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

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, [...]

Gobi Lakes

The Gobi Gobi lakes Gobi lakes The Khangai Mountains cause precipitation, and the runoff to the south empties into the Gobi, eventually creating the Gobi lakes of Böön Tsagaan Nuur and Orog Nuur. These are prime birding locations for the Gobi relict gull etc. How to travel there: There are flights three times a week [...]

Arburd Sands

The central grasslands Arburd sands Arburd sands Arburd Sands, the northernmost sand dunes of the Gobi, are a reasonable 4 hour drive south from Ulaanbaatar. Combined with the sacred Zorgol Hairhan Mountain, which is 35 km away, this is a fascinating classical Mongol area, not visited by many tourists. As it is in the Gobi [...]

Arburd Sands

Arburd Sands The Gobi Steppes Introduction Surprisingly close to the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar one finds the northernmost reaches of the Gobi steppes; 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 20 km long [...]

Mongol Horse Trails

Mongol Horse Trails yak carts supported Introduction This horseback journey offers close encounters with Mongolian horsemen, nomadic people who have thus far been able to withstand modern pressures and lifestyles. There is no other nation in the world that depends on horses to such an extent. Mongolian horsemanship is famous and in many ways different [...]

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

Hustai National Park Takhi re-introduction Introduction Hustai National Park is the site of a unique reintroduction scheme of Przewalskii’s horse (Equus Przewalskii), by Mongolian’s called Takhi. It became extinct in the wild in the 1960s, and has since 1992 been successfully re-introduced to Hustai and other parts of Mongolia, from zoos around the world. Hustain [...]

Khangai Mountains

Khangai Forest steppes Khangai mountains Hangai mountains Khangai Mountains bisects the Arhangai and Övörhangai provincens. Ar means “north”, and “övör means “south. Khangai Mountains have been established as a national park in recent times. The most well known area is the famous Orhon Valley, which is in the Mongol heartland, just west of the ancient capital [...]

Khuvsgul Ice Lake

Ice Lake and Monastery Khuvsgul Lake Winter Introduction This winter journey will take us to the magnificent Lake Khuvsgul, the "dark blue pearl" as it is respectfully called by locals. It is the twin lake of nearby Baikal Lake. Khuvsgul Lake freezes over rapidly and displays an amazing crystal clear ice. The lake is situated [...]

Khar Us Lake

Great lakes Basin Khar us nuur Khar Us Lake The main lakes are Khar Us Lake, Khar Lake and Dörgön Lake. The national park was established in 1997, and then designated as a Ramsar (wetland of international significance) site in 1999. The lakes have the largest reed beds in Central Asia. Surrounded by desert landscapes, [...]

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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