Rolling Hills Hike
Visit a Kyrgyz summer camp (jailoo) to experience traditional nomadic life. Join in as your Kyrgyz host milks the mares for the essential ingredient of Kyrgyz’s national beverage, kymyz. Taste national dishes in an authentic yurt. Spend a day walking or riding among the fragrant juniper forests, valued for their medicinal benefits. Relax near the cool springs and streams. Join the shepherds herding their flocks. Conquer the high rocky slopes of the Alay Mountains.
Destination: Alay Mountains
Itinerary: Osh city – Kum Bell Pass 3150 m – Saryoi summer camp – Osh city
Category: hiking
Difficulty: easy to medium
Duration: 2d / 1n
Distance: 22 km
Max/Min elevation: 3156 m / 1994 m
Total Gain/Loss: 1419m + / 1825m –
Season: April – October
DAY 1: OSH CITY – SARY OI SUMMER CAMP
Driving time: 1 hour, Trekking time/distance: 5 hours / 15 km,
Total Gain/Loss: 857m+ / 895m-, Accommodation: Yurt stay
The tour starts 60km outside Osh city at the Chyyiyrchyck Pass at 2400m. Trek 3 hrs to get to the Kum Bell pass at 3150m. See shepherds busy with making bread and milking mares. Have lunch at the top of the pass. Enjoy the stunning beauty of great Alay Valley. Descend the pass amongst dense junipers, 3 hrs. Arrive at the locals’ camp and be accommodated in a yurt. Participate in the shepherds’ life. Overnight and dinner are in a shepherd’s yurt.
DAY 2: ASANKORGON MOUNTAINS – DONGUZBULAK GORGE – OSH CITY
Trekking time/distance: 4 hours/ 9 km, Total Gain/Loss: 710 m+ / 790m-
Breakfast. See the morning life busy with milking cows and making cream. Walk up to the next pass (2 hours) at the foot of the Asankorgon mountain range, 2700 m. Have lunch on the top of the pass. Enjoy the beauty of Rocky Mountains. Walk down the pass and arrive at an unpaved road, 2 hrs. Meet your driver and return to Osh city.
Price of the Rolling Hills Hike
| Number of people | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Price per person in USD | 290 | 180 | 140 | 120 | 110 | 105 |
It includes:
B&B in a yurt
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Meals of personal
Private transport
English-speaking guide
Not included:
sleeping bags,
Hotel in Osh city,
alcoholic drinks,
