Nomadising in Khan Khentii - Horseback Mongolia
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Nomadising in Khan Khentii

At the gate of Ulan Bator, is a sanctuary of greenery where nomads live in harmony with the nature.

With local breeders and their yaks, leave for a 5-days hike in the remote parts of the Gorkhi Terelj National Park. We carry the yurts and beds that we'll put up each evening when we'll set up our nomadic camp on the banks of the different rivers that flow among the steppes and valleys of the park. It's a unique experience of nomadising for the travellers who want to travel close to the luxuriant...

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Day 1We're off for the luxuriant nature of the Terelj !

Day 1We're off for the luxuriant nature of the Terelj !

  • Breakfast at the hotel. We go with you to the international airport of Ulan Bator. The transfer can be organized at the time you want, according to the schedule of your flight.

  • Journey to Gorkhi-Terelj National Park, a real gorgeous green setting at the gates of the capital : rocky formations sculpted by erosion, mountains tree-filled with pines, plains scattered with wild flowers and edelweiss, rivers and lakes.

  • Stop at turtle rock, from where we walk until Aryaval Monastery.

Day 2We're off for 5 days of a nomadic life !

Day 2We're off for 5 days of a nomadic life !

  • With local breeders and their yaks pulling carts and yurts, we hike during 5 days like nomads in the green valleys of the Gorkhi Terelj National Park.

  • We start our hike along the Terelj River in a valley where many breeders live and where yaks graze in total freedom. We pass the first pass of Sandrakh before reaching Mounts Sambartai Khoshuu. Once arrived on the place of our camp, we unload the yaks and put up our yurts with the breeders. We'll spend the night in the yurt like real nomads.

Meal and accommodations

Lunch: Included

Dinner: Made by your team

Accommodation: tent camping

Day 3Ruins of a monastery lost in the middle of the forest

Day 3Ruins of a monastery lost in the middle of the forest

  • We go on in our nomadisation in a remote part of the park where nature will be your one and only companion. About noon, we reach the small Gunj Monastery. Partly destroyed during the Soviet purges, the vestiges of the Monastery of the Princess Gunj are nestled in the heart of the forest of larches. In the afternoon, we reach the Baruunbayan River where we set up our yurts camp.

Meal and accommodations

Breakfast: Made by your team

Lunch: Included

Dinner: Made by your team

Accommodation: tent camping

Day 4-5In the steppes of the park

Day 4-5In the steppes of the park

  • We go on hiking in an area of plains and valleys. The chalky rocky formations , stunning with their strange shapes, line the way. We reach the Zuunbayan River where we spend the first night. Then we reach the Tuul River, where we spend the second night in nomads camp.

Meal and accommodations

Breakfast: Made by your team

Lunch: Included

Dinner: Made by your team

Accommodation: tent camping

Day 6Back to Ulan Bator

Day 6Back to Ulan Bator

  • Last day hiking before joining our local guides and their families. We walk along the Tuul River in an area where nomads camps are more and more numerous. In the early afternoon, we join our hosts and spend a few moments with them.

  • Back to Ulan-Bator. Last herds of wild horses crossing the road outside our dumbfounded eyes, last yurts smoking far away, the steppe will be with us until the last moment.

    Arrival in town and settling in at your hotel, where you can rest a few moments.

  • Rest of the day free. With our guide, you can go shopping in the centre of the city.

  • At 18 o' clock, Mongolian traditional show at Tumen Ekh: folkloric dances, contortion, and of course khoomi, the overtone singing.

Meal and accommodations

Breakfast: Made by your team

Lunch: made by the family

Accommodation: 2 stars hotel

Flight back

Day 7Have a nice journey and see you soon !

Day 7Have a nice journey and see you soon !

  • Breakfast at the hotel. We go with you to the international airport of Ulan Bator. The transfer can be organized at the time you want, according to the schedule of your flight.

Meal and accommodations

Breakfast: 2 stars hotel

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