Treks

Mongolia Treks: Travel with Mongolian Herdsmen, Horses, Camels, and Yaks

Below you will find a selection of treks that are offered as fixed departures. They are very much similar in service level to any Himalayan trek, the difference being that we travel with Mongol herdsmen, their animals, be it camels, yaks or horse.

The type of animal support is determined by the lifestyle of each Mongolian region. All equipment and luggage’s will be loaded on to the traditional carts or on to the back of pack-animals.

Camel carts are usually used in the more arid Gobi areas, and but also in true steppe. Yak carts, are used mostly in northern areas where precipitation is higher. Certainly yaks in Arhangai and northern Töv provinces. In high elevation mountain terrain we use pack-animals. Such as pack-camels in the remote Altai Mountains, slopes being too steep for carts. We usually trek no more than 15-20 km a day if over level ground. And shorter in the mountain’s.

We provide tents and bed cots, reliant on trip with full bedding. Please, enquire and read carefully if sleeping bag is needed for your trek or not. We use in Gobi areas, usually full stand-up Tentipi (tepee from Scandinavia), and on northern areas Marmot Limestone 6p full stand up tent’s, shared by two persons. On some expeditions, Hilleberg three-person tunnel tents, shared by two participants. A ger (yurt) is usually brought along as a “mobile restaurant” if there are 6 or more participant’s in the group. Our standards are maximum ten to one group, to keep the experience small and intimate. The camel trek is fully ger-based, why max number of participant’s is eight.

Our Treks

Winter Eagle Festival

Eagle Festival Winter Introduction Eagle festival is one of ”Mini Naadam” of Mongolians that shows the nations feature of Kazakh people. The Kazakh people is only one nation who has kept the unique techniques of hunting by the eagle in Asia. This unique tradition of eagle hunting which came into central Asia 6000 years ago [...]

Jalman Meadows Winter

Jalman Meadows Khan Khentii Strictly Protected Area Introduction Just three hours of drive northeast of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, yet remotely located in the uppermost parts of the Tuul River Valley, lies Jalman Meadows Ger (yurt) Camp. It is a beautiful pasture teeming place with wildflowers in the summer. It is located within the Khan [...]

Birding Holidays

Birding Holidays Introduction Mongolia is a superb birding destination. The vast Gobi Desert, which covers one third of Mongolia, the endless steppes with lakes, the Khangai mountains and the rich taiga forest – all remote, beautiful, fascinating and full of birds. It is home to over 440 species of birds which include globally scarce species [...]

Ikhnart Rocks Wilderness Ger Camp

Ikhnart Rocks Wilderness Ger Camp Argali Sheep of Dornogobi Introduction A journey to the Eastern Gobi is an intimate and very unique experience. The Ikh Nartiin Chuluu Plateau has rich and unique landscapes consisting of granite rock formations, but also semi-arid steppes, small vernal pools, and springs with small stands of elms and poplars. Ikh [...]

Terelj National Park

Terelj National Park Introduction Terelj National Park is the third biggest protected area in Mongolia. Visitors can take leisurely strolls on meadows carpeted with edel-weiss and a dazzling variety of other wild flowers, view fascinating rock formations against a backdrop of pine covered mountains and wander along the wooded banks of a mountain stream. The [...]

Onon River

Hangai Forest steppes Onon River Onon river The Onon River originates in the deep taiga of the Khan Khentii, flows into the Amur River, which empties into the Pacific Ocean at Primorskii province in the Russian Far East. The Amur/Onon is the longest free flowing river in Eurasia. It is also here where Genghis Khan [...]

Mongolian Odyssey

Mongolian Odyssey Introduction The most classic of all our journeys in Mongolia. It combines some of the major sights around the country. It will take you to both desert steppe and mountain areas of the Gobi. We will visit the site of the ancient capital Karakorum, located in the Orkhon valley - the cradle of [...]

Karakorum

The Central Grasslands Karakorum Karakorum 400 km west of Ulaanbaaatar lies Karakorum (Harhorin), the location of the capital of the heyday of the Mongol Empire under Ogodei Khan. It was sacked in the 1380s by the Ming armies who had put an end to the Mongol Yuan dynasty of Khubilai Khan at the court at [...]

Hustai National Park and Bayansonginot Community

Hustai National Park Bayansonginot Community Introduction The Mongolian Government declared Hustai National Park as a Specially Protected Area in 1993, one year after the initiation of the reintroduction project of the Takhi to the Hustain Nuruu. The HNP covers 50.6 ha land which is home to 459 species of vascular plants, 85 species of lichens, [...]

Arburd Sands

Arburd Sands Ger Camp The Gobi Steppes Introduction Surprisingly close to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar one finds the northernmost reaches of the Gobi Steppe, treeless grasslands stretching to the horizon and beyond. We will explore Arburd Sands, an area where the steppe, dotted with nomads camps, slowly gives way to sand, culminating in a 20km [...]

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Living the mongolian way

Great place to stay and experience mongolian way of living, no tv, wifi, phone. Just nature and great company of the staff and livestocks of mongolia. The toilet is a hole in the ground covered by a shed. It is clean, but can be smelly to those used to city life. Not hot water supply, inform the staff that you like to hot water half an hour earlier so that they can boil it over camel dung 🙂

joycel

Living the mongolian way

Great place to stay and experience mongolian way of living, no tv, wifi, phone. Just nature and great company of the staff and livestocks of mongolia. The toilet is a hole in the ground covered by a shed. It is clean, but can be smelly to those used to city life. Not hot water supply, inform the staff that you like to hot water half an hour earlier so that they can boil it over camel dung 🙂

joycel