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[Up to $600 Off] Scenic Winter Horse Riding Tour Cantering Across Snowfields in Kyrgyzstan | Departs Jan 17 – 1 Person Booked, Experienced Riders Wanted to Join This Shared Tour!

Salam! This is Sugi from ASHU TRAVEL, your guide to scenic trips in Central Asia.

As the New Year cold really sets in—
how about a special “winter-only” riding experience, galloping with horses across the silver-white land of Kyrgyzstan?

We now have 1 person confirmed for the tour departing locally on January 17, 2026!
If 3 more people join this shared tour, you’ll have the chance to save up to $600!

❄️ Tour highlights

🏇 Horse riding with canters in a national park covered in beautiful snowfields
A special experience combining mountain riding treks that feel like soaring through the sky—so typical of Kyrgyzstan—with exhilarating canters across wide snowfields. Even riders with experience abroad will find something new and satisfying.

🏡 A guest house stay where you can connect with local culture
Includes a bread-making experience. Clean & comfortable with Wi-Fi. Reliable heating, even in winter.

🛍️ Bishkek sightseeing included, with souvenir & honey shopping
Kyrgyz culture, nature and connections with people, all packed into a short trip!

🗓️ Dates and schedule (effectively 5 days, 4 nights)

Dates: January 17–21, 2026 *Effectively 5 days, 4 nights
*If you fly with T’way Air, the outbound flight arrives in Bishkek at 24:30 on January 17 (= 0:30 on January 18) and you stay overnight in the early hours of the 18th; the return flight departs Bishkek at 20:05 on 1/21, so the itinerary is effectively 5 days, 4 nights.

✈️ Example flights:
• Outbound: Arrive in Bishkek at 24:30 on January 17 (= 0:30 on January 18) (via Incheon | TW244 / TW437)
• Return: Depart Bishkek at 20:05 on January 21 (via Almaty and Incheon | KC110 / KC909)

🚨 Please book your own flights.
You can also take a different flight and arrive the day before to stay at a hotel in the city, or take a different return flight to extend your stay. We can also pick you up from your hotel, so feel free to ask us.

[Day 1 | Arrival in Bishkek & rest] January 17, 24:30 (= January 18, 0:30)
◎ Overnight at a hotel in the city (no meals)

[Day 2 | Transfer to Chong-Kemin village in the national park & horse riding] (1/18)
◎ Overnight at Ashu Guest House (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Morning: Transfer to a village at the foot of the valley
Afternoon: Warm up with a relaxed ride

[Day 3 | Canter trek & snowfield riding] (1/19)
◎ Overnight at Ashu Guest House (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
Morning: Cantering at the national games grounds on a wide snowfield
Afternoon: Trekking through the snowy landscape

[Day 4 | Riding in the birch forest & bread-making cultural experience] (1/20)
◎ Overnight at Ashu Guest House (breakfast, lunch, dinner)

[Day 5 | Bishkek sightseeing & airport transfer] (1/21)
◎ Breakfast and lunch included / dinner and after on your own

08:00 Breakfast at Ashu Guest House
09:00 Drive to Bishkek by private vehicle
12:00 Lunch at a restaurant in the city
13:00 Shopping at a white honey specialty store
14:00 Visit the State History Museum
16:00 Souvenir shopping at Osh Bazaar
17:00 onward Transfer to the airport & check-in support (departure 20:05)

*The places we can visit and their order may change depending on the weather and traffic. Thank you for your understanding.

*Dinner is not included in the standard plan on this day, so please arrange your own. If you have dinner together with the guide and driver, we’d appreciate it if you could kindly treat them—even just a light snack is fine. If there are several tour participants, you’re welcome to share the cost for the guide and driver among yourselves.

💰 Prices and how shared tours work

ASHU TRAVEL tours are shared tours.
The more people join, the lower the price per person.

Number of participantsPrice per person (total, USD)
1 person$1,819
2 people$1,619
3 people$1,366
4 people$1,219 (lowest price)

👉 Currently 1 person is confirmed—with 3 more, the price drops to the lowest rate of $1,219!

✈️ About flights

We ask guests to book their own flights.

[Example flights]

  • Outbound: Depart Narita on January 17 → Arrive in Bishkek at 24:30 on January 17 (= 0:30 on January 18) (via Incheon)
    Flight numbers: TW244, TW437
  • Return: Depart Bishkek at 20:05 on January 21 (via Almaty and Incheon)
    Flight numbers: KC110, KC909

Please join us according to this schedule.

📝 How to book & deadline

  • Booking deadline: Around the end of December 2025 as a guideline—first come, first served!
  • Payment method: Cash in US dollars on-site only
  • Requirements: Recommended for those with some experience of light cantering (You don’t need to be advanced—if you’ve cantered a few times, you’re good to go)

📩 Questions and inquiries here

Even if you’re just a little curious, we’d love to hear from you.
Feel free to contact us via Instagram DM or the form below!

▶︎ Contact form
https://ashu-travel.com/en/contact/

▶︎ Instagram DM is fine too
@ashutravel_jp

About the author

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About Us

We are a local travel company based in Kyrgyzstan,
sharing the spectacular Tian Shan mountains and the charm of nomadic culture.
Our founder, Nuriya, is a Kyrgyz guide fluent in Japanese
who once worked at the Embassy of Japan.
Blending Japanese attention to detail with warm
Central Asian hospitality,
we can also arrange trips that cross borders.

Our base is Ashu Guesthouse,
located inside a national park.
With a sauna and a pool, it is a comfortable place
for a retreat that restores body and mind
in the heart of nature.
What matters most to us
is sustainable travel.

By keeping groups small to protect nature, and by paying local guides
and nomads fairly,
we want travel to bring new energy to the region.
Through safe, meaningful experiences,
both our guests and our hosts come away uplifted.
Why not come and discover something “beyond sightseeing”
with us?

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  • Japanese- or English-speaking guides

    No language worries, and a real understanding of the culture and background. Not just “seeing” Central Asia, but enjoying it because you understand it.

  • A pro who has guided 3,000+ travelers

    Founded by a guide with many years in the field. Every trip is planned with safety, routes and pacing in mind so it never feels rushed.

  • Shared tours: join solo and save

    Solo travelers are welcome. When other travelers book the same tour on the same dates, you share it and the per-person price drops with the number of participants. The final price is fixed about three weeks before departure.

  • Based at a trusted guesthouse with 20+ years of history

    Our base is Ashu Guesthouse, a long-established guesthouse inside a national park. With private rooms, showers, heating, a sauna and a pool, you stay comfortable even in the wild.

  • Sustainable travel built as equal partners

    Our trips are made together with guides, nomads, their families and the community. As a locally run company, we pay fair wages, so the livelihoods and skills of everyone involved are protected.

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