Horse trekking
With akhal teke horses: orexca (http://www.turkmenistan.o...) offers a 12 days turkem akhalteke horse ride wonders of the karakum desert with transfer from ashgabar to geokdepe stud farm, ride through the north east of the karakum desert to tummekli, to the nomadic villages of chyria, gurrukly, hakysh gongurajy, orazsahet and to the geokdepe reservoir (http://www.turkmenistan.o...)
Hiking
In the kugitang nature reserve travel permit required or in the mountains around nokhur.