Kamandy Jailoo

Active summer pasture in the At-Bashy district where Naryn herders bring their flocks each June — among the most authentic jailoo experiences in Kyrgyzstan.

Kamandy Jailoo is a high mountain pasture in the At-Bashy district of Naryn region, where extended herder families from the Kamandy village migrate each summer with their horses, sheep and yaks. The jailoo (Kyrgyz for ‘summer pasture’) sits at around 2,800 metres in a wide bowl below the At-Bashy ridge, and from mid-June through early September it becomes a fully functioning nomadic settlement of 15–20 yurts spread across several kilometres of grassland. The wider Kamandy area is one of the few places in modern Kyrgyzstan where the seasonal transhumance still operates as it did in the pre-Soviet era — families spend the summer months with their flocks, drinking kymyz (fermented mare’s milk), making felt and butter, racing horses on weekends. EcoNomad has long-standing relationships with several Kamandy families and arranges 1–3 night yurt-stay experiences as part of nomadic-themed tours. The road between Kamandy and the next valley to the south, Kok-Kiya, climbs over the rugged passes of the southern Naryn range — best traversed on horseback.