Travel on horseback through the Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan, following old nomadic routes guided by local shepherds and staying in our private mobile camps in some of the country’s most remote landscapes.
We ride through wildflower-filled alpine pastures and walnut forests, over high mountain passes and canter along wide open foothills, on journeys researched and developed by Alexandra over more than twenty years in Kyrgyzstan.
Journeys
We offer only a handful of departures each year, with small groups and a large local team supporting every journey.
The two routes offer very different riding.
Sary-Chelek is the more mountainous of the two routes, climbing and descending through extraordinarily varied country, with dramatic views, a remarkable diversity of wildflowers and stretches of ancient walnut forest.
At-Bashi is faster and more open, with long canters through rolling foothills and high plains, encountering endless herds of horses, sheep and cattle with their shepherds, and riding through remote villages untouched by tourism.
About
Alexandra Tolstoy has been travelling in Central Asia since 1999, when she crossed the region on horse and camel as part of a nine-month journey along the Silk Road. She has returned ever since, working closely with the same Kyrgyz horsemen and camp team over many years.
A fluent Russian speaker, she is an ambassador for the Kyrgyz Republic in the sphere of tourism.
