When you’re planning your travel to Mongolia, you must keep in mind that Mongolia has 278 sunny days in one year. Even during the cold Mongolian winter. The relative lack of snow is the pre-condition for such a vibrant and large nomadic people, catering for their 30 million head of livestock in the great outdoors year around. Despite being climatically on the fringes of the Arctic, Mongolia has the southernmost permafrost zones of the world and southernmost distribution of wolverine and reindeer. Its location is in fact far more south of Siberia than north of China.
Nomadic Journeys organizes private tour and trips to Mongolian winter destinations. Ice-skating is a very popular winter sport in Stockholm, and we have jointly with Äventyrsresor, organized ice-skating expeditions on Khuvsgul Lake (Hövsgöl). We have also done ice skating trips to Western Mongolia, one which ended up ice skating on 120km of river, next to camels. Mongolian winter trips usually require for cost efficiency a small group, why these are usually made to order. What is recommended in winter is Western Mongolia and the Kazakh Eagle hunters, Khuvsgul Lake (Hövsgöl) and journey by their horse sleds and ice festival and Tsagaan Sar (Mongolian New Year). There are many visitors coming for short visits on the railways, and some destinations such as Hustai National Park has winter felted ger camp, which is suitable for Mongolian winter.
