18 – Back to Europe.

We take you to the airport and assist you until the last minute.

Focal points of this adventure:

Ask for more detailed program at contact@asiarando.com or also on our partner's website: In The Saddle.

*This itinerary should be taken as a rough guide. Depending on the weather (mainly pass condition) it could sometimes be slightly modified without affecting its quality.

 

Price, specifications:

Price of the trip includes :
Transfer from/to the airport, transfers from Bishkek to the starting and arriving place of the trip, accomodation every night, equiped horses, guides, grooms, interpreter, tents, all meals, entrance fees in the botanical/zoological reserves.

Price of the trip does not include :
Transportation (plane or other) from the client's residence to Bishkek.
Fees for visas, vaccines, airport taxes.
Foam mattress supply, sleeping bag, personal things for riding, alcoolic drinks and extra food, individual insurance.

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