A Multiday Horseback Riding Tour "Batan"-"Kolsai"-"Issyk-Kul"
Almaty - Batan - Lake Zhasylkol - Waterfalls Buzgol - Asy - Mountain Pass Issyk- Asy - River Zhinishke - Forestry Management Tabankaragai - River Chilik -Canyon Kolsai - Lake Kolsai 1 - Lake Kolsai 2 - Lake Kolsai 3 - Mountain Pass Sarybulak - Lake Issyk-Kul - Almaty.
Tour's code: HBR3-14.Duration: 14 days (13 nights).
Season: May - September.
Accommodation: guest house (cottage), yourta, rest-home, tent camps.
Meal: full board (traditional Kazakh and Russian cuisine).
Transport: minibus, horses.
You will visit:
Lake Zhasylkol - a small mountain lake picturesquely surrounded by the fur-trees of the Tyan-Shyansky mountains range. Pure cool water. The lake is situated at the height above 2000 meters."Buzgol" waterfalls - a majestic mountain stream falls from the height of 55 meters. The noise of the waterfalls is heard for many meters. While crossing the mountain pass lying among magnificent fur-trees all of a sudden a perfect view of the waterfalls will open before you.
Chinturgensky mossy spruce forests - There are only two places with relict vegetation in our Republic. One of them is Chinturgensky mossy spruce forest growing in the center of perennially frozen grounds. Relict moss grows in the spruce forest reaching the height up to 50 cm.
Kolsaisky lakes - At the height of more than 2200 meters you can meet unusually beautiful lakes, where you can have wonderful fishing. The three of Kolsaisky lakes are totally unlike each other. The first lake meets you by its bright-light-blue even surface of water in the frame of the mountains with fur-tree woods. The second lake meets you by its severe beauty of untouched nature. And the third lake is practically dead because of low temperature reigning here for the most part of time.
Lake Issyk-Kul - it is by right considered the pearl of Kyrgyzstan. You will remember a rest on a coast of this remarkable lake for many years.
Tour description.
Day 1. Arrival in Almaty. Accommodation in the guesthouse. Adaptation to the local climate and difference of altutudes. Lunch. The cultural program. Dinner. Spending the night in the guesthouse.Day 2. Breakfast. Drive from Almaty to Batan. Accommodation in the guesthouse in "Batan". Horse trip to lake "Zhasylkol" (20 km). Lunch during the passage. Rest in a tent camp on the coast of the lake. Dinner. Night in a tent camp.
Day 3. Breakfast. Putting down the camp. Returning to "Batan". Lunch. Horse trip to the waterfalls "Buzgol" (16 km). Returning to "Batan". Dinner. Night in the guesthouse.
Day 4. Breakfast. Inspection of the route. Walking in the neighborhood. Lunch. Preparation for a trip. Dinner. Night in the guesthouse.
Day 5. Breakfast. Horse trip "Batan" - "Asy" (14 km). Lunch. Crossing "Asy" - observatory (10 km). Accommodation in a yourta. Dinner. Excursion to the ancient stones with inscriptions. Night in a yourta.
Day 6. Breakfast in a yourta. Horse trip to the observatory - mountain pass Issyk-Asy (3350 meters above the sea level) (8 km). Lunch. Horse trip across the mountain pass Issyk-Asy-river Zhenishke (8 km). Dinner. Putting up a camp. Rest. Night in a tent camp.
Day 7. Breakfast. Removing a camp. Horse trip over the river Zhenishke - timber enterprise Tabankaragai (28 km). Lunch during the pass. Putting up a camp in a forestry farm. Dinner. Night in a tent camp.
Day 8. Breakfast. Putting down the camp. Horse trip across Tabankaragai - river Chilik (25 km). Lunch during the trip. Putting up a camp. Dinner. Night in a tent camp.
Day 9. Breakfast. Putting down a camp. Horse trip across the river Chilik -canyon Kolsai (1 km). Horse excursion to Kolsai lakes (8 km). Dinner. Night in cottages.
Day 10. Breakfast. Horse excursion to the second lake (12 km). Returning to the first lake. Picnic on a coast of the lake. Fishing. Dinner. Night in a cottage.
Day 11. Breakfast. Horse trip to the lake Kolsai - mountain pass Sarybulak (20 km). Lunch at the mountain pass at the height of 3274 meters. Horse trip to the settlment Sarybulak (12 km). Dinner. Night in the guesthouse.
Days 12-13. Breakfast. Moving to the rest home in the lake Issyk-Kul. Accommodation. Rest.
Day 14. Accommodation in the guesthouse in Almaty. Breakfast. City tour. Visiting the souvenir shops. A farewell dinner. Seeing off to the airport. Returning home.
Cost of the tour includes: VISA support, accommodation during the trip, meals during the trip, transportation services, services of the cook and driver, services of the guide and interpreter during the trip, the lease of the equipment, the lease of horses, services of a horseman.
Note: The sum of the medical insurance is determined by a customer's desire.