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

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 [...]

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 [...]

Golden Eagle Festival

Golden Eagle Festival Introduction The Kazakhs is an ethnic minority in Mongolia, but the majority in Bayan-Ölgii province. Most of the ancient Kazakh traditions survives here, outside the actually territory of Kazakhstan. These hardy Turkic speaking people are sunni muslim nomads and they hunt foxes and other small mammals with domestic Golden Eagles. Only the [...]

Danshig Naadam Festival

Danshig Naadam Festival Introduction Danshig Naadam Festival is a Buddhist religious festival of Mongolia. On top of the three manly games of Mongolia the Buddhist Llamas will have their own competition and performs religious chants and dance. This short trip offers plenty of Mongolian experiences in only two days and just outside of Ulaanbaatar. A [...]

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 [...]

Eastern Great landscapes

Eastern Great Landscapes Introduction On this tour to Mongolia, you will journey through the Eastern Gobi Desert as well as Eastern Steppes of Mongolia. Eastern Mongolia is perfect for bird watching travelers and wildlife loving tourists. You can also journey through Chinggis (Genghis) Khan’s birthplace. Most of Mongolia is off the beaten track. But by [...]

Birding in the South

Birding in the South Introduction Mongolia is a superb birding destination. The vast Gobi Desert, which covers one third of Mongolia, the endless steppes with lakes all remote, beautiful, fascinating and full of birds. Mongolian Gobi is home to over 440 species of birds which include globally scarce species such as Swan Goose, Pallas’s Sandgrouse, [...]

Ikhnart Rocks

Ikhnart Rocks Wilderness Ger Camp Argali Sheep of Dornogobi Introduction Ikh Nartiin Chuluu Nature Reserve is a community reserve where local people have partnered with the Denver Zoo Foundation, the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and Nomadic Journeys for research and the conservation of the Ikh Nartiin Chuluu Plateau. It is an upland with many rocky [...]

Big skies trail

Big Skies Trail yak carts supported Introduction This journey on horseback is a trail ride without having to bend your-selves into a sleeping bag or a tent. Group size is half of that of our regular horseback journeys, and all riders may overnight in gers (yurts) which are being moved to a new location—by yak [...]

Amarbayasgalant Monastery

Hangai Forest steppes Amarbayasgalant Monastery Amarbayasgalant monastery Amarbayasgalant Monastery was not totally destroyed destroyed during the purges of 1937-38. However, all its senior monks were brutally executed. Today this spectacular monastery has some 60 novices and ordained monks who practice dharma in residence. Amarbayasgalant is located at the foot of the Burenkhan Mountain on a [...]

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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