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

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Dzungarian Gobi

The Gobi Dzungarian gobi Dzungarian Gobi Gobi Altai is a province in the west of the Gobi areas. This is where the high Altai Mountains meets the Gobi steppes The peaks are around 4000 meters above sea level, and usually snow-capped. It is a very arid region, with very interesting wildlife such as the Gobi [...]

Ulaanbaatar Naadam Festival

Ulaanbaatar naadam Festival Introduction These ancient medieval games have survived and are celebrated throughout Mongolia before mid-July. In 2010 the Naadam Games have been inscribed on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The National Naadam is held in and near the capital on July 11th and 12th, commemorating the 1921 revolution. After [...]

Högnö Khan & Karakorum-Erdenezuu Monastery

Orkhon Valley & Karakorum Erdene Zuu & Tövkhön monasteries Introduction This 5 day trip combines ancient history, religion and the diverse and beautiful landscapes of Central Mongolia. We visit Harhorin, or Karakorum, as the ancient capital of the Mongol empire was called during the 13th -14th cen-turies. Before it was destroyed by the Chinese Ming [...]

Darhad Depression & Taiga

Khuvsgul Darhad Depression & Taiga Darhad Depression & Taiga This fantastically beautiful place with some 200 lakes is the lake district of Mongolia at lower altitude than Lake Khuvsgul.  The lakes are surrounded by steppes, along with deep Taiga forests bordering Siberia (Sayan Mountains) and Tuva. A remarkable nomadic people called the Dukha (Tsataan by [...]

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 [...]

What our guests say

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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 🙂

    5 star rating

    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 🙂

    5 star rating

    joycel