3 Two-Day Riding Trips Worldwide Worth Flying For

1.2-Days in Song Kul Lake as Nomad – horseback riding & Yurt stay

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 33 reviews · from $400Our pick

This private two-day trip from Bishkek combines Burana Tower, Boom Gorge, mountain roads, a yurt stay at Song Kul Lake, and a three-hour horseback ride to 33 Parrots Waterfall. An English-speaking guide such as Zhoodar, Tari, Tenghis, Urmat, or Talgat may lead your group, with an air-conditioned 4x4, meals, and hotel pickup included.

“This was a memorable experience thanks to our amazing guide Zhoodar Zhyrglbkvch! We had an amazing time riding horses in a beautiful spot and the yurt camp was really cool. Best way to spend a short time in Kyrgyzstan.”

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2.MONGOLIAN NOMADS: 2-Day Horse Trekking & Cow Milking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 23 reviews · 2 days · from $369

Travel from Ulaanbaatar to Töv in a private jeep, meet a working nomadic family, help herd sheep and goats on horseback, milk cows, eat home-cooked meals, and sleep in a traditional ger. Guides such as Koko and Toya help with translation and local customs. It is a genuine rural stay, not a staged ger camp.

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3.2 Day Horse trekking in Terelj national park

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 5 reviews · 2 days · from $310Best value

Spend two days riding through Terelj National Park with an English-speaking guide such as Bee, stopping at Turtle Rock and Aryabal Monastery before staying in a Mongolian ger. You will eat local meals, meet a horseman’s family, learn basic riding, and visit the Chinggis Khaan statue and Zaisan Hill. The ger has no shower.

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